KEY ELEMENTS Under the copyright law the basics require to be such that the creation should be a work of authorship, original and importantly in a form of tangible expression format. The Copyright law in India is governed under the Copyright Act 1957 ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Ex-chief justice of India S.A Bobde's tenure was slated to end by 23rd April 2021. The latest judge of the Supreme Court on 24th April 2021 has taken the oath and is now the 48th Chief Justice of India. The Supreme Court judge w ..
Overview The advocates of U.S said that consensual incest should be decriminalized.What brought up the topic The advocates of consensual incest in U.S.A are rotting for an anonymous parent, who wants to marry their own adult child.View Point of Advoc ..
Factual Background A petition was filed before the Bombay High Court for door-to-door vaccination directions to the State and Central Governments. The Government of Maharashtra stated before the High Court that door-to-door vaccination is to be start ..
Background A writ petition was filed before the Kerala High Court condemning the New Rules imposed by the Bar Council of India (BCI). It was alleged that the said Rules prohibited the Bar from exercising its fundamental right to freedom of speech and ..
BACKGROUND A five bench of Supreme Court led by former Chief Justice Dipak Misra in 2018 unanimously struck down Section 497 of IPC, therefore, decriminalising adultery. It was held to be unconstitutional that violated Articles 14, 15, and 21 of the ..
Delhi HC: Street Dogs Have Right To Food, Citizens Allowed To Feed Them As Long As Rights Of Others Are Not ImpingedThe Delhi High Court has observed that street dogs have a Right to Food and citizens have a Right to feed them. A set of guidelines ha ..
BACKGROUND Forest officials registered a case against an unknown accused person under the Karnataka Forest Act of 1963, Rules 144 and 145 of Karnataka Forest Rules, and Section 379 of IPC. The investigating officer issued a notice under Section 41A o ..
FACTS OF THE CASE A sixth standard student from Secunderabad, Hyderabad was kidnapped for ransom by an auto-rickshaw driver. The father of the boy had gone to the accused to hand over the ransom amount of 2 lakhs. The appellant auto-rickshaw driver w ..
Background The original applicant in this was the wife of a deceased southern railway employee who received a family pension since his death in the year 2007. The pension was disbursed through the petitioner bank. The family pension was to be paid ti ..