Priyanshu On July 31, 2024, the Bombay High Court established a special division bench to comprehensively review the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971. This move was taken in response to a Supreme Court directive issued on, Read more
Rehan Khan On 16th August, the Delhi High Court, ended a prolonged 23-year old legal battle between two global fashion giants, Lacoste and Hong Kong-based Crocodile International, with a decisive ruling in favor of Lacoste. The court permanently restrained Crocodile Read more
Aarohi Dhumale The Supreme Court on 12th August, 2024, discussed drawbacks of relying too much on Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially in the case of translation of legal documents. A bench comprising Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K.V. Viswanathan discussed this Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court on 14th August 2024 dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought official definitions for the words used in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution, wherein the case was brought before a Division Bench comprising Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 13th August, the Supreme Court granted bail to a 61-year-old former police officer accused under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for being an active member of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and allegedly conspiring to Read more
Rehan Khan On 13th August, the Bombay High Court has issued a crucial clarification regarding the Right to Education (RTE) Act, specifically addressing concerns related to the admissions made by private unaided schools for Class 1 in the academic year Read more
Aarohi Dhumale A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Girish Kathpalia upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) order that a scar left from tattoo removal cannot be used as a basis Read more
Priyanshu In a significant development within India’s legal community, the High Court Bar Association has made a strong appeal to the Union Law Minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal, advocating for the appointment of local lawyers as judges in the Allahabad High Read more
Rehan Khan The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently clarified the scope of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, ruling that the Act specifically criminalizes only those forms of divorce that are instantaneous and irrevocable, such as Read more
Priyanshu The issue of language barriers in the Indian judiciary has been a persistent challenge, particularly in higher courts where English serves as the primary medium of communication. Speaking at the National Conference on the Landscape of Technology in Courts Read more
