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India boasts of a well explained and a categorised list of environmental acts and policies which not only create an image of a responsible State but also ensures India's conformity with international laws and standards regarding the environment. But recently this mirage was shattered when the Ministry of Environment, Forest and..

A frequently encountered episode in civil litigation is the service of summons. Order V of the Code of civil procedure exclusively deals with the issue and service of summons. When a suit has been instituted, summons are issued to the defendant so as to enable him to present his version of the case within 30 days from the date of service of summons. Where the court ..

BACKDROP Supreme Court bench comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde with N. Subhash Reddy and AS Bopanna filed a plea seeking issuance of directions to the Bar Council of India to relax professional conduct and permit lawyers to advertise till March 2021. To allow public listings so that other para-legal work can be ta..

In such rather ominous and difficult times, Judicial system have paved the way to make justice accessible to each and every citizen of India. As we all know, the pandemic has hampered entire world’s operations irrespective of the work of field but at the same time it has pushed us to make room for huge changes in our daily activities as well as services, majorly..

Men have lost their powers of dissent and discussion and often digress into hounding the opposite gender. Conditioned with a lifetime of ingrained masculinity, the reply of the privileged class is often a hypersensitive doleful howl. The expressions of disagreement form a silhouette around threats of assault, rape and murder. ..

On July 14, 2020 the bench comprising of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices R Subhash Reddy and AS Bopanna while hearing a petition filed by Advocate Charanjeet Chanderpal, seeking direction to BCI so it can relax rules of professional conduct and allow lawyers to advertise to get work and take up other assignments ..

Background: Aryan Raj, a student with disability sought to be matriculated in an Art course in the Government College of Art, Chandigarh. The qualifying marks for SC/ST were 35%, but for the general category and for persons with disability, the marks were kept at 40%. The P..

On July 13, 2020Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)has modifiedSEBI’s order that imposed Rs 10 lakh fine on ICICI Bank, to only a warning. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in September 2019, imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on ICICI Bank and its..

What you need to know about the case? Anam Datstec, the applicant operates a hotel chain 'The Golden Hotel' in Goa. Golden Hotel assert that Oyo has signed an agreement guaranting minimum business deal in 2018. However, ..

A child born shuns it’s the umbilical cord, as it begins a life of freedom, but now is clamped by the iron chains of patriarchy. Patriarchy holding it’s firm grip on society, has blotted our lives forever. This institution has become a symbol of human evolution, and hence, any ..

Introduction In the Vedic times, women had the liberty to exercise various privileges and rights just like men. They were considered equal at almost all levels. There was only one sector where women were discriminated; it was a matter of inheritance. They were not completely excluded from the inheritance, but there wa..

In a fresh and significant development, the Supreme Court just recently on June 12, 2020 in exercise of its civil original jurisdiction in a noteworthy case titled Madhuri Jajoo vs. Manoj Jajoo in Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 833 of 2019 has allowed the first petition for divorce by mutual consent, through the virtual hearing system. It is for this very reason that i..

India has been fighting wars on several fronts at present. While our soldiers have been giving a befitting reply to both Pakistan and China at the same time, the recent constitutional amendment by Nepal regarding its territorial disputes with India is yet another critical point. Alongside this, the nation is struggling to contain the virus while trying to bring trac..

WHAT IS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION OR  FGM? According to WHO, “Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.” [1] FGM is an unnatural in..

In a latest and fresh development, the Delhi High Court has just recently on June 12, 2020 in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled Arjun Aggarwal Vs Union Of India And Anr in W.P. (C) 3449/2020 & C.M. No. 12224/2020 (stay) dismissed a PIL filed by a petitioner who is a law student. The PIL had challenged the ..