Jahanvi Agarwal The Delhi High Court on 6th January 2024 emphasized that the absence of a law criminalizing adultery does not grant individuals unrestricted immunity to marry someone else while their first marriage is still valid. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V According to Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (MWPA), a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to mehr (lumpsum support payment payable by husband to wife on divorce) from her husband, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V A third-year law student from Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Vikhyaat Maheshwari, wrote a letter to Secretary-General of the Supreme Court of India, Atul M. Kurhekar and Hon’ble Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, highlighting Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 5th January 2024, the Supreme Court declined to entertain a petition challenging an Allahabad High Court decision that dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking recognition of Mathura’s Shahi Eidgah Mosque site as Krishna Janmabhoomi and the Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Delhi High Court made an observation on December 15, 2023, stating that the State must make sure that job postings and transfers for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) are done in a way that gives them the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice Dhananjaya YChandrachud and including Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai, has recommended the elevation of two Additional Judges to permanent Judges of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On January 3, the Supreme Court established a series of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that broadly address when a government official may be called to court, the protocol that should be followed in this case, and the court’s required Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The notification for the recruitment of Civil Judges (Junior Division) in the Haryana Civil Services (HCS)-Judicial Branch (JB) was announced by the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) on January 1, 2024. Starting on January 5, 2024, the Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 3rd January 2024, the Supreme Court intervened to halt a Patna High Court decision that had invalidated a marriage, citing the groom’s alleged coercion at gunpoint and the absence of the saptapadi ritual under the Hindu Marriage Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a groundbreaking move, the Allahabad High Court has assigned 225 recently appointed civil judges (junior division) to various districts in Uttar Pradesh using a software program, completely devoid of any human involvement in the allocation process. The Read more