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
Legal Articles Top arguments in Supreme Court on legalization of same-sex marriage in India. April 19, 2023 / April 19, 2023 | Leave a Comment On April 18, 2023, the issue of same-sex marriage was presented before the constitutional bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The bench comprised of HMJs Hima Kohli, S.K. Kaul, CJI, S.Ravindra Bhatt, Narsimha.JJ. The hearing was conducted in a hybrid mode with learned Senior Advocates, Advocates, and the Solicitor General representing the petitioner […] Read more » CJI Hima Kohli S.K. Kaul S.Ravindra Bhatt Will India legalize same-sex marriage
Legal Articles Legal News Tejashwi Yadav to appear before CBI on March 25 for questioning in Land for jobs scam March 16, 2023 / March 16, 2023 | Leave a Comment Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, Tejashwi Yadav, informed the Delhi High Court on Thursday that he will be appearing before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on March 25 for questioning related to the alleged land-for-jobs scam. The CBI had issued three notices to Yadav dated February 28, March 4, and March 11, but he is […] Read more »
Legal Articles Legal News Madras High Court refuses relief to IRS officer who expressed support for Sri Lankan Tamils March 16, 2023 / March 16, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea filed by an officer of the Indian Revenue Services (IRS) challenging disciplinary action initiated against him after he publicly expressed support for Sri Lankan Tamils through a hunger strike and criticised the Indian government’s policies on the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord [B Balamurugan v The Secretary]. In a judgment […] Read more » Madras High Court
Legal Articles Same-sex marriage — wedding isn’t the challenge, but more serious legal issues are the divorce, alimony and domestic violence March 16, 2023 / March 16, 2023 | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Constitution bench would start hearing the petitions filed seeking the Apex Court’s intervention using its plenary powers under article 142 of the Constitution to do complete justice by travelling even outside the laws made by the Parliament or state assemblies to declare marriage between two persons belonging to the same sex as […] Read more »
