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Written by: Vartika Rawat Intern, Vidhi Parivartan According to the Supreme Court, which insisted on taking a “forward-looking” stance, any discrimination between a married and unmarried woman regarding India’s medical termination of pregnancy law, which restricts a single woman from having an abortion after 20 weeks, violates her right to personal a …

By Mahek Choudhury Intern, Vidhi Parivartan Movies based on criminals and crime have always been the center of attraction for audiences. Naturally, controversies based on such movies are bound to happen. One such movie is Dulquer Salmaan’s ‘Kurup’ which is more famous for its controversy than the actual plot. This movie was released …

Written by: Ishita Shukla Intern, Vidhi Parivartan 1.1 INTRODUCTION On 23 rd March 2023, Rahul Gandhi, the Congress MP from Wayanad, was notably convicted by the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat, Mr. HH Varma, for criminal defamation against the Modi surname. He has been sentenced to imprisonment for a period of two years following the conviction in …

By Shivalik Pal Intern, Vidhi Parivartan The Competition Law (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was approved by Lok Sabha on March 29, 2023. This bill seeks to amend the Competition Law (Amendment) Bill, 2022 further in accordance with a suggestion made by the Standing Committee on Finance. The Competition Act of 2002 was passed in order to foster and maintain ma …

Tanmay Satvik Intern, Vidhi Parivartan Introduction: The prolonged legal disagreement between the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has reached unknown heights. The conflict began in early 2022, when the ED indicted BBC of plutocrat laundering, fraud, and felonious misconduct. Both parties have since changed s …

Alok Singh Intern, Vidhi Parivartan The Constitution’s founders placed a high priority on maintaining the states’ current systems of governance. Hence, the Constituent Assembly went into considerable depth about the status, function, and authority of the Governor. In the case of Shamsher Singh &Anr vs State Of Punjab, according to the S …

Written by: Mahima Saini Intern, Vidhi Parivartan On 18 th February, the Jodhpur-based lawyer named Jugraj Chauhan, aged 48 years old. He was stabbed in the broad daylight & he was stabbed 2-3 times, because of this, it lead to the strike in several courts in Rajasthan. Incident was captured in the CCTV and the series of events that led to the int …

Written by Samridhi Soumya Intern, Vidhi Parivartan The NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) recently issued a notice to Bihar Government demanding a detailed report regarding the death of two sanitation workers in Patna. Only a week prior, the NHRC issued another notice to both Haryana and Gujarat state governments over the alleged death of seven …

By Navia Sebastian Intern, Vidhi Parivartan The Union Government notified the Apex Court of its determination to actively investigate changes to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in order to make justice more accessible and quick for all residents and forge a legal system that is centered on the needs of the nation …

By Aswathy P S The Honourable Supreme court of India during the hearing of two PILs suggested the Attorney General of India, Mr. R. Venkatarami and Senior Advocate, Mr. Arvind P. Datar to come with out-of-the-box thinking on rising case pendency in High courts across the country like appointment of senior advocates of High courts as ad-hoc judges f …

By Sharvari Sutaone We all remember the spine shivering case of Bilkis Bano, don’t we? Shocking news was that the 11 convicts accused of gang raping her, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, were released prematurely. Now Bilkis Bano has filed a plea in the Supreme Court regarding this premature release of the convicts. Bilkis in her plea said th …

By Anish Padhye The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice M.R Shah and Justice S. Ravindra Bhatt on Tuesday (i.e., 13 th December 2022) guaranteed Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave appearing for certain Christian organizations that his arguments will be heard on the next hearing date. But Mr. Dave insisted on contending his submissions during the sam …