CASE BACKGROUNDS On Thursday the Kerala High Court approved with the Government’s Order to scrape the policy of offering grace marks to students in standard tenth and twelfth in the State Board exams, for the academic year 2020-2021. The Divisi ..
SC: High Courts Should Not Pass Oral Directions To Restrain ArrestThe Supreme Court observed that the procedure of 'oral direction' to not arrest an accused is irregular. The decision was given by a bench comprising of Justice D Y Chandrachud ..
Case Background The petitioner has been working as a Project Manager in a Society named Nirmithi Kendra. The object of the Society is to undertake civil construction works assigned by the Government. The petitioner was arrested for possessing disprop ..
Case Background Several individuals, working as naval officers, have filed various petitions against their claim for Permanent Commission. They had also sought pensionary benefits as an alternate measure. The petitioners relied on Annie Nagaraja v. U ..
FACTS OF THE CASE After a criminal trial, an order was passed by Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Hathras, where the applicant was convicted and sentenced punishment under Section 419 and 420 of the IPC. As the applicant was not satisfied wi ..
FACTS OF THE CASE The High Court, while disposing of writ petitions which were moved by claimed journalist, S. Sekara, passed these orders. While the proceedings were done, the credentials of the journalist were put to question. In order to prove tha ..
Background The name of the case was Amit Chaurasia v. The State of M.P. and Another. A lady constable had made a complaint against the petitioner for offences punishable under Sections 452, 354, 354G, 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The petitio ..
Background The case was of Karansinh Chetansinh Vaghela v. The State of Gujarat. An order was passed on the registration of offences under Sections 66(1)(b), 65(a), 65(e), 116B, 98(2) and 81 of the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 against the appellant. ..
Justice Kureshi's Exclusion From Supreme Court Raises QuestionsJustice Akhil Kureshi’s name has not been included in the list of judges who were to be elevated to the Supreme Court. This refusal to include Justice Kureshi has sparked a huge ..
FACTS OF THE CASE The idol makers had approached the Court and challenged the guidelines issued for idol immersion in 2020. They stated that they were unable to sell idols made of Plaster of Paris due to which they had to face huge losses. The &lsquo ..