Jahanvi Agarwal The Bar Council of India (BCI) has filed a petition before the Supreme Court of India stating that there are many cases relating to lawyer enrolment fees. The said cases are pending before the High Courts of Kerala, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Delhi High Court was hearing a case where an FIR was filed against a man charged with impregnating a minor girl and getting married while she was pregnant. The court refused to quash the FIR, stating Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore announces the introduction of the AZB & Partners Scholarship for the Inclusion and Expansion Plan 2021-’25 of the University. The scholarship is to fund the annual student fees for five Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The judges of the Bombay High Court will receive post-retirement benefits and allowances, according to a decision made by the Maharashtra government. The State will be responsible for paying the retiring Chief Justices and judges of the Bombay Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Delhi Bar Council has taken suo-moto cognizance of the incident of firing that took place inside the premises of Tis Hazari Courts today. The Council also suspended the license of the advocate who was identified from Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Delhi High Court stated that safeguarding the basic right of an accused to adequate legal representation cannot result in inefficient hearings or a lack of opportunity for the prosecution, highlighting the need for a fair trial. Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar who is the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, officially opened 50 more paperless courts in 23 districts around Odisha. Judges from the High Court and Justice Subhasis Talapatra, Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence and Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Bombay High Court held that the pension provisions should be interpreted liberally as a social welfare measure and hence should not be denied on technical grounds and that it is a valuable right of government servants. Read more
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