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KEY TAKEWAYS  The judicial court of India has now broaden the definition and scope of the word “wife”, If the claimant can demonstrate that she and the respondent once shared a home as husband and wife, they will be assumed to be legally married.  l..

National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed a colossal fine of Rs.3500 crores as environmental compensation on West Bengal. This was a result of pertinent damage to the environment and the non-management of solid and liquid waste by the State.  The order for the fine was directed by a Bench headed by NGT Chairperso..

In the past, there were over 200 state laws and about 50 central labour laws in India that governed various aspects of employment. The Code of Wages Act was brought into the picture by the parliament  to simplify the provision of Payment of Wages, Payment of Bonus, Equal Remuneration, and Minimum Wages Act by comp..

Key Takeaways  The North Sea is shared by Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark According to Denmark and the Netherlands, the demarginalization of the coastline should be carried out using the equidistance rule The Federal republic of..

Introduction Recently, Justice UU Lalit was sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice NV Ramana. After a 490-day tenure, Ramana’s stay as the Chief was bid farewell in an event that was live-streamed per his requests. Ramana, who came from an activist background, having dabbled in journalism as we..

KEY TAKEAWAYS On 3rd of March,2016 Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested by the Pakistani Government on suspicion of him being a spy.  India responded Jadhav is a retired naval officer who was forcibly abducted from Iran by Pakistani officials and the charges are laid false. ..

An insecure India isn't really what PM Modi envisioned when he floated the idea of an entirely developed India by 2047. While huge economic leaps, composite national power, and lucrative investments are the logical corollaries to an ideal, theoretically “strong”, a commensurate change in attitude is equally as important. India’s ambition and an..

Ever since 2020, Siddique Kappan has been in jail, facing a myriad of charges including conspiracy to incite violence, outraging religious feelings, miscellaneous terrorism charges, and most importantly, sedition(discussed further). Why is he facing these charges? For merely fulfilling his obligation as a writer and discussing the propaganda against Muslims and Indi..

In a recent order, the Supreme Court made several significant observations that broaden the traditional definition of family.  "Family relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships, or queer relationships," the Court noted, adding that atypical family units are also entitled to equa..

The arbitral award directing ISRO’s antrixto pay USD $ 562 million with interest to Devas as damages for unlawfully terminating a deal. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva held that the award dated in 2015 suffered from patent illegalities and fraud and conflicted with the public policy of India. li style="text-alig..

The Karnataka High Court ruled that no notice should be given to the subject of the Look out circular before it is issued. Harshavardhan Rao K, the petitioner, is accused of sexually abusing their son in a case filed by his estranged wife under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. ..

In a simple, suave, straight forward, significant and stimulating judgment titled Jayrajsinh Madhuba Gadhvi vs State of Gujarat in R/Special Criminal Application No. 2410 of 2019 that was pronounced as recently as on August 22, 2022 as an oral order, the Gujarat High Court has clarified that offences under Sections 218 and 219 of the IPC which pertains to a public s..

Mr. Barun Mitra of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, recently held that Section 10A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is not applicable to proceedings against personal guarantors under Section 95 of the Code.  The Appellant was the Personal Guarantor for a loan of INR 2.30 Crores ad..

The Supreme Court ruled that the 2018 amendment to the Specific Relief Act is prospective and cannot apply to transactions that occurred before its effective date [1.10.2018].  While hearing an appeal arising from a specific performance suit, the bench of CJI NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli made ..

In a significant observation, the Himachal Pradesh High Court in a learned, laudable and latest judgment titled Durgi Devi v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. in Civil Writ Petition No. 1657 of 2016 pronounced as recently as on August 5, 2022 has observed that the second wife of a deceased employee is not entitled to family pension under the Central Civil Services..