Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Karnataka High Court has strictly warned Magistrates not to deviate from the given guidelines (given below) and gave a warning that doing so would be considered contributing to the already concerning backlogs. In a recent decision, Justice M. Nagaprasanna, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The fast-track court in Taliparamba held a 44-year-old mason guilty of sexually abusing his 8-year-old son multiple times. A Bench of Justice Rajesh R sentenced 90 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1.25 lakh. Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V Man vandalised the official car of a judge of Thiruvalla Family Court in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, in the court complex. This was an after-effect of receiving divorce proceedings that were not favourable to him. EP Jayaprakash Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Supreme Court of India highlighted an issue while acquitting a defendant in a 22-year-old murder case. The chain of evidence in a case of circumstantial evidence must be complete in all respects and also exclude any other possibility. Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently the Karnataka High Court held that if the husband denied having a physical relationship, then it will amount to cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 but not under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In response to a rise in violent attacks by stray dogs in the district of Kannur, the district panchayat of Kannur has filed an application in the Supreme Court requesting the euthanizing of suspected rabid or extremely dangerous Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V A court in Jaipur allowed one Dashrath Kumawat to pay the maintenance amount of Rs. 55,000/- to his wife, Seema Kumawat, in Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins. He was arrested for not paying the amount for Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Delhi High Court has set aside a transit remand order, on realising that the case files were written in Marathi. The accused was arrested in Delhi by the Mumbai Police, for alleged cheating. A vacation bench Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, Manipur High Court has ordered the State authorities to offer the public limited internet service in specifically defined locations under State’s control. The bench consisted of Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh and Justice A.Guneshwar Sharma who issued the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) ordered the Kerela Public Service Commission (PSC) to provisionally allow the job application of a transwoman to the post of a female Housekeeper. The said direction was upheld by the Kerala High Court Read more