BACKGROUND The Court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Mumbai remanded businessman Raj Kundra and one of his associates, Ryan Tharp, to police custody till 23 July, in connection to the alleged production and distribution of porn videos. He is ..
FACTS The appellant doctor joined the service of the Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, in 2014 in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi. He duly completed his five years of service and was entitled to a study leave to pursue ..
BACKGROUND The case is before a full Bench of Madras High Court comprising Justices P N Prakashh, V Sivagnam, RN Manjula referred to it by Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira. The case before Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira arose due to the dismissal of a ..
FACTS In this case, a married woman within 15 months of her marriage committed suicide, leaving behind 2 suicide notes. The complainant, who is the father of the deceased woman filed FIR against her husband, father-in-law, and mother-in-law under Sec ..
BACKGROUND The petitioner had faced criminal proceedings for the offence under Sections 417 and 376 of the I.P.C and was sentenced guilty by the Trial Court. The petitioner filed an appeal before the Madras High Court challenging the judgment of the ..
BACKGROUND The Bench headed by Justice RF Nariman took suo motu cognizance of the decision of the UP Government to allow Kanwar Yatra with strict norms of social distancing. The yatra attracts around 30 million people from north and north-western sta ..
BACKGROUND The Madras Bar Association filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court, challenging Sections 184 and 186 (2) of the Finance Act, 2017 as amended by the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, The se ..
BACKGROUND Provision of sedition law was placed under Section 113 of the IPC and was later amended to Section 124A. One of the important post-independence cases dealing with sedition law is Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar where the constitutional ..
BACKGROUND Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021(IT Rules, 2021) were implemented in February 2021, under Section 87 of the IT Act. The objective of these guidelines is to establish the Government& ..
FACTS The petitioner was appointed as the Junior Engineer in the Karnataka Electricity Board and after completing graduation, he was promoted to Assistant Engineer. A chargesheet was issued against him and a departmental inquiry led to the imposition ..