Rehan Khan On 4th November, the Supreme Court of India eased a stringent bail condition for Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan. The previous condition, imposed in 2022, required Kappan to appear at a local police station in Uttar Pradesh every Monday Read more
Rehan Khan Chief Justice of India, Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud in a recent address defended the collegium system for appointing judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts, addressing its structure and benefits during an event organized by Marathi daily Loksatta. Read more
Rehan Khan Justice KS Puttaswamy, a former judge of the Karnataka High Court and an iconic figure in India’s legal history, passed away on Monday at the age of 98 at his residence in Bengaluru. His legacy is deeply etched 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
Rehan Khan Former Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Atmaram Nadkarni has raised concerns over the Enforcement Directorate (ED) prolonging investigations and detaining money laundering accused without trial. Speaking at a panel discussion on the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at Read more
Rehan Khan On October 17, 2024, the Supreme Court of India delivered its long-awaited judgment on the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Justice J.B. Pardiwala, in a dissenting opinion, raised significant concerns about the provision, Read more
Rehan Khan On 17th October, the Supreme Court of India initiated hearings on a significant batch of petitions aimed at addressing the criminalization of marital rape. The petitions challenge the constitutionality of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Read more
Rehan Khan In keeping with the long-standing convention, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, who is set to retire on November 10, 2024, has recommended Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second-most senior judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor. Read more