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The Delho High Court in the case of R.K Tarun v. Union of India, 2015 SCC OnLine Del 13461 on 19.11.15, dismissed a writ petition raising issues against the procedural rules, (both the State made rules and the model rules) to be followed for determination of age of a juvenile

The Supreme Court, in the case of Animal Welfare Board of India v. People for Elimination of Stray Troubles, while hearing the matter relating to protection of stray dogs, said that a balance between compassion to dogs and the lives of human being, which is appositely called a glorious gift

Supreme Court in the case of Dr. Sandeep s/o Sadashivrao Kansurkar v. Union of India (WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.444 OF 2015) asked the Central Government to take necessary steps to end reservation system in all institutions of higher education in national interest.  Regretting that some “privilege remains unchanged” even after

Supreme Court in its recent decision  in Vennangot Anuradha Samir v. Vennangot Mohandas Samir, decided on 2 December 2015 by the bench of M.Y. Eqbal and C. Nagappan, held that it is the duty of husband to take care of his wife’s health and safety and to provide facilities for

Orissa High Court in its recent decision in Usharani Pradhan v. Brajakishore Pradhan, decided on 19 November 2015 by a division bench of S.K. Sahoo and Vinod Prasad JJ, held that a wife living separately from her husband and children, keeping high ambition of becoming a politician and neglecting her

In Krishna Bhattacharjee V.  Sarathi Choudhury, 2015 scc 1229, 2015 while dealing with a question whether the retention of stridhan by the husband or any other family members is a continuing offence or not, the division bench comprising of Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant, JJ held that the concept

In Selvaraj v.State of Karnataka, (2015) 10 SCC 230 the judgment and order of acquittal passed by trial Court reversed by High Court was set aside in the particular case. An appeal was preferred in the Supreme Court against the judgment and order passed by the High Court which convicted

The Centre’s filed a petition questioning the decision pf the Tamil Nadu government to remit sentences of seven life convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and release them. The SC had stayed Tamil Nadu’s decision earlier. A 1993 Mumbai serial blast condemned prisoner Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, moved a mercy

In the case of Ganga Dhar Kalita v. State of Assam and Others, one of the persons said to have executed the power of attorney was minor, and another was away from India. It was held that even if the civil suit was instituted by the complainant, the High Court

In Riju Prasad Sarma etc. v. State of Assam & Ors., the apex court has laid down the law that the judiciary in India, acting on its judicial side cannot be considered as a State under Article 12 of the Constitution. Writs against the judiciary would lie against their administrative