Legal Articles West Bengal Breaks Ground with Bill Allowing Women to Work in Bars March 20, 2025 / March 20, 2025 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment In a significant move towards gender equality, the West Bengal State Assembly has passed a bill permitting women to work in bars. Minister of State Chandrima Bhattacharya introduced the West Bengal Finance Bill, 2025, which proposes amendments to the Bengal Excise Act, 1909 ¹. The bill removes the prohibition on employing women in ON-category liquor […] Read more » West Bengal Allowing Women to Work in Bars West Bengal Breaks Ground with Bill Allowing Women to Work in Bars
Legal Articles Madras High Court Rules: Watching Porn, Masturbation Not Grounds for Divorce March 20, 2025 / March 20, 2025 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment In a recent judgment, the Madras High Court has held that a husband cannot seek divorce from his wife solely based on claims that she watches porn or engages in self-pleasure and masturbation. The court emphasized that watching porn in private is not an offense, although it may not be morally justifiable due to its […] Read more » Porn Masturbation Not Grounds for Divorce
Legal Articles Kerala High Court Directs Strict Compliance with Supreme Court Guidelines on Maintenance Cases March 19, 2025 / March 19, 2025 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court has instructed all courts in the state handling maintenance cases to strictly adhere to the Supreme Court’s guidelines on awarding maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) [1]. This directive comes after the High Court set aside a family court order that failed to follow the Supreme […] Read more » Supreme Court Guidelines on Maintenance Cases
Legal Articles Supreme Court Urges States to Curb Unreasonable Charges in Private Hospitals March 19, 2025 / March 19, 2025 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has directed state governments to take a policy call on curbing unreasonable charges and exploitation of patients in private hospitals ¹. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotishwar Singh emphasized that policy-makers are best equipped to formulate guidelines to safeguard patients while ensuring private entities can still operate in the […] Read more » Curb Unreasonable Charges in Private Hospitals
Legal Articles Supreme Court Orders Investigation into Tree Felling in Taj Trapezium Zone March 19, 2025 / March 19, 2025 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has directed the Taj Trapezium Authority to investigate allegations of tree felling in the protected Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ), a 10,400-square-kilometer area surrounding the Taj Mahal ¹. The Authority must immediately dispatch officers to the site to verify whether tree felling has occurred or is ongoing, and complete the probe within three […] Read more » Tree Felling in Taj Trapezium Zone
Legal Articles Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma’s Divorce Plea Fast-Tracked by Bombay High Court March 19, 2025 / March 19, 2025 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment In a significant development, the Bombay High Court has allowed Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife Dhanashree Verma’s plea to waive the six-month cooling-off period for their divorce decree ¹. This decision comes after the couple filed a joint petition seeking divorce by mutual consent. The High Court’s order directs the family court […] Read more » Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma's Divorce Plea
Legal Articles Supreme Court Orders Stricter Rules for Marking Lawyers’ Appearances March 19, 2025 / March 19, 2025 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that only lawyers physically present in court and arguing a case can have their names marked in court orders. This decision may not sit well with the Bar. According to the ruling, the following individuals can have their appearances marked: The Court emphasized that a Senior […] Read more » Stricter Rules for Marking Lawyers' Appearances
Legal Articles J&K&L HC Quashes Preventive Detention Of Nazir Ahmad Ronga March 18, 2025 / March 18, 2025 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment It is definitely most refreshing, most reassuring and so also most reinvigorating to note that while according paramount importance to the sanctity of preserving personal liberty of a citizen, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court at Srinagar in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Nazir Ahmad […] Read more » J&K&L HC Quashes Preventive Detention Of Nazir Ahmad Ronga Nazir Ahmad Ronga
Legal Articles Assumption That Indian Woman Won’t File False Sexual Assault Case Incorrect: Kerala HC March 17, 2025 / March 17, 2025 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment It is definitely in the fitness of things that while setting the record straight, the Kerala High Court at Ernakulam in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Ajith vs State of Kerala & Anr in Crl.MC No. 1124 of 2020 (Crime No.69/2019 of Koppam Police Station, Palakkad […] Read more » Indian Woman Won’t File False Sexual Assault Case Incorrect
Legal Articles INSCO’s resolution plan in Hindustan Glass insolvency moves forward March 17, 2025 / March 17, 2025 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment – On 12th March 2025 Delhi HC notes IBBI’s clarification on RP’s continued role despite suspension– Following this clarification, Workers’ Union of HNGIL withdrew the petition and HC dismissed intervention applications filed by AGI Greenpac– This brings INSCO closer to acquiring HNGIL as CoC is now in a position to proceed with the resolution process […] Read more »
