Jahanvi Agarwal Nobel laureate Amartya Sen expressed concerns about replacing the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), stating that the change is not a “welcome” one due to a lack of consultation with all stakeholders. Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 5th July 2024, the Central government urged the Supreme Court not to cancel the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Under Graduate) exam (NEET-UG) held on May 5, citing a lack of evidence for a significant breach of Read more
Hriday Shah On 5th of July, 2024, J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) issued a letter stating the Constitution of JKHCBA of was amended and a constitutional paragraph was expunged peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute that now the new Read more
Rehan Khan On July 2, the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled while dismissing a criminal case filed against a man for rape on the grounds of a false promise of marriage woman cannot claim the offence of rape solely because Read more
Rehan Khan Madras High Court Advocates’ Association (MHCAA) has unanimously called to boycott Court proceedings on July 8 as part of the opposition protest against the implementation of the New Criminal Laws. The new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Read more
Hriday Shah On 2nd July, 2024, the single judge bench observed that certification of WhatsApp conversations is mandatory under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The Respondent No. 1 i.e. Adeel Feroze had filed a complaint in the District Consumer Dispute Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In one of the initial rulings under the newly enacted Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the Punjab and Haryana High Court clarified that Section 531 of the BNSS mandates that any pending appeals filed before the BNSS came Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court delivered a strong rebuke to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on 3rd July 2024, for delaying the trial in a counterfeit currency case, which resulted in the accused languishing in jail for four years without Read more
Hriday Shah July 2nd, 2024, marked the day when more than 120 people lost their lives in a stampede at Hathras. More than 2,50,000 devotees of Bhole Baba gathered for a satsang or a prayer meeting in the district of Read more
Rehan Khan A petition had been submitted to the Madras High Court requesting that the Hindi names of the new criminal laws—Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023, and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023—be declared unconstitutional, as they allegedly Read more