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Introduction On 1st April 2021, the Gujarat state assembly passes the freedom of religion bill of 2021 with majority which seeks to penalize forcible and fraudulent religious conversion by marriage, and it would amend the 2003 act of freedom and religion. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have also passed such bills recently. The..

INTRODUCTION Indian history reveals that prostitution has been an age-old practice in our country. Even before the British Raj, the Maurya period was well known for its State-regulated prostitution. In India, with the impact of western culture, the outlook of people towards prostitution has considerably softened. This article..

KEY TAKEAWAYS An Indian origin Singaporean man was sentenced by a court in Singapore to 14 weeks of imprisonment. The Singaporean man was identified as Devraj Tamil Selvan, a 29-year-old man booked and jailed for intentionally coughing and abusing a police officer. li st..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Recently Justice NV Ramana addressed a convocation ceremony of Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU). While addressing the fresh law graduates he said that there is a worrying trend of having many sub-standard law colleges in our country. li ..

FACTS OF THE CASE In this case, the Petitioners know each other for the last 2 years and both of them in unison stated before the Court that their friendship blossomed into love and they were very clear that both of t..

OVERVIEW The Madras High Court on Wednesday, 31st March, while hearing a matter in relation with increase in court fee by the State has stated that the same is a matter of policy and court will not interfere in the matter. However, the bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Ba..

COMMENTS FOR THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION AMENDEMENT BILL 2021 Gujarat becomes the third state after Uttar Pradesh and Madh..

Overview Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Delhi police to file a status report on the incident, in the petition alleging illegal detaining and beating by the Delhi police of a man involved in a matrimonial dispute. What is the alleged incident? ..

OVERVIEW In Re: Mental Health and Mental Health Care and allied matters concerning convicts/ undertrials detained in various correctional homes in West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in terms of Supreme Court directions, the Calcutta High Court has registered a suo moto case.  p sty..

OVERVIEW  The Patna High Court, on the 2nd of April sought response from the Bihar State Aids Control Society (BSACS) regarding the lack of measures from the end of the Government in the implementation of the already launched schemes for the well-being of the victims of the deadly virus resulting in the fatal syndrome of..

KEY TAKEAWAYS 2 Lawyers in Maharashtra named Kunal Tiwari and Dhruti Kapadia filed a PIL in Bombay High Court recently for door to door service of vaccines. The petitioners in their PIL sought directions from the court to direct the State government to provide covid-19 vaccine t..

Conviction Of Accused Only On The Basis Of Presumption Under POCSO Act Would Offend Article 20(3) and Article 21 On Thursday, Tripura HC held that the conviction of an accused only on the idea of presumption under Section 29 and 30 of the a href="https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/news/bombay-high-court-on-sexual-assualt-as-de..

KEY TAKEAWAYS A petition was filed in Karnataka High Court seeking to direct the State to provide mid-day meals for students of class 6th to 8th standard. The 2 judge bench of Karnataka High Court on 16th March 2021 advised the State to start mid-day meals also directed to reply..

Key Takeaways Introduction- Child of incarcerated parents Background of the case Why the bail was granted Conclusion Introduction p style="tex..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court heard about the validity of the high reservation of the Maratha community. Such matter was considered in the 8th consecutive hearing related to matters of reservation of jobs and education. Senior Advocates ..