Jahanvi Agarwal On 3rd January 2024, the Supreme Court of India took notice of a petition alleging caste-based discrimination in prison manuals across 11 states, directing the Union government and the concerned states to respond. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court, challenging the three new criminal laws, i.e., Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita. The effective date of the Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On December 6th, the Supreme Court ruled that under the “group of companies” doctrine, non-signatories to an arbitration agreement may still be bound by it – “The ‘group of companies’ doctrine must be retained in the Indian arbitration jurisprudence Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a recent legal development, the Supreme Court emphasized that while the State possesses the authority to ease eligibility criteria, such modifications cannot occur midway without adequate publicity of the changes and providing an opportunity for similarly situated Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a significant move recognizing the impact of pending criminal cases against legislators on political democracy, the Supreme Court has directed High Courts to establish specialized benches for the expedited resolution of over 5,000 such cases. The three-judge Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court Collegium has put forth recommendations for the elevation of Chief Justices from the Delhi, Rajasthan, and Gauhati High Courts to the Supreme Court, aiming to address the increasing caseload and maintain the Court’s full working Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court has scheduled the final hearing for the challenges to Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act to commence on December 5, 2023. Solicitor General Tushar Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Renowned advocate Prashant Bhushan in the Electoral bonds case recently argued before the Supreme Court that the electoral bond scheme infringes upon citizens’ fundamental right to information about political parties. He cited previous Supreme Court judgments, asserting that Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Expressing “significant concerns” regarding the investigation into an incident where a seven-year-old boy was reportedly slapped by fellow students under the direction of their teacher in a private school in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, the Supreme Court has Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India held that a plaint cannot be rejected in part under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC. Moreover, the court also reiterated that when a plaint does not disclose a Read more