What Is The Ruling The Madhya Pradesh High Court's division bench has reaffirmed that a citizen who does not wear a mask or fails to follow social distance or lockdown measures should not be subjected to police corporal punishment. The bench comp ..
Background The Chief Justice bench led of Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy heard a Public Interest Litigation filed by the transgender rights activist Grace Banu Ganeshan which stated that majority of transgender persons i ..
What Is The Case On behalf of a group of 521 students, the Youth Bar Association of India has petitioned the Supreme Court for intervention in a petition to cancel the Class XII CBSE and ICSE examinations. Advocate Mamta Sharma filed a PIL in which s ..
What Is The Case A recent ruling in a seven-year-old rape case serves as a sobering reminder to Indian women of the country's attitude toward rape. Tarun Tejpal, then-editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine and her boss were accused of sexually assau ..
It's Time We Define Limits Of Sedition: Supreme Court Stays Coercive Actions Against Telugu Channels On Sedition FIRIn the FIRs filed by Andhra Pradesh police charging sedition against two Telugu broadcasters, TV5 news and ABN Andhra Jyoti, the S ..
DECISION OF THE COURT The 5 judge Bench consisted of Justice Harish Tandon, Justice I P Mukerjee, Justice Subrata Talukdar, Justice Soumen Sen headed by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal. The Bench remarked that the West Bengal government was under ..
WHAT WAS THE JUDGEMENT● Kerala High Court squashed orders of the Kerala government.● The scheme gave scholarships to Muslim and Latin Catholic/Coverted Christians in the ratio 80:20.● The Bench comprised of Justice Shaji P Chaly and Justice● Justice ..
Facts Amicus Curiae, Gaurav Agarwal filed an interlocutory application seeking directions on behalf of children who have suffered as a result of the present Covid pandemic by losing one or both parents, as well as increased occurrences of child traff ..
Facts The accused contended that the prosecution failed to prove that there was a demand for dowry, and even if there was, that the demand was made proximate to the death of the deceased victim. This prompted the court to investigate the interpretati ..
What Is The Case● The Supreme Court stated that a High Court can impose protection orders only in rare circumstances while dismissing anticipatory bail applications. The court, led by CJI Ramana, further stated that such orders should include an expl ..