Jahanvi Agarwal According to a recent ruling by the Karnataka High Court, a wife is humiliating her husband by referring to him as dark-skinned will amount to cruelty. The court was of the opinion that the wife’s decision to prevent Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Social media platform X challenges a court decision from India, claiming it may encourage more content blocking and censorship. Social media platform called X has been trying to overturn a court decision in India that found it had disobeyed instructions to remove Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Karnataka High Court quashed the conviction of a 46-year-old man charged under section 498A of the IPC since the complaint was filed by his ‘second wife’, which makes their marriage ‘null and void’. Section 498A of Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Karnataka High Court recently ordered the implementation of e-filing, e-appearance, and other electronic or digital services within six months in all national tribunals. The bench consisted of Justice Suraj Govindaraj, who issued the said order after he was Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Twitter Inc, which challenged several blocking and take-down orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Karnataka High Court has strictly warned Magistrates not to deviate from the given guidelines (given below) and gave a warning that doing so would be considered contributing to the already concerning backlogs. In a recent decision, Justice M. Nagaprasanna, Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently the Karnataka High Court held that if the husband denied having a physical relationship, then it will amount to cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 but not under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Karnataka High Court has recommended the Central Government amend provisions related to criminalizing sexual intercourse with dead bodies in the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Bench held that: “It is high time for the Central Government 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