GENERAL OVERVIEW •The Bench of Justices Ashok Kumar Verma and Augustine George Masih observed that during a girl's teen years, she looks up to her mother or a female companion for assistance and can share her issues comfortably with the moth ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW The Supreme Court ruled that married women are eligible to enter into a family settlement with parental heirs. The Court ruled that, according to Section 15(1)(d) of the Hindu Succession Act, the heirs of the father of a Hindu female ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW The Madras High Court ruled that only senior citizens, or parents can appeal against orders passed under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. "A perfectly simple provision lucidly enunciated is s ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW On Sunday, the New Zealand government announced that it will pass legislations that ban the practices of conversion therapy taking place within the country, by the end of this year, or February next year latest. Minister of Justice K ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW Complainant Baglekar Akash Kumar filed a case against the respondent (More Megastore) under Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, for charging ₹3 for a carry bag, after his purchase at the store. He stated that they had charged ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW The Supreme Court fined Saraswati Medical College an amount of ₹5 Crore, to be deposited in the Registry of the Court, for intentional violation of the regulations issued by the medical council. 132 admitted students are sentenced to ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW*Late filing of chargesheets, even though the investigation was completed on time- shakes the confidence of an ordinary citizen in the justice delivery system, the Court observed.*'Non filing of charge sheets, despite being forwar ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW The Supreme Court ruled that suspicion, however strong, can not constitute as proof, emphasizing that the accused is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. A bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Hemant Gupta, while ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW Climate Activist Disha Ravi was arrested on February 13th for her alleged role in creating the toolkit in the Farmers protest. She denied being the creator, stating she only made two edits to it. Disha filed a petition on Thursday, F ..
OVERVIEW Over thousands of people participated in the largest protest in Myanmar, against the authoritarian military government, demanding the release of their elected political leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the other senior leaders of National League ..