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
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
Hriday Shah On 21st January 2025, the Supreme Court of India urged High Court judges to promptly record the Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) of judicial officers to ensure that they do not miss out on promotion opportunities. The Court also Read more
Hriday Shah The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed a plea by a candidate, Bhuvan Goel, who failed the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch) Examination 2023-24 by 6.75 marks. Goel scored 543.25 out of 1,100 marks (49.38%), falling short Read more
Rakia Imran On 20th January 2025, a Bench comprising Justice Subramanium Prasad of the Delhi High Court observed that revisiting the same issue contradicts public policy, and courts must ensure that litigants are not subjected to repetitive litigation. This statement Read more
Hriday Shah Dr. KN Chandrasekharan Pillai, a renowned legal academic, author, and the founding director of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), passed away on Friday at the age of 81. Dr. Pillai held a B.Sc. degree from Read more