The Kerala High Court directed the Chief of State Police to provide instructions to all House Officers in the state station to conduct a preliminary inquiry before the crime is reported if complaints involve wild and unbelievable allegations. In the order granting bail to a woman accused of sexual abuse of her minor son, this direction was
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A single bench headed by Justice Rohit Arya in the Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently decided to reserve orders on the bail application made by comedian Munawar Faruqui. The comedian was arrested on the 2nd of January with four others for allegedly making objectional statements against Hindu gods and deities. The complaint was made
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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has agreed to challenge the recent Bombay High Court judgment (before the Apex Court) which holds that ‘sexual harassment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act does not result from groping a child’s breasts without’ skin-to-skin contact.’ The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) judgment, however, held
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One of the biggest challenges the collective society faces at the moment is the mob mentality. In its simplest terms, mob mentality means a group of people who join together to show their strength in numbers for the wrong reasons[i]. If we take the examples of history, the mob mentality is the reason why the
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IDIA Delhi Chapter is proud to announce its very first Article Writing Competition on the theme Insolvency Law. We believe that the dynamism inherent in this up-and-coming area of legal practice makes for interesting advancement in original scholarship, and offers a chance to all law students to hone their research and writing skills, which are
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The Supreme Court has recently refused to transfer a set of petitions filed in Allahabad High Court that challenged the Love Jihad ordinance brought by the Uttar Pradesh Government. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 called for a specific procedure to be followed before an individual converts to another religion.
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Kerala High Court granted bail to M. Sivasankar who was former Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Kerala, in the money laundering case in relation to the gold smuggling caseregistered by Enforcement Directorate. A single judge bench passed the order. Earlier in the day he got a default bail in relation to Kerala gold smuggling case registered by Customs.
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The Three Judge Bench of the Hon’ble #SupremeCourt of India comprising of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Navin Sinha and Indu Malhotra passed a Judgment dated 20-01-2021 in the case of State of Uttarakhand & Ors. v. Smt. Sureshwati {Civil Appeal No. 142 of 2021 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 9864 of 2020)}
... Continue Reading.[Prachi Agrawal and Stuti Bhargava are 4th year B.B.A., LL.B. (Business Law Hons.) students at the National Law University, Jodhpur] “It is time to take our capital markets closer to the masses and meet various social welfare objectives related to inclusive growth and financial inclusion.” – Nirmala Sitharaman In her budget speech in 2019-2020, the
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