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Key Takeaways This article answers the question of whether an order passed by a higher authority be overruled by a lower authority. Whether the decision made by a Court of Higher authority be over-ruled by a court of lower authority Provid..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code defines the term ‘public servant’. This Section has been incorporated separately to avoid confusion regarding the definition of ‘public servants’ and the people who count as one. li style="text-ali..

KEY TAKEAWAYS 17 states have already implemented the One Nation, One Ration Card Scheme. Uttarakhand is the latest state to implement the reform. The ONORC scheme ensures the availability of foodgrains to ration beneficiaries under the Nat..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The properties of a Hindu male who dies intestate belongs to his sons, daughters, widow, and mother in equal shares, as well as the stated heirs of predeceased sons or daughters. A son has a title to his father's and grandfather's property by birth under Indian succession laws.An illegitimate son, on the other hand, has no claim to his father..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The right to compensation has been viewed as an inherent aspect of the right to life and liberty. The Supreme Court in its various judgments made compensation an intrinsic part of the right to life. Section 357 of CrPC extend..

What Has The SCBA Said The Supreme Court Bar Association has clarified that the letter to the CJI was only meant to give Supreme Court Lawyers an equal opportunity for Elevation to the HCs. SCBA President Senior Advocate Vikas Singh has mentioned that there was absolutely no int..

BACKGROUND The Delhi High Court had given a judgement dismissing the PIL for temporary suspension of construction work of the Central Vista. The judgement also imposed costs of Rupees One Lakh. The Petitioners Anya Malhotra and Sohail Hash..

Centre To Supreme Court: MHA Notification Not Related To CAA ‘The notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 28th May, 2021 has no relation to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019’, the Centre has submitted to the SC. This was in response to an Intervention Application filed by the Indian Union Muslim..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Multiple FIRs against the same accused and based on the same set of facts can be quashed. Multiple FIRs on the same issue and same facts can be considered as an ‘abuse of statutory power of investigation’. Kerala ..

Key Takeaways Bail is a legal term that refers to the process of obtaining a person's release from prison while awaiting trial or an appeal by depositing a bond to secure his timely surrender to legal authority. “The grant or refusal to grant bail rests within the disc..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Lynching is an act of killing someone or a group without a legal trial. In other words, it’s a planned extra-judicial killing via a group. The Hon’ble Supreme Court observed that these extra-judicial attempts of killing under the guise of the protectors of the law have to be nipped in the bud..

KEY TAKEAWAYS It is not just the wife who can be a victim of mental harassment; it can be the husband too. Unfortunately, there is no specific law that protects the husbands from cruelty or violence like there is for women. However, there ..

Background Facts The Complaint filed by the Petitioner alleged that a main sewerage pumping line of the Kerala Water Authority that was laid diagonally through the property of Avruthi Mall Management Co. Ltd. (one of the Respondents) was shifted to a part of the property that effectuated construction over a larger are..

What is the case When the SLP was still pending before the Apex Court, the Supreme Court took issue with the High Court of Rajasthan'..

What is the case In response to a plea filed by terror suspect Rashid Zafar saying that he was beaten up and made to shout "Jai Shree Ram" by inmates, a Special NIA Court in Delhi requested a report from the Tihar Jail authorities. Zafar, an a href="https://www.lawyer..