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CASE BACKGROUND The bench headed by justice D. Y. Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was hearing the matter in which the parties claimed that the arbitrator, a former High Court judge, kept adjourning and extending out the proceedings at every hearing, burdening both parties with ever-increasing arbitration expenditures...

NEWS PROCCEDINGS • PS Narasimha is among the judges promoted by the Supreme Court and is also expected to become Chief Justice, as he is the third highest-ranking lawyer in the legal profession. • Senior Advocate Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha will be sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on August 31, 2021. He will..

Background of the Case The title of the case is Gaurishankar Garg & Another v. The State of M.P. The Madhya Pradesh High Court was hearing a S.482 CrPC application seeking to quash an FIR filed against the petitioners, alleging a violation of Section 2 of the Prevention of I..

WHAT WAS THE MATTER The case of Vishal Verma v. Twinkle Vinayak, is a case being heard by the Delhi HC related to the order of a family court in a dispute between an estranged couple. The case is an appeal brought to the HC by the wife against the order of the family court allow..

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 ..