Jai Raj Bhati The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on 7th January 2025 initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against the well-known law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. for allegedly misquoting its 2010 judgment in a legal notice. Read more
Rakia Imran On 28th January 2025, the Delhi High Court directed the police to probe into journalist Rana Ayyub’s tweets on X on Hindu deities and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar that purportedly hurt and insulted the religious beliefs of Hindus. In Read more
Shreya Gupta The Supreme Court of India has granted the Central Government six more weeks to respond to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA), which seeks extensive reforms to address rising sexual Read more
Shreya Gupta The Judgment underscores issues like the proper allocation of liabilities, regulatory enforcement lapses, and the consequences of malicious litigation. The Airport Authority of India filed a suit in 1997 against Aer Lingus and East-West Travel & Trade Links Read more
Shreya Gupta The writ petition filed by the Maharashtra State Judges Association challenged advertisements for the recruitment of District Judges through nomination under Rule 5 of the Maharashtra Judicial Service Rules, 2008. The association argued that the advertised posts exceeded Read more
Shreya Gupta The Supreme Court has granted non-compliant states six weeks to respond to a PIL seeking the establishment of Transgender Welfare Boards. The bench issued the order noting that multiple adjournments had already been given to these states. The Read more
Rakia Imran On 24th January 2024, a Division-Bench comprising of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Shyam Chandak delivered a remark while instructing the Mumbai police to strictly adhere to the Noise Pollution Rules, 2000 as it was observed that Denial of Read more
Rakia Imran A Division-Bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Puneet Gupta, observed that the SHRC’s compensation award of ₹1 lakh was issued without notice or a hearing for the accused, breaching natural justice, and set it aside. The Jammu Read more
Hriday Shah The Supreme Court held that making a statement such as suggesting that the deceased should not live if she cannot marry her lover does not qualify as abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code Read more
Rehan Khan On 22nd January, the Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government to formulate a policy to curb private practice by doctors employed in State-run hospitals. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed that patients were increasingly being Read more