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Karnataka HC: Guidelines for Ascertaining Identity of parents surrendering child and Inquiry into the Reasons The Letzkit Foundation filed the petition bringing the attention of the Court to an article on a young couple in a live-in relationship handing over a child to the CWC. The State Governments were directed to use rulem..

SC: Default Sentences Cannot Be Directed To Run Concurrently As observed by the Supreme Court of India, default sentences imposed on a convict cannot be directed to run concurrently. The case was of Dumya Alias Lakhan Alias Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra. The decision was given by Justices UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi. Advocate..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Criminal intimidation is an offence defined under Section 503 of IPC, the punishment for which has been given under a href="https://www.lawyersclubi..

Key Takeaways Emergency Arbitration is not expressly mentioned in the Indian provisions but the legislature has made an attempt to include it in the Act. There have been a few cases in India that have dealt with the enforceability of an Emergency Arbitrator's decision. ..

Key Takeaways Lawyers have fought for providing justice to the people but they have also been responsible for various incidents that have led to chaos. The lawyers of the Awadh Bar Association have ambushed the voting area and caused damage to not only the process but also physi..

Key Takeaways This article will help in understanding what going through a divorce feels like and its consequences on a person and his/her family. The article will present a different perspective to divorce. Given the rise in divorce rates..

Key Takeaways On August 10, 1971, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill was passed by both houses of Parliament and signed by the then-President of India. In Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, it was held that it is a constitutional right of women to make reproductiv..

Early Life  Justice Navin Sinha completed his law degree at Delhi University and practiced in the Patna Courts. He was elevated to the position of judge at the Patna High Court after 23 years of practice. He also served as the Chief J..

CASE BACKGROUND The plaintiff has filed a plea against a judgement of the High Court ofBombay dated January21, 2015, in which the petition for redemption of mortgage land was rejected, with the Appellate Court's verdict being set aside and the Trial Court's judgement being restored. li style="text-alig..

Factual Background An application under Sections 482, 378, and 407, I.P.C. was filed by one Noor Khan under Section 482 CrPC in the High Court. A notice under Section 111 Cr.P.C. was issued under the signature of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. li style="text-align: justi..

Calcutta HC Orders CBI Probe Into West Bengal Post Poll Violence Cases Of Murder And Rape The case was of Anindya Sundar Das v. Union of India and other connected matters. The Calcutta HC handed over the investigation of the cases related to murder, rape and crime against women which happened in the State of West Bengal in Ma..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Indian Penal Code is the most comprehensive law dealing with the different offences and their punishments. It covers a wide range of offences, from murder to petty crimes. One of the offences is causing hurt by one person to another by various means. li..

Key points The non-criminalization of marital rape in India proves to be a dreadful slur on the dignity and human rights of women. Exception 2 of Section 375 of the IPC immunes the husband against the punishments of marital rape. Rape of w..

Factual Background The name of the case was Hemaraj Ratnakar Salian V. HDFC Bank Ltd. The tenant resided on the premises of the borrower on an oral agreement from 2012. He contended that he was entitled to protection under the provisions o..

Background The name of the case was Neelima Sreevastava v. State of Andhra Pradesh. The Allahabad High Court had issued directions to the State for regularizing the appellant under Regularization Rules, which was not challenged by the State. li style="text-align: justify..