Recently, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad bench) released additional guidelines to bar print/electronic media as well as the public from publishing Rape victim-related information using social media that might “directly or indirectly” reveal her name. T. V. Nalawade & Justice M. G. Sewlikar’s Bench of Justice heard the appeal of one Sangita (mother of a
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Delhi HC Upholds Dismissal Of Judge After Complaints of Sexual Harassment At Workplace
CASE: Dr. P.S. Malik v. High Court of Delhi CORAM: Hon’ble Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Hon’ble Justice Asha Menon On Friday, the Delhi High Court dismissed a written petition filed by a former Delhi Higher Judicial Services (DHJS) officer who was dismissed from service after a female of Ahalmad District Court, Dwarka, filed charges
... Continue Reading.SC Upholds Summary Eviction: Tenants Cannot Dictate Adequate Space Required By Landlord for Proposed Business
CASE: Balwant Singh @ Bant Singh & Anr. V Sudarshan Kumar & Anr. CITATION: [SLP (C) Nos. 10793-10794/2020] CORAM: Hon’ble Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hon’ble Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Hon’ble Justice Hrishikesh Roy A tenant cannot dictate how much space is adequate for the business venture proposed or suggest that the space available with the
... Continue Reading.MP High Court Issues Notice To Government on Plea Challenging MP Ordinance On Religious Conversion
CASE: Amratansh Nema v. The State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others CORAM: Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla On 29th January The MP High Court issued a notice to the MP State Government in a plea challenging the anti-religious conversion law (The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020). Chief Justice Mohammad
... Continue Reading.What is Vested Interest and Contingent Interest? Difference Between Them
Introduction Property transfer and exchange is very common in the day to day life of an individual. There are various provisions under the Indian Law related to property matters. But firstly, what do we mean by the term property? Property may be defined as any physical or virtual entity owned by an individual or a
... Continue Reading.Covid 19 And Plight of Prisoners
Introduction It is the year 2020. A pandemic has broken out from Wuhan, China to the rest of the world within a few months. The world has come to a standstill. The only way to contain this virus is by avoiding getting infected by it by maintaining proper hygiene, wearing a mask and by social
... Continue Reading.DELHI HIGH COURT REFUSES INJUNCTION AGAINST FILM ‘THE WHITE TIGER’
The #DelhiHighCourt has in a recent case of Mr. John Hart Jr. and Anr. vs Mr. Mukul Deora and Others, passed a Judgment dated 21-01-2021 and reiterated the principles of grant and refusal of #injunction, especially, in cases where injunction is sought against release of a cinematographic #film. In this case, the Plaintiff No. 1
... Continue Reading.SC to examine when default bail will arise where on minimum term is given and maximum term is beyond 10 years
As decided by the Supreme Court that the court will examine the legal position in regards to the time period for filing of charge sheet, for the purpose of default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in case where the offence does not prescribe a minimum sentence and the term
... Continue Reading.WhatsApp New Privacy Policy – Rethink Before Accepting It
Facebook is looking like one of those fantasy creatures with disjoint shapes where nothing is what it appears to be. Mark Zuckerberg in an interview in 2011 said “so the question isn’t what do we want to know about people, it’s what do people want to tell about themselves. Right ?”. And this line sums
... Continue Reading.SC observes that prenatal sex determination is a grave offence with serious consequences
The Supreme court has recently upheld a Madhya Pradesh High Court order which dismissed an anticipatory bail of an accused of an illegal abortion. The bench, which was comprised of Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Vineet Saran, and Ajay Rastogi made a strict approach to this case due to the history of female foeticide in India.
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