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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 ..

Background The case is titled "Vaishnavi Jayakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu". The Court was hearing a slew of writ petitions calling for the universal use of disabled-friendly buses to protect disabled people's rights. In an ea..

Madras HC ordered for constitution of Press Council of Tamil Nadu The writ petitions by an alleged journalist were dismissed when the credentials came into question. In view of the case, the Madras HC directed the Tamil Nadu government to create a Press Council of Tamil Nadu to act as a state level media regulatory body withi..

In the judgment of the case - Siddharth v. The state of Uttar Pradesh & Another, delivered on August 16, 2021, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy at the Supreme Court, have taken a critical view of the trial courts insisting on the arrest of an accused as a pre-requisite formality to take the charge sheet on record in view of the provisio..

Key Takeaways An Ex parte defined and explained for easy referring The way one can use ex parte to one’s own benefit. Injunctions are arranged and have suffered such serious damage that only an ex-parte ruling can provide relief./li..

CASE BACKGROUND Maruti Metals used ‘Amul’ on its kitchenware products claiming that it was a registered trademark. Widely known as ‘Amul’, The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, instituted a civil suit, through Adv. Abhishek Singh claimed ..

CASE PROCEEDINGS The Court heard an appeal from Captain Atul Jain, who claimed to be an Air Force veteran and a bar member. He was primarily grieved that NCLAT and Delhi had asked the opposing counsel to file advance filings, which he contended were not allowed under the law. It..

CASE BACKGROUNDS After the Delhi high court convicted him and others withinside the case on December 17, 2018, Kumar is serving life imprisonment. The high court had overturned the acquittal of Kumar via way of means of the trial court in 2013 withinside the case related with ki..

WHAT WAS THE MATTER The case Santosh S/o Hari Kadam and the State of Karnataka (2021) was a case involving the use of the provision of default bail under CrPC on non-filing of supplementary charge sheet within the prescribed time. The Petitioner made a petition before the High C..

CASE BACKGROUND The public interest litigation raised the issue of violation of Articles 14, 15, 16, and 19 of the Indian Constitution by denial of eligible and willing female applicants the opportunity to enrol and train themselves as future leaders of the Indian Armed Forces at the National Defence Academy. ..

PLEA BEFORE THE COURT Advocate C Rajaguru filed a petition before Madras High Court with the plea to provide maternity leave uniformly by the government to both regularised, contractual and non-regularised women government servants. The pea stated that information in form of RTI..

Background of the Plea The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party had filed a contempt of court petition. It was filed against the government of India over the issue of non-compliance with the High Court’s order while implementing reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC..