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BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The petitioners, senior-citizen couples, have been allegedly detained in the Indira Gandhi International Airport since the morning of 23 August. They have been denied access to food, water or medicines. After the cou..

Background The name of the case was Simranjeet Kaur and Anr. v. State of Haryana. A woman had filed a plea seeking protection from the court. She had married the respondent in July 2018 against her free will. li style="text-align: ..

Background& & & &The case was of Showkat Hussain v. Nazia Jeelani. & & &A petition under Section 482 of the Indian Penal Code was filed against the judgment passed on triple talaq placing reliance on the Shayara Bano case. li style="text-align..

Background Sharjeel Imam is an alumnus of IIT Mumbai and had joined JNU for pursuing his PhD. He is an activist and was protesting against the CAA and NRC implementation. He was allegedly delivering instigating speeches against the governm..

Bail Plea Advanced To Sajjan Kumar As Medical Condition Is Precarious The Supreme Court has preponed the interim bail plea of ex Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh Riots case, for September 3, 2021. It was said that Kumar’s medical condition was precarious. The Apex Court, while directing ..

FACTS OF THE CASE Letzkit Foundation, the petitioner, drew the attention of the court to a newspaper article. It was written that a young couple staying in a live-in relationship had handed over their 12-day old child to the Child Welfare Committee. li style="text-align:..

Supreme Court Relegates Individual Grievances To Armed Forces Tribunal Individual male and female naval officers have challenged the rejection of their claim for the grant of permanent commission. Alternatively, they have sought pensionary benefits in terms of the directions issued by the Court in the Annie Nagaraja case. The..

Key Points Capital punishment is to be given in the ‘rarest of rare’ cases. The Law Commission in its 262nd report, 2015 has suggested to abolish capital punishment. Indian legislation and Courts have observed that capital puni..

Key Takeaways The Indian legislators have very thoughtfully made the provisions so that an offender is punished for his actions. Some offences call for fine and in case of inability to make the payment, the Courts also have the power to determine the sentence in case of default...

WHAT WAS THE MATTER The case Rani Devi and Anr. V. Indo Tibetan Border Police (2021) involved two female ITBP constables who wished to be redeployed to their post in Afghanistan. The constables were posted in 8 Battalion and 47 Battalion respectively. Their job was to check the ..

Name of the Case Bhagwati Dev Gupta and Anr. v. Star Infratech Pvt. Ltd. Background A petition was filed for the appointment of an arbitrator for arbitrating a dispute between parties, under Section 11(5) of the Arbitration ..

Name of the Case Valo Automobile Pvt. Ltd. v. Sprint Cars Pvt. Ltd. Background A suit was filed by the petitioner against the Sprint Cars Pvt. Ltd. for recovering Rs. 31,65,271/- including interest and certain documents and statement of ac..

Case Background In a circular dated 26th October 2020, the Director General of Police, U.P. issued guidelines in respect of wearing proper uniform and proper appearance warranted for the members of disciplined force. One of the guidelines is to not have beard, and the petitioner..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The wife of the deceased, a 29-year-old woman, filed the present plea. She had challenged the order of Rajasthan High Court dated 09.07.2021, where the court had granted bail to one of the accused, her mother. She ha..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE In 2011, SKS Power entered into multiple agreements with Cethar Construction Limited and Cethar Limited for the project of setting up a power project in Raigarh District of Chhattisgarh State. As per the requirements of those agreements, Cether had to furn..