constitutional law

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been directed by the Supreme Court to increase the verification of Voter Verified Paper Trail (VVPAT) from one Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) per constituency to any five randomly picked up EVMs in a constituency. A PIL was filed by 21 leaders of opposition political partiesasking for..

It has been a long and gruelling wait for Lokpal to finally come in place as an anti-graft body. On March 19, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh who is a former Supreme Court Judge and former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court who retired in May 2017 and a current member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was appointed as India's first Lokpal after Pre..

It is most heartening to learn that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled S. Sreesanth v. The Board Of Control For Cricket In India & Ors in Civil Appeal No. 2424 of 2019 (arising out of SLP (C) No. 3551 of 2018) delivered on March 15, 2019 authored by Justice Ashok Bhushan for himself and Justice KM Joseph, the Supreme Court has very rightly set asi..

A petition was filed by Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay in the Supreme Court of India praying that all the political parties registered with the Election Commissionof India be brought under the Right to Information Act (RTI). He also prayed that political parties registered under Section 29A of Representation of the People Act be brought under the head of ‘public autho..

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended that eight lawyers be elevated as judges of the Karnataka High Court. The eight advocates are Savanur Vishwajith Shetty, SR Krishna Kumar, Maralur Indrakumar Arun, Mohammed Ghouse , Ashok Kinagi, Govindaraj Suraj, ES Indiresh, and Sachin Shankar Magadum. p style="text-align: j..

The Madras High Court propounded that there should be minimum experience criteria for lawyers to practice before the High Court. Further, the court stated in the order that legal profession is not a child’s play. In its observation the Court concluded that fresh law graduates with inadequate work experience in the legal p..

To start with, the Supreme Court which is the highest court of our nation has most recently on March 15, 2019 in an extremely laudable and landmark judgment titled State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr v Vijay Kumar alias Pappu & Anr in Criminal Appeal No(s). 753 of 2010 has minced just no words in stating clearly and convincingly about acid attack crime that a cr..

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Law Commission, Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Finance in a petition praying that sentence imposed in cases relating to terrorism, separatism, and corruption be consecutive and not concurrent. The petitioner has sought a declaration from the Court stating that the senten..

He has filed his nomination from the Central Chennai constituency. Mr Karnan was the first sitting judge to be convicted for contempt of court. He underwent a six-month prison sentence after his retirement in June 2017. He also said that he has declared himself as the Prime Ministerial can..

In March 2011, the Rajasthan government had issued an order directing that 20 percent concession be given to persons with disabilities as defined in Section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. However, no such relaxation was provided for persons with d..

The Delhi High Court yesterday stayed an order passed by the Central Information Commission (CIC) stating that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) fall within the definition of ‘information’ under Section 2(f) the Right to Information Act. The Court demanded an explanation from the CIC and the RTI applicant who had so..

The Supreme Court took note of negligence on part of the lower court judge for not abiding order of the apex court passed in 2016 to wind up the trial in a murder case within six months.  However, about two years later, Special Judge (SC/ST Act) of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, seek for extra time from the Supreme Court to wind u..

The prosecution case against Kattavellai @ Devakar was that he threatened the couple with an aruval and demanded that the jewels worn by the girl be entrusted to him. When they refused to part with the jewel, the accused cut both side of the neck of boy with aruval and brutally murdered him. When the girl attempted to flee away from the place of occurrence, the accu..

In the complaint filed by S. Nallasamy, it was alleged that his In Laws, wife and other relatives (15 women and 35 men) came by vehicles and forcibly entered his house and scolded him. An FIR was registered against some accused under Sections 147, 448, 294(b) and 506 of Indian Penal Code. The Supreme Court has observed that mer..

"While deciding the second appeal under Section 100 of the CPC, it is not permissible for the High Court to re-appreciate the evidence on record." : SC The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on Wednesday, again reminded the High Courts about their limitations while considering a second appeal unde..