Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On September 15th, the Bar Council of India offered to conduct the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT) for law school admissions. The BCI stated that it has a mechanism to conduct the test in different regional languages, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On September 14th, the Supreme Court imposed ₹ 2,000 as costs on an Advocate-on-Record for sending an “unprepared” junior to court in his place to seek an adjournment. The junior lawyer went before a three-judge bench headed by Chief Read more
Vidushi Vats In a significant shift from its previous position, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has formally endorsed Delhi University’s recent resolution. This entails that admissions to the University’s recently launched five-year integrated law programs will be determined exclusively by Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal According to the Delhi High Court, a wife who is highly qualified and has continued working after marriage but does not reveal her genuine income is not entitled to maintenance from the husband. A division bench of Justices Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On September 5th, the Kerala High Court held that watching pornography in private without exhibiting it to others is not an offence. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan held that such an act cannot be declared an offence it is the private Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Delhi High Court held that the husband’s extramarital affair cannot be used as evidence against him in a case involving the wife’s dowry death. The single judge bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan granted bail to the petitioner in Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Allahabad High Court will now allow the parties or advocates to appear or argue cases before it through Video Conferencing mode from September 12, at both Allahabad and Lucknow Bench. On September 11, a press release Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Orissa High Court has ordered the government to take action against an advocate for his contemptuous conduct in attempting to manhandle a government counsel in an open court. The incident took place during the hearing of a Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On September 12, the Supreme Court refused to wait for the Parliament’s words on the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, a draft law proposed to replace the British-made Indian Penal Code of 1860. Instead, it referred petitions challenging Section 124A, the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 12th September 2023, the Supreme Court issued a notice to a Bar Association in Odisha for abstaining from a day of court work due to the death of one of its members. The Raigarh Bar Association’s decision Read more