Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Delhi High Court issued instructions for authorities and doctors to follow while dealing with survivors of sexual assault who are pregnant. The Court directed that even in cases where the gestation period is less than 20 Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Delhi High Court has been informed by the Bar Council of India that providing the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in regional languages will enable more people to pursue a career in law. The Lawyers’ body has backed Read more
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 The former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi’s remarks in the Rajya Sabha yesterday throwing doubt on the essential structural notion were brought up for discussion when the Supreme Court heard the Article 370 issue. Senior Advocate Kapil Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Kerala Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution against the Uniform Civil Code proposed by the Central government, becoming the first Legislature in the country to do so. The resolution was introduced by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On August 8th, the Kerala High Court directed the State government to issue an order to regulate sex-selective surgeries on infants and children within three months. Single-judge Bench of Justice VG Arun remarked that sex-selective surgery shall be permitted Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Justice Prathiba M. Singh of the Delhi High Court stated on Saturday i.e., 5th August 2023 that the environment in the legal profession is such that women still have to go above and beyond to prove themselves. When giving Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Allahabad High Court imposed a fine of rupees ten thousand on a woman who admittedly lodged a false FIR against four men accusing them of rape and unnatural sex against her. The Bench held that the Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Allahabad High Court held recently that the legal profession does not constitute a commercial activity and hence it does not attract commercial rates for electricity consumption. A double-judge bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Anish Kumar Gupta remarked Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal An Australian court has declared that a regulation prohibiting Sikh students from wearing kirpans on campuses is “unconstitutional” and has overturned it. Kirpans are a holy object in the Sikh religion. After Kamaljit Kaur Athwal sued the state Read more