Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Supreme Court dismissed two PILs with costs for “re-classification of the caste system” and “phasing out of reservations gradually to make alternate reservation policy”. A Bench comprising of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha remarked Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal It was recently reported that a woman from the Banka district whose husband went abroad was allegedly raped by a man. However, she partially severed the man’s genitalia. The suspect was taken into custody by the police and Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, Madras High Court passed a split verdict on the issue i.e., whether it can order the release of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, who was detained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case. Read more
Amit Agarwal A division bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta on Monday (3rd July) refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to set up National Commission for Men and stated that the petition portrayed a one-sided picture. “No Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court condemns two Advocates and their clients for misleading the Court in a bail case. The court remarked that the case shows the degradation of the legal profession and how Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In 73 years of the history of the Supreme Court of India, it has happened for the first time that the Courtroom of the Chief Justice of India and two other senior-most judges will be bereft of familiar Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Supreme Court of India passed a circular in which it declared that all lawyers, litigants, media professionals, and other Supreme Court stakeholders now have access to free Wi-Fi. The action was taken as a part of Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Karnataka High Court recently ordered the implementation of e-filing, e-appearance, and other electronic or digital services within six months in all national tribunals. The bench consisted of Justice Suraj Govindaraj, who issued the said order after he was Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Madhya Pradesh High Court requested the Centre to reduce the age of consent for sexual intercourse from 18 to 16 years to set right the “injustice going on with adolescent boys” who enter into consensual sexual Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Supreme Court of the USA declared that the affirmative action admission policies offered by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional. The ruling created a massive blow to years-old efforts of the government to increase minority enrolments at American universities through Read more