Legal news and Updates

Written by: Manvi Vikram (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) On Thursday, the Supreme Court said it is for the parliament to frame law and not the Supreme Court. A three-Judge Bench led by CJI Ramona, Justice Bopana, and Justice Hrishikesh Roy expressed its disinclination towards issuing directions for framing legislation …

Written by: Smita Pandey (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) On June 21, 2021, a single bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, presided over by Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj , awarded protection to a young unmarried couple who were living together against their family’s wishes in a case involving live-in relationshi …

Written by: Tanvi Mishra (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Recently, certain senior lawyers used social media platforms and television debates as a means to criticize the judges and the Bar Council of India . In response to this, the BCI made several amendments in its rules which were notified in the gazette on 25 th Jun …

Written by: Ayushi Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) In order to assure legitimate cattle trading within the country, especially from Western Bengal to India’s north-east countries, the high court of Calcutta has asked the West-Bengal State Government to draught a standard operating procedure. Justice Rajasek …

Written by: Tanvi Mishra (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The honorable Supreme Court of India reserved its verdict on the matter of granting ex gratia compensation to the kin of the covid-19 deceased. The petitioners want the Central government to form a uniform frame for granting compensation of Rs. 4 lakhs for the fa …

Written by: Tanvi Mishra (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Defamation is given under section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. It clearly states that if anyone harms or tries to harm the reputation of a person either by words, signs or visual representation, then he is said to have committed defamation which is punish …

Written by: Ayushi Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) In a rare view, the Delhi HC was held simultaneously on the virtual court by Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Justice Jasmeet Singh , till 10:10 PM and 9:40, respectively, the third time in the night. This is the third case where, over the summer holidays, the D …

Written by: Tanvi Mishra (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Delhi High Court granted bail to JNU students Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal and Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha . The three of them were jailed strictly under the anti-terror provisions because they participated in the northeast Delhi riot …

Written by: Smita Pandey (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) BACKGROUND Nupur Thapliyal (Legal Correspondent, Live Law) , Sparsh Upadhyay (Special Legal Correspondent, Live Law) , Areeb Uddin Ahmed (Legal Correspondent, Bar and Bench) , and Rahul Dubey (Legal Correspondent, Dainik Bhaskar) filed a writ petition on the grounds …

Written by: Smita Pandey (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) On 22, June 2021, a petition was filed in the Gujarat High Court challenging the prohibition on the manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor as per the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949. The law precludes the use of the grounds of “manifest arbitrariness&#8 …

Written by: Ayushi Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) A division bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari was hearing this case. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) notified its policy for evaluation of Class 12 students for the year 2021 which will be based on a sum total and average of ma …

Written by: Ayushi Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) India was one amongst the leading countries to implement the initial internment to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, but still, the internment unsuccessful and inside a couple of months; Bharat joined the list of states most littered with the coronavirus epidemic. …