GENERAL OVERVIEW The Supreme Court held that, a criminal case under section 406 CrPC cannot be transferred merely because the party does not understand the language of the court which is hearing the case. Justice Aniruddha Bose said “Convenienc ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW On 16th March(Tuesday) Madras High Court asked the Tamil Nadu government to suspend Special DGP who is facing a sexual harassment allegation by a woman IPS Officer. Justice N Anand Venkatesh said, “It is a settled law that the ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW The Orissa High Court last week held the order of compulsory retirement of a Judicial Officer. The case was heard by Chief Justice Dr. S Muralidhar and Justice B.P Routray about a judicial officer named Rama Chandra Mohanty who reque ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW The Supreme Court on Thursday orally saw that the worries of the lawyers with respect to need for COVID-19 vaccine were genuine and require consideration. “Advocates can earn livelihood only if they come into contact with peopl ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW On Wednesday a Japanese Court for the first time in a landmark verdict ruled that the country’s failure to recognise same sex marriage is “unconstitutional”. The court was in favour of the couples who held the gover ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW Supreme Court overruled its own judgement on Friday in the case of N.V International Vs State of Assam which held a delay more than 120 days in filing appeals under section 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 could not be con ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW The Karnataka High Court in a significant judgement held that an investigating officer has no right to disclose the private data seized from smartphones or electronic gadgets of an accused to a third party, without the written permis ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW A two-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan questioned the ruling Imran Khan government over the delay in convening a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI), for the last two months. The bench headed by Justice Qazi ..
GENERAL OVERVIEW The Supreme Court, which is hearing cases through video-conferencing since March last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will commence hybrid physical hearing from 15 March 2021. The bench will decide if a case will be listed for hyb ..
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 ..