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CASE BACKGROUNDS On Thursday the Kerala High Court approved with the Government’s Order to scrape the policy of offering grace marks to students in standard tenth and twelfth in the State Board exams, for the academic year 2020-2021. The Division Bench including Chief Just..

SC: High Courts Should Not Pass Oral Directions To Restrain Arrest The Supreme Court observed that the procedure of 'oral direction' to not arrest an accused is irregular. The decision was given by a bench comprising of Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice M R Shah. The court observed that the text of a written order i..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The instantaneous and abrupt requirement of the online learning medium increased as soon as the lockdown 1.0 was seen fixing itself for a longer time. The differences with people and their problems with respective income areas, job and education profiles were highl..

Key Takeaways Environment plays the most important role in our lives. Humans have been using the resources that the environment offers for our benefit, in a way which is damaging the environment itself. Every natural resource is related to..

Case Background The petitioner has been working as a Project Manager in a Society named Nirmithi Kendra. The object of the Society is to undertake civil construction works assigned by the Government. The petitioner was arrested for possessing disproportionate assets under Sectio..

Case Background Several individuals, working as naval officers, have filed various petitions against their claim for Permanent Commission. They had also sought pensionary benefits as an alternate measure. The petitioners relied on Annie Nagaraja v. Union of India in which case t..

FACTS OF THE CASE After a criminal trial, an order was passed by Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Hathras, where the applicant was convicted and sentenced punishment under Section 419 and 420 of the IPC. As the applicant was not satisfied with the aforesaid decision, th..

FACTS OF THE CASE The High Court, while disposing of writ petitions which were moved by claimed journalist, S. Sekara, passed these orders. While the proceedings were done, the credentials of the journalist were put to question. In order t..

Background The name of the case was Amit Chaurasia v. The State of M.P. and Another. A lady constable had made a complaint against the petitioner for offences punishable under Sections 452, 354, 354G, 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. ..

Background The case was of Karansinh Chetansinh Vaghela v. The State of Gujarat. An order was passed on the registration of offences under Sections 66(1)(b), 65(a), 65(e), 116B, 98(2) and 81 of the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 against the appellant. li style="text-align..

Justice Kureshi's Exclusion From Supreme Court Raises Questions Justice Akhil Kureshi’s name has not been included in the list of judges who were to be elevated to the Supreme Court. This refusal to include Justice Kureshi has sparked a huge controversy among the members of the legal fraternity. The controversy had ..

Key features The basic structure of the Constitution cannot be amended. Held in the Kesavananda Bharati vs State of Kerala case. This doctrine was set up to ensure that the power of amendment is not misused by Parliament. h..

FACTS OF THE CASE The idol makers had approached the Court and challenged the guidelines issued for idol immersion in 2020. They stated that they were unable to sell idols made of Plaster of Paris due to which they had to face huge losses. li style="text-align: justify;"..

CASE BACKGROUND An anticipatory bail application was submitted, under Section 438 CrPC, by the former Director of M/s Surgicoin Medequip Pvt. Ltd, who was charged in the National Rural Health Mission Scheme Scam. However, the Allahabad High Court rejected it and observed that a ..

Background The name of the case is Anto Augustine And Ors. V. State of Kerala. A trio of entrepreneurs, having branches of various businesses across the State, was accused of felling centuries old rosewood trees from a reserved forest. It ..