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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 The court also observed that the same forms part of the fund of the bank and can be withdrawn by the depositor as and when th..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 ..

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. In the instant case titled Nargis and anr. vs. State of Punjab and ors. the Hon’ble HC ..

In a case titled R. Rajendran vs. The Inspector of Police and Karthivel the Hon’ble Madras HC has held that the administrator of a whatsapp group cannot be held to be vicariously liable for any offensive messages forwarded into the group. In the present case, a petition was filed by the Administrator of a whatsap..

In the instant case of Ram Ratan vs. State of Madhya Pradesh a bench of CJI NV Ramana and Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli were hearing an appeal against the order of the Madhya Pradesh HC in which the accused was convicted under section 392/397 of IPC. The appellant has claimed that the firearm was not put to any us..

Concealment Of Mental Disorder On Wife’s Part Constitutes Fraud: Delhi HC Annuls Marriage The Delhi HC has annulled a sixteen year old marriage under section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act wherein the wife did not disclose her mental illness to her husband before her marriage. The Court held that this concealment ..

While upholding the decision of the Trial Court and the lower appellate court, the Hon’ble Madras HC has reiterated what the Hon’ble Supreme Court has reiterated many times, that the absence of physical resistance in rape cases does not, of itself, turn the woman from a victim to an accomplice. The Court, i..