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Stating that there is no law which bars parents from entering into gestational agreements, Civil Judge Chitranshi Arora of the Saket Court has declared a couple as the legal and biological parents of a surrogate child. The Court observed that while there is no law barring gestational agreements, ICMR guidelines regulat..

In an important ruling titled Jinnat Fatima Vajirbhai Ami vs. Nishat Alimadbhai Polra the Hon’ble Gujarat HC has held that a wife cannot be forced to live with her husband even by way of a court's decree. The court made this observation while hearing a plea filed by the husband for the restitution of conjugal rights. li style="text-align: j..

1. Satish Ragde V State of Maharashtra: skin to skin contact is a necessary ingredient to constitute sexual assault. This judgment of the High Court of Bombay could be dubbed as one of the most controversial judgments of the year 2021. The facts of the case are as such that, the accused ..

Power Under 407 CrPC To Be Exercised Only In Cases Of Strong Pre-existing Bias- MP In the case of Manoj Parmar vs Union of India, the Hon’ble HC of Madhya Pradesh was dealing with an application of the accused, Manoj Parmar in which he had requested that the case pending before the Court of Additional Sessions J..

The Maharashtra Authority of advance Ruling has held that 5% GST is applicable on dried and polished turmeric. They held that turmeric is not an agricultural produce but is a ‘spice’. In the instant case, the applicant Nitin Bapusheb Patil has been a registered person under the GST Act, 2017 as a commission..

The Mangaluru Police have finally arrested a man that they have been on the lookout for for the past one year. He has been accused of dropping used condoms in donation boxes of various temples in Mangaluru. The accused, who has been identified as Devdas Desai, is a native of Unkal in Hubbali, but has been living in Mangaluru for the past 20 years. An auto-dr..

In the case of Manoj Parmar vs Union of India, the Hon’ble HC of Madhya Pradesh was dealing with an application of the accused, Manoj Parmar in which he had requested that the case pending before the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Sehore be transferred to the Court of Special Judge, CBI. In the instant case,..

A Delhi Court, taking note of the demeanour of the accused brought before it, has ordered the registration of an FIR against the Delhi Police Officials after the accused alleged that these police officials had brutally assaulted him. A similar accusation was also made by his wife against the police. The Additional Chie..

Employees Appointed On Compassionate Grounds And Those On Regular Basis To Be Paid The Same: SC A Bench of the Hon’ble SC in the case of State of UP vs. Aishwarya Pandey has stated that there cannot be two different pay scales for an employee employed on compassionate grounds and one appointed on a regular basis..

A bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli has held in the case of N. Raghavender vs. State of Andhra Pradesh has held that the money deposited by a customer in the bank is not held by it as a trustee. The court also observed that the same forms part of the fund of the bank and can be withdrawn by the depositor as and when th..

A single judge bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh has directed the Union Government to extend the ambit of ‘Garima Greh’ Scheme to include all the members of the LGBTQIA+ community and not just transgenders alone. The Court has made this direction considering the fact that the transgender community forms o..

A Bench of the Hon’ble SC in the case of State of UP vs. Aishwarya Pandey has stated that there cannot be two different pay scales for an employee employed on compassionate grounds and one appointed on a regular basis. The Court further said that as soon as someone is appointed to a particular post, that person i..

KEY TAKEAWAYS On 17th and 19th December, two instances took place where hate speeches for targeting Muslims as well as calling for assassination and violence were made. A letter was sent by 76 Supreme Court lawyers to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana regarding these occasions as..

17 Year Old Muslim Woman Can Enter Into A Marriage With The Person She Chooses: P&H HC The Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana HC has held that a Muslim woman who is 17 years old can validly enter into a contract of marriage and she does not need the permission or the consent of her parents or guardian in doing so./..

On 26 December, 2021, 76 Supreme Court lawyers penned down a letter addressed to the Hon’ble CJI Ramana, requesting him to take suo motu cognizance of the hate speeches which were delivered on two separate gatherings organised in Delhi and Haridwar. The entire nation was appalled when videos of a sabha organized ..