Anushri Joshi The Delhi High Court has expressed serious apprehensions about Wikipedia’s open editing model, terming it “dangerous” due to the ease with which any user can edit content. This observation came during a hearing on a defamation lawsuit filed Read more
Aarohi Girish Dhumale The Central Government has approved the appointment of five lawyers as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court. On Wednesday, 23rd October, 2024, Union Minister of State for Law, Arjun Ram Meghwal, announced the new appointments through his Read more
Aastha Pareek Justice Sanjiv Khanna is set to assume office as the 51st Chief Justice of India with effect from November 11, succeeding Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. His tenure is marked by numerous influential rulings, with contributions spanning corporate governance, constitutional Read more
Anushri Joshi In a landmark judgment delivered on October 15, 2024, the Rajasthan High Court ruled that an adverse police report cannot serve as a sufficient basis for denying parole to a convict. The ruling came in the case of Read more
Aastha Pareek In the latest developments from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, a significant legal dispute has emerged following communal violence that took place on October 13, 2024. The violence, triggered during a Durga idol immersion procession, escalated into clashes that resulted Read more
Aastha Pareek On October 23, the Bombay High Court suspended the life sentence of notorious gangster Chhota Rajan, granting him bail on medical grounds. A Division Bench comprising Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S.V. Kotwal made the decision after considering Read more
Anushri Joshi The Supreme Court of India on October 21, 2024 ruled that an eviction order passed by the Estate Officer under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971, does not prevent the parties from invoking an arbitration Read more
Rehan Khan On 7th October, the Kerala High Court ruled that insisting on school uniforms does not amount to “cruelty against children” under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act). This clarification Read more
Rehan Khan On 22nd October, the Punjab and Haryana High Court took strict action against a lawyer’s clerk for disrupting court proceedings by speaking loudly on his phone. The incident occurred during the hearing of an election petition challenging the Read more
Rehan Khan Morris Samuel Christian, a 37-year-old man, was arrested by Gujarat Police for allegedly running a fake court and issuing fraudulent orders in land disputes since 2019. Christian posed as a judge, operating a false arbitration tribunal and deceiving Read more