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WHAT WAS THE INCIDENT The rape incident occured on July 25, 2021. Two minor girls had been raped on the Benaulim beach. The two girls were fourteen year old teenagers. The incident took place 30 kilo..

Bombay High Court: Watali Judgement Won't Apply When Bail Is Sought On Humanitarian Grounds The Bombay High Court has granted temporary bail to Bhima-Koregaon Elgar Parishad accused, Advocate Surendra Gadling. The Court has also held that the rigors of regular bail would not apply for the grant of temporary bail under Unl..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Begging is a cause and consequence of social and economic backwardness which is the chief reason and result of poverty. The practice of begging is criminalised under the Indian law in general, with some exceptions. This has led to harassments of such persons. ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS There is a lot of societal pressure and stigma related to live-in relations in India. People, especially young couples can be in a live-in with the necessary requirements. The important legislations and judgements help in und..

Case Background A woman advocate, aged 35, had registered a sexual harassment caseagainst seven of her colleagues, three lawyers and four staffs, working in a law firm. An FIR was registered under Section 376 (Punishment for Rape) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 at the Marine Dri..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The ruckus had taken place in March 2015. The incident occurred while the CPI(M) members were protesting against the then UDF government, regarding the bar bribery allegations made against the then Finance Minister KM Mani, who was trying to present the bu..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE Raj Kundra is presently under investigation for allegedly being involved in the production and distribution of porn films through a subscriber driver mobile application called HotShots. He is currently under judicial custody after being arrested by the Mum..

CASE BACKGROUNDS The DelhiHigh Court in early July 2020, said the Central Government could initiate action against Twitter in accordance with the new IT rules, in case of non-compliance. The micro-blogging site accepted a timeline on the appointment process of officers, as manda..

Factual Background The name of the case is Lava Kumar Sharma v. State of Rajasthan. A senior teacher of Mathematics at Government Senior Secondary School, Babedi was suspended under Rule 13 of Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeals) Rules, 1958. li..

Background In June 2020, the deceased had filed a case against the accused on the charges of rape. He had promised to marry her and he raped her. He was arrested in August but in October, the complaint was withdrawn after he signed an affi..

Murder Of Jharkhand Judge In Daylight: SCBA President Mentions Matter Before Supreme Court; Seeks CBI Probe An Additional District Judge, Justice Uttam Anand, of Jharkhand was murdered in broad daylight. The matter was brought to notice by the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, who ha..

CASE BACKGROUND A Division Bench of Justices RD Dhanuka and RI Chagla withdrew its July 5th circular which was on cancelling the results of various semesters of the LLB program students. The earlier circular stated to give marks to students based on the assignment-based evaluati..

BACKGROUND Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021(IT Rules, 2021) were implemented by the Central Government in February 2021 under the IT Act, 2000. These rules aim to establish the government's oversight over social media..

Key Takeaways Reservation in India refers to the practice of providing certain groups of people access to government employment, educational institutions, and even legislatures while denying some, to provide opportunities to the oppressed. India’s long-standing caste syste..

Key Takeaways The Motor Vehicle Act was not the very first legislation to be incorporated in India to ensure safety with respect to vehicles. The Act targets the protection of the citizens from accidents and also tries to insure the families, in case of an unfortunate event./li..