The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has filed a plea in the Supreme Court. It challenges the petition filed by Vishwa Bhadra Pujari Purohit Mahasangh. The earlier petition had challenged Section 4 of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. There is a “positive obligation” to maintain religious character under Section 4 of the
A full bench of Justice R. Bhanumathi, Indu Malhotra, and Aniruddha Bose allowed a special leave petition, preferred against the Bombay High Court. Abortion laws in India Termination of Pregnancy on the grounds of “physical or mental abnormalities” of an unborn child is permitted under section 3(ii) of the Medical
The case in hand is Centre For Public Interest Litigation v. UOI. On 17 June 2020, the SC issued a notice in a plea seeking the transfer of PM CARES Fund set up for COVID-19 relief to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). Brief Facts of the Case Advocate Prashant
The COVID-19 surge is getting worse. The Union Health Ministry, via its revised Protocol, has recommended Remdesivir. This is an antiviral drug that is a possibly effective treatment for COVID-19. The greatest tussle is always between affordability and accessibility. Should the public Health get priority over patent protection in the
Akash Richard Katawati is a Pune based lawyer practicing before the Bombay High Court and the District Courts, Pune. He graduated from ILS Law College, Pune with a BSL LL.B. degree in the year 2016 and went on to pursue LL.M. in Constitutional Law and Administrative Law from the Savitribai
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a huge relief to Deloitte & BSR and Associates. The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) prosecuted these firms. Additionally, other investigative and regulatory agencies also prosecuted them. These prosecutions relate to the IL&FS scam which unravelled in June 2019. The Bombay HC had quashed
The SC said that there is no merit in charging interest on interest for deferred loan payment instalments during the moratorium period. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan along with Justices Sanjay Kaul and M.R. Shah presided asked the Centre and RBI to review the issue. Facts of the
The Delhi HC issued a notice in petitions filed by students and alumni of National Law University, Delhi. They were challenging the introduction of a 50% domicile reservation at the University. Facts of the Case Earlier this year, the students of NLU Delhi wrote an open letter to the Delhi
The Delhi HC dismissed an appeal that refused the deduction of one day’s salary of the appellant. The appellant is a professor at Delhi University. The university made the said deduction for contributing towards the PM CARES fund. The Court remarked, “Only a stone-hearted person would make such a challenge”.
On Saturday, the petitioner filed a petition in Supreme Court. The petition challenged the usage of cruel means to defend against the wild animals. They filed the petition after looking into the matter of the pregnant elephant’s death. This tragic incident took place in Kerala. The plea claims that these ways to
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