Aastha Pareek In a decisive move to address the issue of unauthorized practice, the Bar Council of India (BCI) on 26 October recently disqualified 107 advocates from practicing law in Delhi. These individuals, who were found to be either practicing Read more
Aastha Pareek In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India expressed strong disapproval of the cross-examination methods employed against a 4-year-old victim in a sexual assault case. The case, Kesarinandan Sabhapati Upadhyay v. State of Maharashtra and Another, brought Read more
Aarohi Girish Dhumale The Telangana High Court has held that no child can be denied admission for not mentioning caste and religion as even the Census allows people to do so and that there is no necessity to direct the Read more
Anushri Joshi The Delhi High Court has expressed serious apprehensions about Wikipedia’s open editing model, terming it “dangerous” due to the ease with which any user can edit content. This observation came during a hearing on a defamation lawsuit filed Read more
Aarohi Girish Dhumale The Central Government has approved the appointment of five lawyers as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court. On Wednesday, 23rd October, 2024, Union Minister of State for Law, Arjun Ram Meghwal, announced the new appointments through his Read more
Aastha Pareek Justice Sanjiv Khanna is set to assume office as the 51st Chief Justice of India with effect from November 11, succeeding Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. His tenure is marked by numerous influential rulings, with contributions spanning corporate governance, constitutional Read more
Anushri Joshi In a landmark judgment delivered on October 15, 2024, the Rajasthan High Court ruled that an adverse police report cannot serve as a sufficient basis for denying parole to a convict. The ruling came in the case of Read more
Aastha Pareek In the latest developments from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, a significant legal dispute has emerged following communal violence that took place on October 13, 2024. The violence, triggered during a Durga idol immersion procession, escalated into clashes that resulted Read more
Aastha Pareek On October 23, the Bombay High Court suspended the life sentence of notorious gangster Chhota Rajan, granting him bail on medical grounds. A Division Bench comprising Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S.V. Kotwal made the decision after considering Read more
Anushri Joshi The Supreme Court of India on October 21, 2024 ruled that an eviction order passed by the Estate Officer under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971, does not prevent the parties from invoking an arbitration Read more