OVERVIEW The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered the Delhi Police to provide protection to a lesbian woman, who was forced to live a married life and threatened to be ‘cured’ of her sexual orientation.The 23-year-old woman was forcibly ..
OVERVIEW The Karnataka High Court recently ordered the TV news channels to strictly follow the ‘Programme Code’ prescribed under section 5 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, r/w Rule 6 of the Television Network Rules ..
OVERVIEWThe Madras bench recently addressed a plea submitted by an organisation’s counsel stating concerns regarding the hazards of manual scavenging of potholes.The petition was filed by NGO Safai Karamchari Andolan stating the number of death ..
OVERVIEW The Tripura High court recently held that insults to a religion made ‘without any deliberate or malicious intention to outrage the religious feelings’ of a community does not smount to an offence under section 295A of the IPC.The ..
OVERVIEW The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the states to ensure prioritizing senior citizens in hospitals.The Court passed directions addressing the plea filed by former Law Minister Dr. Ashwini Kumar seeking the protection of rights of senior citi ..
NATIONAL NEWS SUMMARIES1. SC on eligibility for proposing a scheme under Section 230 Companies Act• In the case of Arun Kumar Jagatramka v. Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, the Supreme Court has held that a person who is not eligible to submi ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW An octogenarian couple in Maharashtra has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The couple sexually abused a four-year-old girl in 2013. Special judge Rekha N Pandhare said that the couple of the child’s grandpare ..
OVERVIEWThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued guidelines to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) authorities and to ensure strict compliance with the same.The single judge bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar, noting an ‘alarming situa ..
OVERVIEWA three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari, on the 10th of March, 2021 held that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) or the Appellate Authority, i.e., the National Company ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW Kathy Gillcrist, a 63 years old woman from Brunswick County, North Carolina who was recently retired from her job as a high school teacher started to find her family history in 2017. Kathy was aware about the fact that she was an ado ..