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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..

CASE BACKGROUND Mukesh Kumar was 19 years old when he was involved in an accident on August 25, 2017 that left him permanently disabled in his right lower leg. That limb's amputation had to be done below the knee. According to the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), a val..

CASE BACKGROUND CJI NV Ramana, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Surya Kant comprised a bench which had a special leave petition hearing that was filed by the police constable against the Uttarakhand High Court's order declining to entertain his application for recording his statement yet again and rejecting to sup..

SC Passes Interim Order Allowing Women Candidates To Appear For NDA Examination An interim order has been passed by the Supreme Court which allows women candidates to appear for the entrance examination to National Defence Academy, which would be held on September 5, 2021. The decision was given by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 was enacted to repeal the span style..

Key Takeaways The husband of a woman went missing and she filed a report before the police with the suspicions of involvement of her in-laws. The dead body of a person who had a tight resemblance to the missing man was found and the police and Court found it to be the same man...

CASE BACKGROUNDS The Kerala High Court on Friday held that a child brought into the world out of a live-in relationship and recognized so by the mother of the kid would need to be treated as a kid brought into the world to a wedded couple for the incentives behind giving up a kid for the treatment under Juvenile Justi..

NEWS PROCCEDINGS On 15th August, the Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana articulated worry over the deficiency of discussions and debates in the Parliament and State Legislatures, terming it as a “sorry state of affairs" as the lack of presence of quality debate leaves many characteristics of laws uncertain a..

What happened The candidates and their supporters entered the voting arena and misbehaved with the female lawyers and even tore the ballot papers. As a result of the incident, a lawyer suffered a heart attack and one lawyer got serious injuries and a hand fracture. ..

Factual Background The case was Common Cause V. Union of India. A plea has been filed by NGO Common Cause which challenges the retrospective extension of ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra’s tenure. The NGO seeks directions to the Centr..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE In her complaint, the woman mentioned that she got married to the Wadala resident last November. Immediately after marriage, her husband and in-laws started imposing restrictions on her. She alleged that they started..

FACTS OF THE MATTER The members of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association were dissatisfied with the working method of Justice Rajiv Kumar Dubey. Expressing their concern, previously, they had written a letter to Chief Justice, Mohammad Rafiq against the ill-behaviour of ..