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Role Of CJI In Collegium19 Jan 2019 12:24 PM GMT

The role of the Chief Justice of India and the extent of his powers in respect of making recommendations for appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court of India and the High Court as also transfer of...

Contempt Jurisdiction A Necessity, Availability Of Alternative Remedy No Bar To Invoke It: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]14 Jan 2019 6:26 AM GMT

Terming contempt jurisdiction as a 'Jurisdiction of Necessity', the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a contempt petition cannot be held to be not maintainable on the ground of availability...

Review Petition Is Maintainable Against An Order In A Contempt Case: Kerala HC Full Bench [Read Order]26 Nov 2018 1:12 PM GMT

Acquitted But Not Yet Free – The Constitutionality Of Section 437-A Cr.P.C6 Nov 2018 7:02 AM GMT

Patriarchy & Paternalism Underpinnings Of Section 497 IPC : Justice Chandrachud In Adultery Judgment [ Read Judgment]27 Sep 2018 12:07 PM GMT

Reputation Of An Individual Is An Insegregable Facet Of His Right To Life With Dignity: SC In Nambi Narayanan’s Case [Read Judgment]14 Sep 2018 7:28 AM GMT

There can be no scintilla of doubt that the appellant, a successful scientist having national reputation, has been compelled to undergo immense humiliation. The former scientist of the Indian Space...

One Nation One Education Board: SC Defers Hearing On PIL After Centre Says Similar Plea Dismissed Earlier27 Aug 2018 6:07 AM GMT

Bench has now summoned the records of the 'identical dismissed PIL' and fixed hearing for next FridayThe Supreme Court today deferred the hearing on a PIL seeking a direction to introduce 'One nation...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Prof. Shamnad Basheer’s Petition Seeking Exemplary Damages For Aadhaar Data Leak [Read Petition]21 Aug 2018 9:23 AM GMT

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a petition filed by IP Academic Prof. Shamnad Basheer alleging a violation of the fundamental right to privacy as guaranteed under Article 21 of the...

Breaking: Accused Entitled To Acquittal If Informant And Investigating Officer Is The Same Person: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]16 Aug 2018 2:45 PM GMT

‘Justice must not only be done, but must appear to be done also. Any possibility of bias or a predetermined conclusion has to be excluded.’In a significant pronouncement, a three-judge bench of the...

Somnath Chatterjee : A Man Who Held Constitution of India Always Supreme14 Aug 2018 3:28 AM GMT

'Rule of law has to be enforced not by expanding any organ's extent of powers, by encroaching into areas specifically assigned to any other, but by diligently and effectively discharging each one's...

[Adultery] [Day-2, Session-2] One Retains Sexual Autonomy Even After Marriage, The Right To Say "No" Is Not Forfeited By Marriage: Justice Chandarchud2 Aug 2018 4:07 PM GMT

The hearing on Petitions challenging Criminalisation of Adultery concluded for the day with Justice Chandrachud repeating that one retains their sexual autonomy to an extent even after marriage and...

Movie Goers Can Carry Food & Water Inside Multiplexes/Cinema Theatres: Jammu & Kashmir HC [Read Judgment]25 July 2018 5:47 PM GMT

‘Such kind of acts on the part of Multiplex/Cinema Hall owners are against the right to choice of food, including the right not to eat junk food and right to good health, which comes under the...