Jahanvi Agarwal In Udhagamandalam (Ooty), a new combined court complex was inaugurated which contained eight court buildings, chambers for lawyers, two rooms for paralegals, a room for the judges’ drivers, a vulnerable victim’s room, a convention hall, etc. Surprisingly, there Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Delhi High Court in AGFA NV & Anr. V. The Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr., held today that there is an urgent need to update the manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure as it Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Apex Court stayed Allahabad High Court’s order that had directed the Head of Astrology Department, Lucknow University, to study an alleged rape victim’s kundali (horoscope or birth chart) and see if she is a mangalik. According Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, Chief Justice of India (CJI), D Y Chandrachud, intervened in the case which was prompted by an order from the Allahabad High Court, which directed the examination of a rape survivor’s horoscope to determine if she is Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On May 31st, the Allahabad High Court upheld a Varanasi Court order finding the challenge brought by Hindu parties seeking the right to worship inside the Gyanvapi Mosque to be maintainable. The single judge bench observed that Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court in the case Indian Oil Corporation & Ors. V. Ajit Kumar Singh & Anr., held that when a constitutional court in exercising its judicial review power then it cannot decide the case as if it Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Allahabad High Court held that a name is of universal human value, and it must be valued across territories. Therefore, people have a right to change their names as per their personal choice and it is Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Karnataka High Court held that sexual assault on a woman’s dead body (necrophilia) is not an offence of rape that is punishable under Section 376 of IPC. The Court added that it would not come under Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Supreme Court recently dismissed a petition which challenged the Uttarakhand High Court that deleted some respondents from the list of parties while issuing notice in a case. The petition was an inquiry on the orders of Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Delhi High Court recently held that merely being named in a First Information Report (FIR) related to matrimonial offenses cannot be treated as an impediment to a public appointment. The court was of the opinion that it Read more