Recently, an ordinance was promulgated by the President of India in regards to the amendments to be made in the penal laws. The amendments were brought in the wake of the atrocities committed on minor children in different parts of the country. One of the significant amendments is the imposition
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on 31st May sentenced an advocate to one-month imprisonment for criticizing a High Court Judge in a Facebook post. The Facebook post pertained to three personal cases which were decided against the lawyer, Mr. Manish Vaishisth. As per the order, his post had said
Exactly four years, four months and 18 days after a brutal gang-rape and murder on the streets of the Capital shook the nation’s conscience, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty awarded to the four convicts in the December 16, 2012, incident. The case, in the aftermath of which millions of young
Rajasthan High Court’s recent ruling gave a major boost to law enforcement agencies. The Court allowed police to collect voice samples of an accused person for determining his or her involvement in the crime. Facts Of The Case Events of this case take place in Jodhpur where some armed youth
A woman has the right to know the remuneration of her husband, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed. On May 15, In a significant judgement, a division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that wife has a right to know the salary of her husband. Petition
One of the oldest educational institutes in the country has been slammed by the Delhi High Court for a major lapse in accolading a student with a gold medal in Sociology. Facts Of The Case Majumdar a student of Delhi School of Economics completed her MA(Sociology) from Department of Sociology
Case Name: Rajiv Narayan Singh v. The State of Bihar. Judge Name: Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh Counsel for Petitioner: Dr. Anjani Prasad Counsel for the Opposite Party: Mr. Anil Prasad Poor knowledge of the law and legal processes prevalent in certain parts of the country came to light in front
The Supreme Court has ordered a trial court to arrange for the recording of the testimony of a murder case witness over video conferencing. Facts Of The Case Recently, the Apex Court Bench comprising Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan found that the witness, Anwar Khan, who saw the murder
June 12, 2018 might prove to be one of the historic moments when it comes to world politics, as,., Mr. Donal Trump, the President of the United States of America, and Mr. Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, have finally decided to meet up
Unit 2 of Sterlite Copper plant of Vedanta faces a major hurdle after Madras High Court directed Vedanta to stop the construction of the same. The said unit is located in Thoothukudi in south Tamil Nadu. Facts of the Case It is being reported that ten persons were killed by
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