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WHO IS CARRIE WITT Carrie Witt was a former High School teacher in Alabama. She taught history, psychology and social studies while working as a coach for the varsity girl’s golf team and junior varsity cheerleading at Decatur High School. li style="text-align: jus..

Karnataka High Court: Rights Cannot Be Enforced After Unreasonable Lapse of Time  In the case of M Channabasappa V. General Manager, the Karnataka High Court has opined that even though the law of limitation is not expressly applicable to the petitions that have been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, such righ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 puts a total ban on activities such as manufacture, sale, production, and consumption of liquor in Gujarat. The Act has been challenged before the Gujarat High Court. It has been challenged o..

PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION The Delhi Government filed a PIL before the Supreme Court against the Centre seeking closure of 10 thermal power plants located in Punjab, Haryana, UP that contribute to air pollution in Delhi significantly. The PIL also sought the issuance of directio..

BACKGROUND The Gujarat Government passed the Gujarat Prohibition Act in 1949 prohibiting the manufacturing, selling, purchasing, and consuming liquor in the state. It has been challenged many times by different petitioners before the Gujarat High Court since 2018. li sty..

BACKGROUND Mr. Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of Facebook India, and the company Facebook were alleged to collude with the parties who had an interest in the recent riots that took place in the national capital, New Delhi. The aftermath of this was the formatio..

Background Five FIRs were registered against the petitioner’s husband accusing him of duping five persons. He was released on bail in all the five cases but he was not released and rather was held in preventive detention by charging him under the provisions of Telangana Pr..

Background The name of the case is State of Uttar Pradesh v. Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma. A writ petition was filed before the Allahabad High Court against an order of transfer. An appeal was also filed against the Allahabad High Court. ..

SC: Bail Condition To Compensate Victims Cannot Be Imposed The Supreme Court has held that at the stage of bail, the condition of payment of compensation to victims cannot be imposed. The decision was given by the Bench consisting of Justice Sajay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta. The case is of Dharmesh V. State of Gujar..

Through the judgment of the case - The State of Uttar Pradesh & Others v. Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma, delivered on July 9, 2021, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta, at the Supreme Court have expressed the Court’s unhappiness once again about certain High Courts developing a practice “to call officers at the drop of a hat and to exert..

PIL BEFORE THE COURT Gaurav Bansal filed PIL before the Court saying that around 10,000 people are languishing in mental homes because of social stigma. He also stated that the Maharashtra Government is transferring people from mental homes to beggar homes. li style="tex..

FACTS The Delhi Police alleged that NewsClick’s Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha received a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of Rs 9.59 crore from Worldwide Media Holdings in the United States in the year 2018-19. The Enforcement Directorate raided the office of NewsClick..

BACKGROUND The Central Government passed the 97th Constitutional Amendment in 2011, relating to encouraging the economic activities of cooperatives. The said Amendment was challenged before the Gujarat High Court through a PIL on the ground that it was ultra vires to the constit..

BACKGROUND Delhi faced communal riots and violence between 24th and 29th February 2020 causing loss to life and property. The result of these riots led to the formation of the Committee on Peace and Harmony by the legislative assembly of NCT of Delhi under the chairmanship of Mr..

Factual Background The case was T Ramasamy V. Government of India and Ors. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister issued a statement during a debate that it will use ‘Ondriya Arasu’ in official communications instead of ‘Mathiya Arasu’. li style="text-alig..