Rehan Khan On 7th October, the Kerala High Court ruled that insisting on school uniforms does not amount to “cruelty against children” under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act). This clarification Read more
Rehan Khan On 22nd October, the Punjab and Haryana High Court took strict action against a lawyer’s clerk for disrupting court proceedings by speaking loudly on his phone. The incident occurred during the hearing of an election petition challenging the Read more
Rehan Khan Morris Samuel Christian, a 37-year-old man, was arrested by Gujarat Police for allegedly running a fake court and issuing fraudulent orders in land disputes since 2019. Christian posed as a judge, operating a false arbitration tribunal and deceiving Read more
Aastha Pareek In the landmark case HDFC Bank Ltd. v. The State of Bihar & Ors., the Supreme Court, through a bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan, quashed the FIR lodged against HDFC Bank officials for allegedly allowing Read more
Aarohi Girish Dhumale The month-long protest at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) in Patiala has finally concluded on 20th October which was followed by a compromise between the students and the administration. The Student’s protests were conducted due Read more
Aarohi Girish Dhumale The Supreme Court, on 21st October, 2024, declined to dismiss the summons issued to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a defamation case brought by Gujarat University, which accused him of questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Read more
Anushri Joshi On October 16, the Supreme Court of India has determined that banks can claim tax deductions for broken period interest on Held to Maturity (HTM) securities, provided these securities are classified as trading assets. This case of The Read more
Aastha Pareek On October 21, the Supreme Court of India dismissed a plea to replace the term “Hindutva” with “Bharatiya Samvidhanatva” (Indian Constitutionalism) in political discourse. The petitioners argued that ‘Hindutva‘ undermines India’s secular ethos and promotes cultural exclusivity, while Read more
Aastha Pareek On Wednesday 16 October, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has conferred the prestigious designation of Senior Advocate upon 11 prominent lawyers. This recognition comes under the purview of Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961, which empowers High Read more
Anushri Joshi In a recent address at Kanhersar village, Khed Taluka, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud remarked upon the profound complexity of adjudicating the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute, a case which, by his own admission, required divine intervention. Speaking Read more