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The terrible incident: In a horrifying incident, a 30-year-old man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl allegedly killed her and her mother by driving a tractor over them. The accident took place on Wednesday in Amapur area of Kasganj when the rape v..

ABOUT THE TAPES Rajasthan Political Crisis stepped to another level when the Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) has sent a notice Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to record his voice sample. The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police has issued a n..

SYNOPSIS: The members of LAWyersClubIndia had a great opportunity of attending and organizing a live information webinar session with a multi-national panel of lawyers. In the webinar, they addressed various queries of the participants revolving around the topic of “Whether to pursue LLM (Master of Laws) or not?&rdq..

Offences towards women have existed since the beginning of time. Women have been considered meek, timid and even weak by the society. Thus, men have found it easy to outrage the modesty of a woman or molest her against her will. The Indian Penal Code,1860 (IPC)1 gives the meaning of the word ‘offence’ as something which denotes a thing that is punishable..

UGC’S DECISION UGC in its July 6 circular released revised guidelines on Examinations and Academic calendar for Universities during Covid-19 whereby all universities all across India have been asked to wrap up final year or final term examinations before September 30. The UGC on July 18 ..

What you need to know about the case? A statue of Dravidian legend E V R Periyar in Coimbatore was smeared with “saffron-coloured liquid” on Friday morning by a cadre of a little-known Hindu outfit, in the second attack on the busts of the social reformer since the beginning of this year. The statue located in ..

BACKGROUND A plea had been moved in the High Court of Delhi by a woman having a confidential identity, who complained that her pictures that were posted by her on Instagram and Facebook had been mischievously and illegally been taken and uploaded on a pornographic website with derogatory captions li style="text-al..

Recent development in the case; On Monday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a notice to Brigadier Neeraj Kumar Soni in a contempt case initiated against him by the court, and ordered him appear before the court on September 14th. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi ordered a summon ..

BACKDROP A bench led by Justice Arun Mishra, on 6 July dismissed advocate Reepak Kansal’s petition alleging that the Apex court’s registry gave preferential or bias treatment to influential law firms and litigants while listing matters. And further imposed a fine of Rs. 100 on the advocate. p style="text-align..

WHAT IS EIA? Environment Impact Assessment or EIA is a study to predict the effect of a proposed change or project on the environment. It is decision-making tool used for comparing various alternatives for the project and seeks to identify which one of the alternatives represents the best combination of economic and environmental..

Rajasthan political crisis: Sachin Pilot’s plea in HC invokes 'Freedom of speech'; Two-judge bench to take plea  BACKDROP Congress rebel Sachin Pilot filed a petition seeking dismissal of the disqualification notices served to him and his 18 loyalists among the whole pol..

INCIDENT In a noteworthy move resulting in departure from one of the long-standing colonial traditions that continue to characterise the Indian Judiciary, Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan has said that he would want to be addressed as ‘Sir’ by all judiciary officers in Bengal and Andaman instead of ..

Briefly Recounting Justice Bhanumati’s career Justice Bhanumathi entered the Higher Judicial services in Tamil Nadu in 1988 as a district judge. She was elevated to the post of High Court Judge of Madras in 2003. li style="text-align:jus..

Why was the victim arrested? A 22-year-old "gang rape survivor" was imprisoned on charges of deterring procedures of the court by a civil court in Araria district of Bihar. The court likewise accused two social workers of the similar wrongdoing ..

CASE BACKGROUND  A criminal writ petition under the title of Imran Mohd. Salar Shaikh Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Ors was filed in the Bombay High Court under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution r/w Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code on 10 July The petition which was ..