Legal Articles Impact of UCC on different religions July 1, 2023 / July 1, 2023 | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Narendra Modi, batting for the creation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), has once again opened the floodgates for debates among religions as to how it will impact their personal laws. The main aim of UCC would be to streamline present laws related to marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, succession, and guardianship. If a […] Read more »
Legal Articles Hearing on cognisance of chargesheet against Brij Bhushan Singh on July 7 July 1, 2023 / July 14, 2023 | Leave a Comment A court in Delhi posted for July 7 the hearing regarding cognisance of charges against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in connection with sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by six women wrestlers. Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday asked the Delhi Police what reports are […] Read more »
Legal Articles Squeezing a man’s testicles during a fight cannot be called an “attempt to murder”: Karnataka High Court June 27, 2023 / July 14, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court has ruled that squeezing a man’s testicles during a fight cannot be called an “attempt to murder” as it overturned an order of a trial court which had earlier convicted a 38-year-old man. The High Court reduced the accused’s jail term from seven years to three years. The High Court passed […] Read more » Karnataka High Court
Legal Articles Taking us for granted: Bombay High Court on last-minute pleas for foreign travel June 27, 2023 / June 27, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said that those applying for a stay on Look Out Circulars (LOC) against them are taking the courts for granted. A bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale said that applicants assume they will be granted permission, and hence, file last-minute applications. Stays on LOCs are sought in order […] Read more »
Legal Articles Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta delivers 65 verdicts in fast-tracked criminal cases before her retirement on June 27. June 27, 2023 / June 27, 2023 | Leave a Comment A day before her retirement, Delhi High Court Justice Mukta Gupta pronounced 65 verdicts in various criminal cases, including a death penalty reference. Justice Gupta had fast-tracked these matters in the final months of her tenure as a judge. While some of these cases had been pending before the high court since 2018-19, they were […] Read more »
Legal Articles Ex-ICICI Bank CEO got illegal gratification worth Rs 64 crore: CBI June 27, 2023 / June 27, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation said in the Bombay High Court that former CEO of the ICICI bank Chanda Kochhar “misappropriated the bank’s funds for her own use”. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) asked the Bombay High Court to take cognisance of its charge sheet, claiming that former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda […] Read more » Chanda Kochhar
Legal Articles Akola Police Ask Muslim Men Accused of Rioting To Furnish Hindu Guarantors June 26, 2023 / June 26, 2023 | Leave a Comment Over 150 Muslim men who were arrested for their alleged role in a rioting incident that occurred in Akola city in north-central Maharashtra in May this year have a unique dilemma before them. On securing bail from the magistrate court, the Akola city police have allegedly asked the individuals to furnish guarantors from the Hindu […] Read more »
Legal Articles MP HC Gives Anticipatory Bail to an Archbishop, His Sister for Alleged Religious Conversion June 26, 2023 / June 26, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh high court has given anticipatory bail to an accused and his sister for allegedly converting Hindu children to Christianity at an orphanage in the state. The court observed that the police do not have jurisdiction to investigate an offence under the MP Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 in the absence of a […] Read more »
Legal Articles Spot the Difference: The Gujarat High Court’s Abortion Orders June 26, 2023 / June 26, 2023 | Leave a Comment On June 20, 2023, the Gujarat high court rejected a petitioner’s request for termination of pregnancy. As I read the order, I recalled another order, from the same court, by the same judge, in the same month, passed on June 9, 2023. In this order, the Gujarat high court allowed the petitioner to terminate her […] Read more »
Legal Articles Ahead of Panchayat Polls, Four HC Rulings Deliver Setbacks to West Bengal Govt June 26, 2023 / June 26, 2023 | Leave a Comment The West Bengal government has suffered a major setback as the Calcutta high court rulings in four separate cases on the Panchayat elections has put the State Election Commission in an embarrassing position. First, the high court directed the Commission to deploy an adequate number of central forces for all districts within the next 24 hours. Following […] Read more »
