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Written by: Shivangi Arora (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Apex Court bench of Justice UU Lalit , Justice Ravindra Bhatt and Justice Bela M. Trivedi on 9 th of December while hearing the appeal in case of Rakesh Rai @ Vishal Rai @ Purna Rai & Anr. v. State of Sikkim, Criminal Appeal No. 172 of 2018 Citation: LL 2021 …

Written by: Shivangi Arora (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Supreme Court on 10 th December 2021 was hearing the appeal under the case title Murthy vs. C Saradambal (LL 2021 SC 726). The bench comprises of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice B.V. Nagarathana . Facts in Brief The background of the case is about testator E. …

Written by: Shivangi Arora (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Hon’ble Justice Mohd Aslam of Allahabad High Court recently noted that Legislatures and Politicians are nowadays considering themselves above the law. He further added that this is the menace which cannot be ignored and must be taken with iron hand. The bench …

Written by: Shivangi Arora (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Apex Court on 26 th of October began hearing a petition filed by Zakia Jafri against the Clean-Chit granted to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by SIT (Special Investigation Team). The petitioner Zakia Jafri is the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan …

Written by: Shivangi Arora (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 19, in his address to the nation, announced the decision of the central government to repeal the Three Farm Laws introduced a year ago. His assurance to the farmers was fulfilled after both the houses of Parliament pass …

Written by: Shivangi Arora (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Justice M. Satyanarayana Murthy of Andhra Pradesh High Court while hearing the Writ petition under case title Smt. T. Lakshmi Theresamma v. State of Andhra Pradesh noted that when the authenticity of a signature is disputed, the photocopy of an original docume …

Written by: Shivangi Arora (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Bombay High Court’s division bench comprised of Justice SS Shinde and Justice NJ Jamadar while hearing the Writ Petition of Habeas Corpus Case Title: Sadiquabee Mohd. Usman Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra and Ors filed under Article 226 of the Indian Consti …

Written by: Shivangi Arora (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Following the festive season, one of the largest killers’ ‘POLLUTION’ is rearing its ugly head in the capital. The alarming state of pollution has once again drawn the Apex Court’s attention towards it.  On 29 October 2021, the Supreme Court bench of Justice M …

Written by: Shruti Srivastava (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Supreme Court recently observed that the principle of vicarious liability cannot be applied to a contempt case. While exercising its appellate jurisdiction, the court held that civil contempt requires wilful disobedience and hence, the disregard of subo …

Written by: Satyam Jain (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Apex Court recently formed an independent committee, headed by a former SC judge to probe into the Pegasus snooping case. Upholding an individual’s right to privacy and referring to it as the ‘private sacred space’, the bench directed the committee to probe i …

Written by: Satyam Jain (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) A 3-car convoy of Uttar Pradesh Home Minister’s son ran over a group of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3. Several arrests have been made in the case, following the intervention of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.   The Background: Hundreds of farmers had been prote …

Written by: Shruti Srivastava (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Supreme Court recently held that State Police must continue investigation of scheduled offences under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act until the NIA starts investigating. The three-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud , Vikram Nath and BV Na …