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In the wake of the tragedy at Surat in which twenty-two students lost their lives in a fire at a Coaching Institute, a Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India praying for regularization of private Coaching institutes. This PIL filed by a Delhi-based Lawyer, Pawan Prakash Pathak also ..

Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has approached the Supreme Court praying for maintenance of status quo prior to the Madras High Court order that curtailed her administrative powers. The retired IPS officer has contended in her application that an appeal against the High Court’s order was admitte..

With the appointment of four judicial officers, the Delhi High Court has attained a total strength of 40 judges. The newly appointed Justices Talwant Singh, Rajnish Bhatnagar, Asha Menon and Brijesh Sethi were administered the oath on 27th May. However, the total number of 40 judges is still short of the sanctioned..

The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered last month, noted that under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017, there is a statutory right for mentally ill persons to live with dignity The bench comprising Justice NV Ramana, Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Justice Indira Banerjee observed that Section 20 (1) of the Mental Health ..

It needs no Albert Einstein to conclude that the Delhi High Court just recently on May 17, 2019 in a latest judgment titled Vikas Bhutani vs State & Anr. in Crl Rev P. 579/2017 & Crl. M.A. 12671/2017 (stay) has very forcefully held that maintenance awarded to a wife is not a bounty and it is awarded to her for her survival. This latest, landmark and laudable..

It has to be conceded right in the beginning that in a latest and significant judgment titled Kirodi (Since Deceased) Through His LR vs. Ram Parkash & Ors. in Civil Appeal No. 4988 of 2019 (@ Special Leave Petition (C) No. 11527 of 2019, it has been held by the two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Indira Banerj..

I am very clear on one thing right from the time I was child: No one can compel anyone to sing anything which he/she does not want to sing. There is not even an iota of doubt in my mind that no law and no court can compel anyone to sing anything against his/her wishes. Our Constitution guarantees not just the right to freedom of speech and expression as envisaged in..

Let me begin at the very beginning by first and foremost explicitly pointing out that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Md. Allauddin Khan vs The State of Bihar & Ors in Criminal Appeal No. 675 of 2019 (Arising out of S.L.P.(Cri.) No. 1151 of 2018) delivered just recently on April 15, 2019 has clearly and convincingly observed that, 'Mere pendenc..

In a major and significant development with far reaching potential consequences, the Supreme Court which is the highest court has on May 10, 2019 in Dheeraj Mor vs Hon'ble High Court of Delhi [Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 14156/2015 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 19-02-2015 in WPC No. 9303/2014 passed by the High Court of D..

While making its stand clear on whether High Court should assign reasons or not as to why a petition is allowed or rejected, the Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari in a latest, landmark and laudable ruling titled Jitender Kumar @ Jitender Singh vs The State of Bihar in Criminal Appeal No. 888 of 2019 (Arising ou..

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Delhi High Court against the anticipatory bail granted to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case he was implicated in. In its plea before the High Court, the Enforcement Directorate has pleaded that the protection from arrest granted to Vadra was detrimental for the purpose of car..

The Central Government has cleared the appointment of Justice DN Patel as the next Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. The appointment was made pursuant to a Collegium resolution passed earlier this month. The resolution was passed in view of the impending retirement of current Chief Justice Rajendra Menon in June this year...

In the judgment of the case - Md. Allauddin Khan v. the State of Bihar & Others, delivered on April 15, 2019, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Dinesh Masheshwari, at the Supreme Court, have held that mere pendency of a civil suit is not an answer to the question as to whether a case under sections 323, 379 read with section 34 IPC is made out against respon..

It is most hurting to see that there is a scathing criticism of the Supreme Court's in-house procedure without understanding it properly. It is being widely propagated that the clean chit given to the incumbent CJI Ranjan Gogoi by the three-Judge in-house panel headed by second most senior Supreme Court Judge Sharad Bobde and also comprising of two women Judges - J..