Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a notification on July 3, 2023, that has introduced amendments to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanism Regulations. These amendments are for the enhancement of the ADR process Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Supreme Court was hearing the writ of mandamus filed by a former Additional Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh against the State Government to clear his outstanding fees. The Court expressed its doubt on whether Article 32 Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Madras High Court quashed the complaint filed against actor Dhanush, Aishwarya Rajinikanth and others under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply, and Distribution) Act 2003, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Allahabad High Court held that a sexual assault victim cannot be forced to give birth to the child of her assaulter. The court was hearing a request to abort a 25-week pregnancy of a 12-year-old deaf Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Gujarat High Court on Monday initiated suo motu contempt of court proceedings against Senior Advocate Percy Kavina’s use of “unparliamentary” language against a High Court judge who is now sitting. Kavina used “disparaging language” against Justice Devan Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On Monday i.e., 10th July 2023, the Kerala High Court severely reprimanded the State police for taking a journalist’s mobile phone without following the due procedure as contemplated in law. According to Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, if a journalist’s Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court held that with the exclusion of Mondays and Fridays, SC will start to consider the batch of petitions contesting the invalidation of Article 370 of the Constitution on 2nd August. A Constitution bench consisting of Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, approved and signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The Bill was passed in the Parliament earlier this month and only one Member of Parliament was against it. It is one of the harshest hostile LGBTQ Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Supreme Court judge, Justice BR Gavai observed that the top court’s Advocates-on-Record are being treated like postmen during the contempt proceedings against two advocates. The Justice anticipated that Advocates-on-Record only file petitions that have already been written by other Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Even though a special court had ended all proceedings in the case after the accused passed away while the trial was still ongoing, the Madras High Court recently awarded compensation of Rs. 14 lakhs to a young, mentally Read more