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Case Background The petitioner challenged the constitutional validity of Section 39(7) of the Insurance Act, 1938. The Section was inserted by the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015. It was alleged that the Amendment made the family members of the insured, who were his nominee..

Case Background Utsav Kadam, a student of IIT Guwahati, was arrested and kept in judicial custody on the charge of raping a fellow female student. It was alleged by the victim that the accused had invited her in the pretext of discussing her role as Joint Secretary of the Financ..

BACKGROUND The Indian stock market scam of 1992 was a manipulation in the stock market, carried out by Harshad Mehta, with several bankers and politicians on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Harshad Mehta used several techniques such as corrupt officials signing fake cheques, misusing..

FACTS OF THE CASE The Government has contended before the court of appeal that the doctrine of basic structure is not applicable in Kenya. It is so because the Constitution of India has provided the exclusive power to amend the Constitution to Parliament, but in Kenya, the peopl..

Background of the Case The title of the case is Reena Chadha & Anr. v. Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD). An NRI couple has filed the present Petition. The couple is requesting a physical appearance exemption fo..

Right to be Forgotten falls under Right to Privacy: Bengali Actress Granted Interim Relief  The Bengali Actress has been granted interim relief by the High Court on the case of right to privacy. Her naked photos and videos had been published and streaming online on various platforms including YouTube which the respondent..

Key Takeaways The Apex Court in Bhimrao Ramchandra Khalate (D) v. Nana Dinkar Yadav (Tanpura) determined whether a deed is of absolute transfer or mortgage by a conditional sale. Mortgages are covered by Sections 58 to 98 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. li style="..

Key Takeaways Sedition law has been a very debatable topic in India and has attracted the attention of many. A case has been brought before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the provision yet again. The authorities hav..

Key points This section protects the rights of children below 12 years. The child must be abandoned by the mother, father or any legal guardian. Intention of abandoning must be present. Intro..

WHAT WAS THE MATTER? The Kashinath Jairam Shetye v. David Clever and Ors. (2021) case was related to the contempt of the court. The Petitioner alleged that the Respondent, who operated from the U.K. was indulging in making videos defaming judicial members of the District Court o..

CASE BACKGROUND The Supreme Court recently has stated that it cannot sympathize with the students who entered the medical school through the back door. A bench of Justice Gavai, Krishna Murari, and Chief Justice L. Nageswara Rao, rejected a group of students’ petitions for..

CASE BACKGROUND Justices D. Y Chandrachud and M.R. Shah stated that it was necessary to set up a monitored system to track the movement of the cases between the arbitrator and the court, including all direct and indirect judgments regarding the revenue department of the Central Government. li style="text-align..

Background The case was Pichra Warga Kalyan Mahasabha Haryana v. State of Haryana. A notification which was issued by the Haryana State Government specified the criteria for excluding the creamy layer in backward classes. The High Court ha..

Background The name of the case was Tamminedi Ramakrishna v. N. Jayalakshmi. The plaintiffs had filed a suit against the defendant since the defendant was not ready to execute the sale deed. The defendant had filed applications under Order..

FACTS OF THE CASE In October 2019, Twitter had blocked Hegde’s account stating that it was depicting ‘hateful imagery’. He had posted a picture of August Landmesser wherein he had refused to the Nazi salute at a rally, while everyone around him was doing it./l..