Rehan Khan The Delhi High Court on 27th August highlighted the urgent need to reconsider the mandatory attendance requirements imposed on postgraduate and undergraduate students. A Division Bench comprising Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma observed that the strict Read more
Rehan Khan Delhi University’s Faculty of Law recently proposed incorporating Manusmriti (100 AD) into the undergraduate law syllabus as a distinct subject. This move sparked widespread criticism, leading the University to retract the proposal. The backlash was anticipated, given Manusmriti‘s Read more
Rehan Khan A Delhi Court has sentenced Balwinder Kumar Sharma, the former Registrar (Recruitment) of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and Sunita, a candidate in the Haryana Civil Services (Judicial Branch) Examination 2017, to five years in prison for Read more
Priyanshu In a significant judgment that underscores the importance of adhering to mediation processes within legal frameworks, the Delhi High Court recently set aside a probe initiated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against JCB India Limited. The case, Read more
Priyanshu In a significant ruling, the Kerala High Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged the use of Hindi words in the titles of newly enacted criminal laws by the Parliament of India. The petitioner had argued Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On August 24, 2024, the Allahabad High Court made a significant ruling regarding the conduct of lawyers in Uttar Pradesh, particularly focusing on strikes called by individual lawyers or their associations. The Court declared that any act of Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On August 24, 2024,the Allahabad High Court addressed an important issue regarding the proper way to refer to retired High Court judges in official documents. The matter came up when Justice JJ Munir noticed that a government affidavit Read more
Aarohi Dhumale On Thursday, 22nd August 2024, the Bombay High Court issued a notice to the State government while hearing a Public interest Litigation (PIL) which sought to trace over 1 lakh missing girls in Maharashtra. The PIL was being Read more
Priyanshu In a landmark decision, the Madhya Pradesh High Court at its Jabalpur Bench quashed the termination of an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker, emphasizing the critical interplay between caste-based preferences in appointments and the requirement for meeting minimum Read more
Priyanshu In a significant move towards eradicating the inhumane practice of manual scavenging, the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to establish dedicated social media handles for reporting instances of manual scavenging across the state. This directive comes Read more
