Vidushi Vats The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed a plea filed by advocate Yogamaya MG, which sought the urgent and time-bound implementation of the women’s reservation law. The advocate aimed to ensure a 33 percent quota for women in the Read more
Vidushi Vats In a matter on January 4 2024, the Supreme Court expressed disapproval of the Calcutta High Court’s order reminding female adolescents about their responsibility to safeguard their bodily integrity, deeming it a miscommunication of signals. The West Bengal Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On November 29th, the Supreme Court ruled that it is “illegal” to offer relief to an accused for a short time and that it violates their right to liberty when a court determines that the accused person Read more
Vidushi Vats In a recent development, the Supreme Court of India has levied a substantial cost of Rs. 25,000 on a litigant who had sought permission to submit an extensive synopsis exceeding a staggering 60 pages, in response to a Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The street dog danger grabbed the attention of the Supreme Court when a lawyer attended the court hearing with a bandage on his hand and CJI DY Chandrachud inquired about it. The lawyer explained to the Court that five dogs surrounded Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On July 26th, the Supreme Court expressed shock at an order passed by the Allahabad High Court which dismissed a plea for pre-arrest bail for five suspects in a criminal case, while approving protection to them against Read more
Amit Agarwal Supreme Court’s vacation bench consisting of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah has stated that thefts that occur during train journeys cannot be considered as a failure of service by the Railways. “We fail to understand as Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Supreme Court held that the functions of District Judges were fundamentally the same as that of High Court judges and therefore the increase in the salary of the High Court judges must be proportionate to that Read more
Aaratrika Bal While we have Section 301 of the CrPC that imposes limitations on the right of the private person to participate in criminal proceedings, the Supreme Court decided that Section 311 can be invoked if it is necessary in Read more
Advocate Jayant Bhatt is a lawyer based out of New Delhi, India who holds diverse experience in handling an array of matters for Governmental and Non-Governmental Bodies, Multinationals, Financial Institutions and individuals. He is also a Senior Panel Counsel for Read more