Legal Articles Delhi High Court allows Korean national’s plea for enrolment as advocate in India May 30, 2023 / May 30, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed a petition by a Korean national, Daeyoung Jung seeking permission to enroll as an advocate in India. Justice Yashwant Varma pronounced the order today and directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to allow Jung’s application for enrolment with the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD). A detailed order is awaited. […] Read more »
Legal Articles Karnataka High Court stays FIR against BJP’s Ashwath Narayan booked for comments against CM Siddaramaiah May 30, 2023 / May 30, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed for a period of four weeks a first information report (FIR) registered against former minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dr CN Ashwath Narayan booked for his remarks against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a rally before the State Assembly elections. Justice M Nagaprasanna opined that the offence of provocation […] Read more » Karnataka High Court stays FIR against BJP's Ashwath Narayan booked for comments against CM Siddaramaiah
Legal Articles “It is not a joke, it is CrPC”: Delhi High Court reserves order in PIL for narco/polygraph test on complainants May 15, 2023 / May 15, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its orders on a plea seeking directions to police to ask the complainant if they are willing to undergo narco analysis, polygraph and brain mapping tests to prove that the complaint made is genuine. While dealing with the public interest litigation (PIL) petition by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, […] Read more » narco/polygraph test PIL for narco/polygraph test on complainants
Legal Articles Andhra Pradesh moves Supreme Court challenging NGT order quashing Environmental Clearance granted to Avulapalli Reservoir May 15, 2023 / May 15, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which set aside the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to Avulapalli Reservoir. The challenge was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi. The bench agreed to list the matter […] Read more » NGT order quashing Environmental Clearance granted to Avulapalli Reservoir
Legal Articles Gyanvapi – Kashi Vishwanath case: Allahabad High Court allows plea by Hindu parties for scientific analysis of Shiva Linga May 15, 2023 / May 15, 2023 | Leave a Comment The technical and scientific report of the ASI has opened ways for carrying out scientific investigation of the Shivlinga without causing any damage to the structure in question, the Court said. The Allahabad High Court recently held that scientific investigation to ascertain whether the object found during the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises is […] Read more » Allahabad HC Gyanvapi - Kashi Vishwanath case Gyanvapi mosque
Legal Articles BSP MP Afzal Ansari Disqualified from Lok Sabha May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 | Leave a Comment The sentence was pronounced by Ghazipur MP/MLA Court moments after he was convicted in the case along with his brother Mukhtar Ansari. He is the third MP to be disqualified this year. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Afzal Ansari, brother of jailed politician Mukhtar Ansari, was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Monday, May 1, […] Read more » mukhtar ansari and his brother
Legal Articles Why Supreme Court’s ‘Eye-Opener’ Tip to the Prosecution Is an Embarrassment May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 | Leave a Comment In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court ended up giving ideas to the prosecution on how to prevent the accused from using the default bail law in their favour. In a judgment delivered on May 1, the Supreme Court not only denied the right to default bail to the accused on the ground that a […] Read more »
Legal Articles SC Upholds Companies Act Provision That Overrides Payment of Workers’ Dues During IBC Liquidation May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 | Leave a Comment The apex court quashed a plea filed by Moser Baer Karamchari Union and others seeking to strike down Section 327(7) of the Companies Act, 2013. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 2 quashed a petition seeking to strike down a provision of the Companies Act which says that workers’ dues would not get preferential […] Read more » Payment of Workers’ Dues During IBC Liquidation
Legal Articles Delhi’s Compulsory Registration of Marriages Has Unintended Consequences for Muslims May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 | Leave a Comment A Muslim married couple registering their marriage in Delhi might be in for a rude shock in case they want their marriage and inheritance to be governed by Muslim personal law. The Delhi government’s policy on compulsory registration of marriages is effectively forcing Muslims to relinquish their personal law. The Delhi government is registering marriages […] Read more » Delhi’s Compulsory Registration of Marriages
Legal Articles ‘Right to Default Bail Is a Fundamental Right,’ Says Supreme Court April 28, 2023 / May 3, 2023 | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court bench of Justices Krishna Murari and C.T. Ravikumar, on Wednesday, April 26, held that the relief of statutory bail under Section 167(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, is a fundamental right Such a right, it said, directly flows from Article 21 of the constitution, and the violation of such a right attracts […] Read more » Right to Default Bail Is a Fundamental Right
