Jahanvi Agarwal On 11th June 2024, the Madras High Court highlighted the necessity for the State to utilize its parens patriae jurisdiction to support adults with mental health issues who lack family support. The court referenced the Uttarakhand High Court’s Read more
Radhika Mittal On June 12, – The Bombay High Court underscored the importance of the deceased’s right to dignified last rites, equating it with fundamental rights enjoyed during one’s lifetime. The court was hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL) Read more
Radhika Mittal The Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Punjab, has raised serious concerns over the rejection of insurance claims on unfounded substantiated grounds by insurance companies. The Commission emphasized the urgent need for the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Read more
K Chakra Pani On June 11, 2024, the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud visited the Judges’ Library of the Supreme Court, where the Advocate-on-Record Examination was held,, after glitches were found in the computers. This AoR Exam was the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud recently emphasized the necessity for more women judges in the judiciary, dispelling the myth that female judges automatically deliver “liberal” outcomes. Speaking at a lecture at Cambridge University on June 6, Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Shaadi.com’s ‘Dowry Calculator’, a feature with a hidden message, recently went viral on social media. This satirical tool claims to calculate the dowry a man can demand from a woman’s family, based on various factors like their educational Read more
K Chakra Pani The Supreme Court granted relief to Delhi by ordering the Himachal Pradesh Government to release water to the state, after informing the Haryana Government. A Bench of Justices PK Mishra and KV Viswanathan directed the Himachal Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On June 4th, the Election Commission disclosed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had secured 240 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This outcome marks a shift in the political landscape, with the ruling party falling short Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a landmark decision, the Madras High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to implement horizontal reservation for all transgender individuals in the state. This directive, issued by Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan on April 8, nullifies the previous Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a significant verdict, the Nagpur district court has sentenced former BrahMos Aerospace engineer Nishant Agarwal to life imprisonment for espionage activities linked to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Agarwal, who was arrested in 2018, was found Read more