OVERVIEWIn the case of Meriwether v. Hartop et al, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 20-3289, a professor of philosophy had instituted a lawsuit against one public university, Shawnee State University in southern Ohio. The case in the Federal ap ..
OVERVIEWA Delhi sessions court, while hearing a plea by Advocate Mehmood Pracha, who sought from the court to issue directions the police to retrieve only relevant information from his hard disk as evidence, said “Hands of investigators cannot ..
OVERVIEWThe former UP Shia Waqf Board Chairman, Syed Wasim Rizvi, filed a plea before the Supreme Court, [WP(C) No: 401/2021], wherein he sought the removal of 26 verses from the Holy Quran, which, in his opinion, can be construed as justifications f ..
OVERVIEWThe former Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the President of the People’s Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, sought directions from the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir to issue her passport by filing a wri ..
Supreme Court: "PILs Cannot Be Thrown Out Only Because the Petitioner Belongs to a Rival Political Party”Recently, the SC observed that a Public Interest Litigation cannot be thrown out only because the petitioner belongs to a rival politi ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS President Ram Nath Kovind recently gave his assent to a new bill called the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Amendment Bill, 2021. This new amendment bill makes the lieutenant governor equal to Delhi Government. ..
Overview On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a plea of Gaurav Baid, an UAE based NRI, for maintaining the NRI status for taxation under IT Act, 1969. This plea was again filed challenging the circular of CBDT released on 3rd march, 2021. The appell ..
OVERVIEWThe Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the 22nd of March. Such bill aims to amend so that the ‘Lieutenant Governor’ is the Government of the national cap ..
Key takeaways Initially, the case, Charansingh V. State of Maharashtra was filed because of feeling of dissatisfaction by the appellant. SC gave a very important judgment in regards with the prevention of anti-corruption acts.Why the case was filed? ..
Key Takeaways The case was filed to quash the FIR against the appellant. A facebook post was made by the appellant against whom the FIR was registered. The Honorable Supreme Court quashed the FIR.Why the case was filed? The case, Patricia Mukhim V. S ..