Legal news and Updates

Written by: Akash Deep (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Tarun Tejpal , a former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, who was accused of sexually assaulting former colleague in 2013 get acquitted of all charges by the Goa Trial Court on May 21, 2021. He was booked under section-341 (wrongful restraint), section-342 (wron …

Written by: Ayushi Arya (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) On Tuesday 24 th May, WhatsApp filed a law suit in the Delhi High Court against the government’s new IT Rules 2021. BACKGROUND The Central Government issued the new IT Rules for Digital Media platforms on 25 th February and gave three months’ time to them to carry …

Written by: Ashi Chouksey (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Chhatrasal stadium murder which led to the death of a 23years old wrestler was handed over to the Delhi police crime branch. Six days custody of Sushil Kumar was granted to the police by Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra . Sushil was then physically produce …

Written by: Ashi Chouksey (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) A PIL has been moved before the Supreme Court of India requesting the establishment of “Supreme Court Digital Venues” across the country to enable the advocates and litigants to appear before the top coat who do not have access to technological infr …

Written by: Akash Deep (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) BACKGROUND 34 persons belonging to upper caste community were killed on March 18, 1999 by a group of extremists of Maoist Community Centre (MCC). The massacre took place in Senari village in Jehanabad district of Bihar, where 34 upper caste people were dragged out …

Written by: Ayushi Arya (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) On Friday 21 st May the bench of Bombay High Court of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice SP Tavade allowed Sudha Bharadwaj, accused of Bhima Koregaon Violence to receive her medical records. Court also stated that the same shall be applicable to all the prisoners …

Written by: Ashi Chouksey (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) After the death of patients due to shortage of Oxygen in Chamarajanagar District Hospital, the Karnataka High Court issued a notice to the state government seeking a response on paying compensation to the families of patients who died of oxygen shortage at Cham …

Written by: Akash Deep (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) BACKGROUND On February 23, as per the woman’s complaint, an FIR was filed against him under section 376 (punishment for offence of rape), section 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) and section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a wom …

Written by: Ayushi Arya (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) On Thursday 13 May, the Karnataka High Court said that not giving a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine is the violation of Fundamental Rights under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. BACKGROUND The High Court bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Arvind Kum …

Written by: Shubham B Jha (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Supreme Court Bar Association has announced a ‘General Assistance Scheme’ for 2021 to support the families of lawyers who are members of the SCBA and are suffering economic difficulties due to the death of such a lawyer at a very young age. The body also ha …

Written by: Akash Deep (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Supreme Court of India ordered 36,000 private schools of Rajasthan to reduce the fees by 15% for AY 2020-21. The court also ordered that no student should be barred from attending virtual or physical classes. The Supreme Court upheld the Rajasthan High Court’s …

Written by: Ashi Chouksey Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Recently, Mamata Banerjee lost the Nandigram constituency in West Bengal and still took oath as West Bengal Chief Minister. Can a person after losing an election be appointed as a CM? Constitutionally, yes! In India, anybody can be appointed as a minister, chief minister o …