Vidushi Vats The Supreme Court of India has mandated that 11 previously released convicts must return to prison within two weeks. The Apex Court overturned the Gujarat government’s remission, asserting the state’s incompetence in deciding on remission. This decision followed Read more
Vidushi Vats The Orissa High Court has issued a directive to the chief secretary, urging doctors across the state to adopt capital letters or legible handwriting when preparing postmortem reports and prescriptions. This instruction, issued on January 4, stems from Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Delhi High Court on 6th January 2024 emphasized that the absence of a law criminalizing adultery does not grant individuals unrestricted immunity to marry someone else while their first marriage is still valid. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V According to Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (MWPA), a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to mehr (lumpsum support payment payable by husband to wife on divorce) from her husband, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V A third-year law student from Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Vikhyaat Maheshwari, wrote a letter to Secretary-General of the Supreme Court of India, Atul M. Kurhekar and Hon’ble Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, highlighting Read more
Vidushi Vats In a matter on January 4 2024, the Supreme Court expressed disapproval of the Calcutta High Court’s order reminding female adolescents about their responsibility to safeguard their bodily integrity, deeming it a miscommunication of signals. The West Bengal Read more
Vidushi Vats In a pivotal decision, the Supreme Court has declined the transfer of the Adani-Hindenburg probe from SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) to SIT (Special Investigation Team). The court asserted that SEBI’s investigative diligence has not been Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 5th January 2024, the Supreme Court declined to entertain a petition challenging an Allahabad High Court decision that dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking recognition of Mathura’s Shahi Eidgah Mosque site as Krishna Janmabhoomi and the Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Delhi High Court made an observation on December 15, 2023, stating that the State must make sure that job postings and transfers for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) are done in a way that gives them the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice Dhananjaya YChandrachud and including Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai, has recommended the elevation of two Additional Judges to permanent Judges of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir Read more
