The Supreme Court collegium, or a group of five most-senior judges, met on May 11, 2018, to take a call on Justice KM Joseph’s elevation to the top court that was rejected by the government in April. This is the collegium’s second meeting to firm up its response to the
Name of the Case Vikram Singh @ Vicky Singh v. State of NCT of Delhi Bench Justice S.P Garg and Justice C.Hari Shankar Delhi High Court delivers a very interesting judgment in which the high court quashed a trial court’s order declaring two men guilty of raping a minor girl
The Bombay High Court, in a historic judgment held that a Muslim woman can seek reliefs like monthly maintenance, custody of children and also accommodation under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (DV) of 2005. The HC ruled that the fact that Muslim marriages are governed by their
In view of the prevailing travel ban to Libya by the government of India imposed in 2016, the Union Minister, Kiran Rijiju’s visit to the north African country assumes more significance. Warm reception by the Interior Minister of Libya in Honour of Union Minister, Kiran Rijiju Mr. Kiran Rijiju’s warm welcome
The Apex Court strengthened the laws protecting women in India by declaring that a woman, on the ground of cruelty is allowed to lodge complain against her ex-husband even after divorce. Facts of the Case A bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi, R Banumathi and Navin Sinha was listening to an
Approximately after six years, the two junior artistes are sentenced to life imprisonment by the Mumbai Sessions Court for the murder of Meenakshi Thapa, an aspiring model and a budding actor. Additional Sessions Judge SG Shette awarded the sentence to 41-year-old Amit Jaiswal and his girlfriend Preeti Surin (32) under
The anticipatory bail application of actor-turned-politician S. Ve. Shekhar was rejected by Madras High Court on Thursday. S. Ve. Shekhar had shared a derogatory post about women journalists. Facts of the Case The Facebook post titled Madurai University, Governor and virgin woman’s cheeks came after a female correspondent of English
The Apex Court elucidates that the compensation cannot be denied on the ground of negligence on the part of the passenger and said it is an “untoward incident” and the victim is entitled to compensation. As per the present legislation, section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989 no compensation will
King of good times seems to have run out of good times. A UK court has ruled that judgment of Indian Courts against Mallya can be enforced against his assets in the UK. Facts of the Case Liquor baron Vijay Mallya fled to the United Kingdom in 2016 after defaulting
Case: Abdul Motin v. Manishankar Maiti & Ors. Decided By: SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao Issue: In the instant case, the respondent had challenged the acceptability of the PhD degree granted by the Netaji Subhas Open University as an essential academic qualification for the post of Principal. According
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