Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V Santhosh Kumar, from Uttar Pradesh’s Colonelganj in Gonda, was a security guard for more than eight years. He took up odd jobs including welding and working in a factory. He came to Lucknow when he was 16 Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V Mumbai Sessions Court refused to grant interim maintenance order after it was found that the wife earned Rs. 4 lakhs more than her husband annually. Both husband and wife appealed to the Sessions Court after Magistrate Court’s Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Supreme Court recommended live streaming of Court sessions via a landmark judgement in 2018 (Swapnil Tripathi v Supreme Court of India). The significance of such sessions was highlighted and was termed as an extension of ‘open Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan V Lawyers are protesting outside Punjab and Haryana High Court against Justice Anil Kshetarpal, accusing him of misbehaving with a senior lawyer during a court proceeding on Friday. The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association has demanded Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry issued separate notifications announcing the appointment of the Chief Justices. Five judges were elevated as Chief Justices of High Courts, with one of them due to retire on Read more
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Friday morning released a notification appointing State Law Officers for the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and Lucknow Bench. In the same notification, the Government appointed Shri Anil Pratap Singh, Former Chairman of the Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V Muslims cannot adopt minor children as per their personal law but must follow the adoption procedures under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015, held by the Orissa High Court. The Division Bench made Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Supreme Court held that the functions of District Judges were fundamentally the same as that of High Court judges and therefore the increase in the salary of the High Court judges must be proportionate to that Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Delhi High Court has ruled that the advocates representing the criminal side for prosecution or accused cannot claim a right to own an arms license, as it could lead to indiscriminate issuance of such licenses. The Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V A sessions court in Mumbai has acquitted a 22-year-old student who was arrested for setting fire in the premises of another court and causing damage to the property. The judge held that the prosecution had failed to Read more