IIT Topper Nitin Jain had lodged a complaint with Delhi High Court against the coaching institute FIIT-JEE for gross misconduct and misrepresentation of his name in public. The Delhi High Court has found merit in his case and pulled the FIIT-JEE, Delhi to court to hear the case. Facts of
Chhota Rajan on Wednesday 2nd May 2018 was convicted of the brutal and shocking murder of Journalist Jyotirmay Dey which took place on June 11, 2011, near a marketplace in Powai, Mumbai. There were 14 people who were accused of this heinous crime of which two are still absconding, Vinod
Supreme Court on Thursday, April 19th dismissed several petitions seeking an independent probe into CBI Judge BH Loya‘s death ruling that he died of natural causes. Facts of the case Justice Loya had suffered a heart attack at Nagpur on December 1, 2014, while attending a wedding of a colleague’s
Gujarat High Court on Friday, April 20th acquitted former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Maya Kodnani from Naroda Patiya case but sentenced Babu Bajrangi and 11 others to 21 years in jail. Facts of the case In one of the worst communal riots of modern day in India, the Gujarat
The Bombay High Court on 17th April ruled in favour of the petitioner granting her wish to file divorce through the online medium via social media app such as Skype. Facts of the case The petitioner had filed for a divorce from her husband at the Family Court in Bandra,
The Supreme Court has refused to grant the plea of the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wing today and chose not to interfere with the West Bengal Panchayat elections. Facts of the case The West Bengal BJP wing had approached the Apex Court on Monday, 9th April to
Former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan filed a PIL on Friday 6th April with the Secretary-General of the Supreme Court requesting clarification on the extent of the authority of Chief Justice of India (CJI) regarding the allocation of cases. The PIL filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan on behalf of his father
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tendered his apology to Union Minister and BJP leader Arun Jaitley which brought closure to the Rs. 10 crore defamation suit filed against him by Mr. Jaitley. Facts of the case In December 2015 Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had filed a civil defamation suit
Monday, 2nd April 2018 marked an important day towards women’s emancipation when Gujarat High Court declared that marital rape is an intolerable cruelty towards women. A Single Bench judge of the High Court, Justice JB Pardiwala ruled that non-consensual sex between a married couple does not constitute rape if the
Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YI) had been directed by Delhi High Court on Monday, March 19th to pay Rs. 10 crore to the IT department following a case of alleged misappropriation of funds of funds by the company. Facts of the case IT department had sent a notice to the
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