KEY TAKEAWAYS A district judge in Singapore recently punished a man by putting him behind bars for 14 weeks. The person identified as Devraj Tamil Selvan, a 29-year-old man having Indian origin was jailed for purposely coughing on a police officer. T
Overview Delhi Court on 31st March, 2021 granted a bail to a woman (suman), who was accused of causing abortion of a three month old fetus and dowry death. She was granted the bail on account of her being lodged in Tihar Jail with a 21 month old chil
KEY TAKEAWAYS Kerala based PDP chairman, Abdul Nazir Muadany is accused in the 2008 serial bomb blast case. He has approached the Supreme Court of India seeking relaxation in the condition that the court has imposed on him in 2014 while granting bail
OVERVIEW The Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj of the Karnataka High Court heard matters regarding a PIL filed by petitioner Sharada DR, which sought to put a ban on all sorts of online betting and gambling on Wednesday, the 31st o
The Delhi Court Grants Bail to Mother Lodged in Jail with Her 21 Months Old Son on basis of “Violation of Child's Right to Healthy Development as an Individual"Recently, on Wednesday, the Delhi Court granted bail to a woman, accused of
OVERVIEW In the case of Indrani Patnaik and Another v. Enforcement Directorate and Others, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 368/2021, the Supreme Court Prima facie held that the deposit made under Section 21(5) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Reg
KEY TAKEAWAYS A two-judge bench of Karnataka High Court has recently directed the state government to submit a reply to the question of whether mid-day meals are provided to children attending Anganwadi by 30th March. Mid-day meals in Karnataka are p
Overview Karnataka government on 30th March, 2021(Tuesday) told the Karnataka High Court that it won’t act upon the directive provided by the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district to close the rarely used check-posts at Kerela Borde
OVERVIEWThe Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 has been notified in the Gazette Notification of Madhya Pradesh on the 27th of March after receiving the assent of the Governor, Anandiben Patel on the previous day."The Madhya Pradesh Fre
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Orissa High Court has recently directed the state DGP to follow a uniform pattern of font size and line spacing in order to ensure better readability. The font size to be followed should be 12 in Times New Roman with a line spacing
KEY TAKEAWAYS Supreme Court recently held that a PIL cannot be discarded because an individual belongs to a rival political party. The case is about a special leave petition (SLP) filed before the Supreme Court in the case of The State of West Bengal
Karnataka High Court Vacates Stay, Orders Thorough Investigation against Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa in 'Operation Kamala' caseRecently, in a setback to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, the Karnataka High Court vacated the stay granted on inv
Overview A division bench of the Bombay HC (Nagpur Bench) delivered a judgment regarding the jurisdiction of the civil courts vis-a-vis the Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRT) with respect to the security interest under the SARFAESI Act.Question of the ho
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE The Supreme Court in this case has dealt a severe blow to transparency in electoral process by rejecting applications seeking stay of electoral bonds ahead of assembly polls in various Indian states. The Supreme Court's refus
ISSUE? The Bench Madras HC consisting of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy specifically observed, that personal details of voters and citizens may have been obtained by the Puducherry unit of BJP, and put to use for c
The Supreme Court of India on Friday has reserved order on a fresh plea seeking directions for release of detained Rohingya refugees and restrain the government from deporting them back to Myanmar.WHO ARE ROHINGYAS AND WHAT IS ROHINGYA CRISIS? Rohing
KEY TAKEAWAYS Casting serious doubts on credibility of two police witnesses, the Delhi Court on Tuesday granted bail to two persons accused in north-east Delhi riots. Applicant Amit Goswami was granted bail on the ground of parity. The FIR was regist
The Supreme Court on Friday, has quashed down the NCLAT order which had directed Cyrus Mistry to be reinstated as ousted chairman of company and allowed the appeal filed by Tata Sons Ltd. the bench comprised of Chief Justice of India, S.A Bobde, Just
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