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Allahabad High Court: Custody of Minor Husband Cannot Be Given To Wife As It Would Be Cohabitation Between Adult and Child The Allahabad High Court ruled that custody of a ‘minor’ husband cannot be given to the wife as it would lead to cohabitation between an adult and a child. It would be permitting an offence un..

Key Takeaways Child marriage refers to the practice where either one or both the parties to the marriage have not attained the age of majority. According to the Indian laws the marriageable age for a male is 21 years and 18 years for females. li style="text-align: justif..

KEY TAKEAWAYS TarunTejpal was accused of forcing himself on a junior colleague against her will inside an elevator The judge points out that the accuser's "abnormal behaviour" was very relevant under the law of evidence. The ..

“Where a society has chosen to accept democracy as its creedal faith, it is elementary that the citizens ought to know what their government is doing.” -Justice P. N.Bhagwati KEY TAKEAWAYS Right to Information and Right to Privacy can be considered two sides of the sa..

Key Takeaways One Nation One Ration Card scheme makes food security “portable” and is tailor-made for migrant laborers with the growing number of inter-State migration from villages and rural areas to big cities, the effort was to ensure that migrant workers and thei..

WHAT WAS THE CASE Filmmaker Aisha Sulthana made remarks about the Government using ‘bio-weapons’ during a channel discussion. This led to a BJP worker filing a complaint against her. She has given an explanation on social media..

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS The Centre has submitted to the Supreme Court that the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs has no connection to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. An Intervention Application had been filed by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) against..

Background The Supreme Court Bar Association submitted before the Chief Justice of India that despite having vast experience with fields relating to civil, criminal, constitutional, and commercial law, the Supreme Court lawyers are rarely considered for elevation as a href="https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/judiciary/..

Background Recently, a Public Interest Litigation was filed by the Bharatiya Bikash Parisada in the High Court of Orissa. The PIL sought permission for the installation of CCTV cameras and display boards in all the Covid-19 Hospitals and Centers to make the treatment of Covid pa..

What is the issue One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme makes food security “portable” and is tailor-made for migrant laborers, the government told the Supreme Court on Monday. The government said in its written submissions that with the growing number of inter-St..

What is the issue The petition was filed by Yashi Devi aged about 20 years and Guchhan Khan aged about 40 years who entered into marriage on 11 January 2021, after Yashi converted to Islam. The Allahabad High Court stated that the religious conversion of a woman to Islam would n..

What is the issue The Punjab & Haryana High Court while hearing the protection plea of the petitioners, who are yet to attain the marriageable age, recently declined to provide them protection, and the writ petition was dismissed while noting that that the issue to eradicate child marriage menace needs to be consi..

What is the issue The Court was dealing with the case where 2 persons were illegally detained by a public authority. They were continued to be placed under detention despite them submitting personal bonds and other papers as directed by the public authority under the pretext of verification, and thus they challenged t..

BACKGROUND The petition at hand was filed by the petitioner stating that he had been unlawfully detained by the police. The petitioner stated that he along with his friends had gone to Sair Sapata in Bhopal where he was unlawfully picked up by the police, and detained for two da..

SC Accepts Compensation, Quashes Criminal Case Against Italian Marines In Enrica Lexie Case The Enrica lexie case deals with a sea firing incident in 2012 near the Kerala coast where two Indian fishermen had been killed. The Supreme Court on Tuesday dropped the criminal proceedings against the two Italian Marines involved, Ma..