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KEY TAKEAWAYS There have been increasing cases of police torture against the army. The police actions of torture have spread from common man to army personnel. The government remains inactive and silent to save its face and does not addres..

Facts of the case A petition was filed by one Kush Kalra before the Supreme Court seeking its direction to restrain beggars and other homeless people from begging in public places. The reason attributed to the plea was that such acts would result in an increase in the spread of ..

Factual Background The name of the case was Sivanandan V. The Superintendent Central Prison and Correctional Home. The petitioner was a 61 year old man who was convicted under 14 cases in various offences such as theft, housebreaking and lurking house trespass at night for which..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The accused had allegedly formed an unlawful assembly of people with an intention to snatch the voters list and cast bogus voting during an election. They had also attacked some political workers. They were convicted for the offences under Sections 323 and..

ARGUMENTS BY DEFENCE While appearing on behalf of Chopra, Advocate Siddesh Borkar alleged that the FIR, on whose basis Chopra is suspected to be arrested, was filed in February 2021. The arrest was registered under Sections 67, 67A, 292, 293 of the IPC and the sale under provisi..

Name of the Case M. Vasudevan v. The Registrar General and 194 ors. Factual Background A seniority list compiled on the basis of Civil Judge (Junior Division) recruiting was challenged as being utterly incorrect. Judicial officers who were..

NAME OF THE CASE South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. v. S. Kumar’s Associates AKM (JV) Factual Background The South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. is a government company which had issued a letter of intent to the respondent during providing the ..

Delhi Rapist Released From Jail Last Year To Marry The Woman He Raped, Kills Her For Revenge Raped her, married her, then killed her. This is what Rajesh did when he got another chance to live his life. On the pretext of checking on his mother, he called her home and since then her phone was off. The parents then reached out ..

Key Takeaways Religion has been an important part of the lives of the citizens of India. The very first fight for independence was a result of the conflict between the religious morals and the practices of the British. The rights envisione..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Transgender community people are recognized as the third gender in India and such recognition was held to be a matter of their human right. The Indian Constitution, with a view to protect them against oppression and harassment, has given various rights under it..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 lays down the provisions for procedure and powers of courts to grant bail. Section 436 to 450 of the CrPC deal with the provisions of granting bail. Bail is granted based on whether the offenc..

Case Background The name of the case is Jasmine Kaur Chhabra V. Union of India A petition was filed by Jasmine Kaur Chhabra, before the Delhi High Court, for directions to the Central Government for making provisions for separate public toilets for the third gender. li s..

FACTS The victim, on May 2, 2021, was travelling from Pilibhit to Lakhim PurKheri to his brother in law’s funeral, along with his mother and two sisters. While travelling, they were stopped by the police officials, who enquired about as to where they were travelling and al..

INTRODUCTION Anjana Prakash, a former Patna High Court judge was speaking at a webinar by CJAR, on the topic "Discussion on DEMOCRACY, DISSENT AND DRACONIAN LAW- Should UAPA & Sedition Have a Place in Our Statute Books?" While speaking, she contended that while the..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi, Gautam Gambhir had announced that his office would give free COVID medicines. The cricketer-turned MP was alleged to have stocked the medicine at a time where genuine patients were struggling and ru..