Radhika Maheshwari

Case Name: Jasmin Begum @Jesminara Begum vs. Union of India and Ors. [Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary Nos. 1564/2020] Supreme Court of India in the present case, constituting a bench which is headed by Chief Justice of India, permitted a woman, who was declared as a foreigner, to file a

Excerpt The three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court including Rohinton Fali Nariman, KM Joseph and Navin Sinha, held that the Section 3, 4 and 10 which incorporated the amendments in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act 2020, did not breach the right to equality pursuant to Article 14 of

Excerpt  Supreme Court passed an order on 22 January 2021 in which it was said that “lawyers should prevent accepting last-minute briefs” to circumvent the proceedings of the court. This order was passed by the Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar in a case while considering contempt petition. 

Excerpt In these extreme situations of COVID-19, everyone is working virtually. The Courts, including various High courts and the Supreme Court, are no exception. After the judgement given in the case of Santhini vs. Vijaya Venketesh, the general principle was that “video conferencing is not permissible in matrimonial cases.” But