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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

The Allahabad High Court held that it is the responsibility of State government to take care of minor rape victim and her child and directed the State to ensure provision of health facility and education to the victim. In the instant case, a minor rape victim became pregnant and had

A compilation of suggestions has been made by Pinky Anand, the Additional Solicitor General and Arvind Datar, the senior counsel to consider introduction of appropriate measures, if any, for an improved working of the collegium system. Other stakeholders like Chairman of Bar Council of India have prayed for further time

In the Manish Sharma v. Commissioner of Delhi Police, the petitioner challenged the order of Commisioner of Delhi Police, which restrained them from carrying on the trade of selling crackers. Although, the grounds of refusal were rational and in the interest of public, as the electricity transformer was there in