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What Is The Issue The Delhi High Court while delivering a judgment defining the limits of the otherwise vague Section 15 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, (UAPA).A bench comprising Justices Sidharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani were granting bail to Delhi-riots accused Asif Iqbal Tanha, Natasha Na..

What is the issue The Madras High Court ordered the health authorities of the Tamil Nadu Government to process the claim for compensation of the Petitioner who was a widow of a private medical practitioner who contracted Covid-19 infection on duty and succumbed to it, without insisting on his RT-PCR report. li..

WHAT DID THE COURT SAY The SC quashed the criminal cases against the Italian Marines and accepted the compensation. The compensation of Rupees 10 Crore was accepted by the Supreme Court and transferred to the Kerala High Court. The two Ita..

WHAT WAS THE CASE The Division Bench consisted of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V Ramasubramanian. The case was of a Special Leave Petition against an order declining the request of hearing a bail application. The bail application was f..

WHAT IS THE CASE Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra was opposing CBI’s application for the transfer of the ongoing Narada Case. He stated that the power to transfer a case under Section 406-409 of the CrPC is not to be exercised liberally. li style="text-align: justi..

Rule under Challenge The Madras High Court Bench of Hon’ble Justices T. S. Sivagnanam and S. Ananthi was hearing a petition challenging the validity of amendment made in 2019 to the Law Officers of Madras High Court and its Bench at Madurai (Appointment) Rule, 2017 which deal with the appointment of government l..

Facts of the Case Petitioner No. 1, Manish Kumar is aged about 16 years and a half. He married Jyoti, out of his freewill. Jyoti is an adult in the cognizance of law and just above the age of 18 years. Manish Kumar, after his marriage to Jyoti, was staying with his wife, his mot..

SC Refuses To Halt Demolition Of Settlements In Faridabad Khori Gaon  The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad at Khori Gaon has planned the demolition of 10,000 houses. In the Public Interest Litigation on Thursday, the Supreme Court directed that the encroachments on the forest land would have to be removed within 6 week..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Lakshadweep Filmmaker Aisha Sulthana has moved to the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail. A case of sedition has been filed against her due to the remarks made by her over the new regulations introduced in the island. li style="text-align: justify;..

Timeline 23rd November 2013- An FIR was filed against Tarun Tejpal for assaulting her junior colleague 30th November 2013 - Anticipatory bail was rejected by the court and he was placed under arrest July 2014:Tejpal was granted bail p style=..

What Gave Rise To The Initiative Following reports of attacks on lawyers in various parts of the country, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has formed a seven-member committee to prepare an Advocates' Protection Bill. According to a letter dated June 12, the Bill's goal is ..

What Is The Case In Question The judgment was passed by The High Court of Gujarat in the case of KureshiIrfan Hasambhai v. State of Gujarat [R/Criminal Misc. Application No. 6978 of 2021] by a Single Bench consisting of Hon’ble Justice A.Y. Kogje. The Court had to decide w..

Background The Hon’ble Bench of Bombay High Court was hearing a plea regarding door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination for citizens above the age of 75 and for those..

Background of the case Recently in the Narada Scam case, the CBI sought the transfer of the trial and a declaration that the hearing in the tria..

Overview of the Petition A Public Interest Litigation was filed by Advocate S. Balakrishnan seeking directions to concerned Police Officials to register FIR against the police officers who al..