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KEY TAKEAWAYS The elections held in Wangkhei, Manipur was held null and void recently by Manipur High Court due to non-disclosure of true details in the affidavit by a BJP MP who had won the elections. The petition was filed by Yumkham Erabot Singh another BJP leader in Manipur ..

CASE AT HAND Recently, Senior Advocate Dr. Ashwini Kumar has urged the Supreme Court to discharge its constitutional responsibility and issue directions to the Central and State Governments for banning "super-spreading events". In his letter to the CJI and the other ju..

Introduction  We cannot deny the fact that reservation comes from age-old British time and does not absolutely serve the times that we live in today. British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald was the first who presented the ‘Communal Award’ system to oblique out different sections of society with their identiti..

Apex Court: Dismisses Trinamool Congress Leader's Plea asking for 100% VVPAT Verification This week, on Monday, the Apex Court dismissed a petition filed by Trinamool Congress Leader Gopal Seth seeking 100% verification of votes with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in Electronic Voting Machines. Seth approached..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The laws involving protection of women are being misused in the recent times. Such misuse aids to the loss of time of the Courts. They also aid in shrinking the significance of the authentic cases of sexual offences committed..

Delhi Court: Grants Bail to Deep Sidhu in Red Fort Violence Case This week, a lower Court in Delhi has granted bail to Deep Sidhu, accused in the Red Fort Violence case in connection with the violence that broke out during the farmer's tractor rally on Republic Day. Sidhu was granted bail subject to his furnishing persona..

INTRODUCTION According to Tomlin's Law Dictionary – “Marriage is a civil and religious contract, whereby a man is joined and united to a woman for a civilised society.” In other words, the very foundation of a family and society is marriage. This article discusses the views of different religions on whet..

Background • The Maharashtra Govt. issued directives closing down all religious places in the State. • A petition was filed by two Jain Trusts requesting the Court to quash the directives and allow them to open the premises for the devotees to collect pious boiled food for the Ayambil fast. Arguments of parties • The trust submit..

Name of the Case Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited v. Bishal Jaiswal Background Facts • A three – judge bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal while deciding a case referred to various precedents. ..

OVERVIEW In a judgement observed by the Supreme Court on the 16th of April, 2021, it was held that a private vehicle would not come under the ambit of the expression “public place” as has been explained in Section 43 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act).” p style="text-ali..

INTRODUCTION Present in part 3 of the constitution, article 14, article 19, and article 21 forms the golden triangle of the Indian Constitution. All three of these articles are essential to understand the fundamental rights and the basic structure of the Constitution of India. This piece talks about important landmark judgeme..

OVERVIEW  The case of Alok Bajpai v. State of UP saw the Hon’ble High Court granting bail to Alok Bajpai, the 22 year old rape accused, for having committed rape on a 17 year student of the D.N.M. Institute of Engineering owing to inconsistencies in her statement, which proved to the Court that the victim had conse..

DETAILS OF THE CASE Earlier this week, Bombay High Court acquitted husband and in laws of a deceased wife who committed suicide within two months of marriage after observing that just because the wife died in the matrimonial house within a period of two months, the entire family cannot be stigmatized as having committ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Part XVIII of the Constitution titled as “Emergency Provisions” arms the President with enormous emergency powers to deal with the situations at time of crisis. It is the unique feature of the Indian Constitution that allows the Centre to take full legi..

Kerala HC: Women Can't Be Denied Employment Saying Work Involves Night Hours This week, Kerala High Court observed that a woman who is fully qualified cannot be denied of her right to be considered for employment on the ground that she is a woman and because the nature of the employment would require her to work during ni..