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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 …

Written by: Satyam Jain (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) A two-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court quashed the allotment of a plot to a trust headed by the wife of a Member of Parliament from BJP and fined the Karnataka Housing Board. The Court observed favouritism and disobedience of the prescribed procedure in th …

Written by: Shruti Srivastava (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) A sessions court in Kerala awarded double life term in prison to an accused found guilty of murdering his wife. In what was recognized to be a heinous and diabolical crime, the convict attempted to murder his disabled wife twice, succeeding the second time. …

Written by: Satyam Jain (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) In a recent judgment, the Srinagar HC quashed the defamation cases pending against several journalists in the CJM Court of Srinagar. The decision came after the Editor-in-chief of Republic TV, Mr. Arnab Ranjan Goswami and other journalists filed a petition, plead …

Written by: Shruti Srivastava (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Central Government recently notified the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Rules, 2021 . The Rules, notified under Section 6 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, increase the permitted time limit for abortion to twenty-four weeks of ge …

Written by: Shruti Srivastava (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Supreme Court recently directed the High Courts of various states to find out the number of incarcerated convicts and the status of their appeals against conviction. The Court directed that the convicts being represented by the advocates of legal aid co …

Written by: Satyam Jain (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Son of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has been arrested along with 20 others onboard a Cruise on the suspicion of illegal drug trafficking and consumption. Bail pleas filed by the all the arrested individuals have been repeatedly rejected by a Mumbai Court. Fac …

Written by: Shruti Srivastava (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Supreme Court, in a recent order setting aside the bail granted to an accused, held that the conduct of the accused, the gravity of the offence etc. are to be considered by a superior court while revoking bail. This observation was made when the order o …

Written by: Satyam Jain (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Apex Court, on October 4, observed that the Arbitrator cannot grant Pendente Lite Interest if the contrary has been agreed to in the contract. The observation came under an appeal challenging the order of a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court. The Case Garg …

Written by: Shruti Srivastava (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) In a recent judgment by the Kerala High Court, it was held that being poor does not restrict an individual from donating organs. The court also remarked that our country has no shortage of large-hearted individuals who are eager to help people through organ …

Written by: Satyam Jain (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The two-judge bench of Hon’ble Justices Mr. R. Subhash Reddy and Mr. Hrishikesh Roy set aside the judgement of the Himachal Pradesh High Court which had ordered DNA test against the decision of the Kalka Civil Court, opining that such orders are violative of Righ …

Written by: Ishita Pal (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) A boy raped a minor girl aged 17 years in the house of a second boy. While a case is filed against the boys, the first boy wanted to settle the case and to quash the POCSO Act under which he is suspected. He agreed for settlement via marriage. The accused boy also …