Is Hindu Succession Act Gender Discriminatory? : P&H HC Issues Notice On Law Student's Plea

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice to the Union Government on a petition filed by a law student challenging the constitutionality of the Hindu Succession Act 1956.The petition filed by Daksh Kadian, a student of National Law School of India University, challenges the Act as gender discriminatory.It is contended in the petition that the scheme of intestate succession as per...

Explainer : Rights Of A 'Shebait' In Property Dedicated To Deity

Who is a Shebait?A Shebait is one who serves and sustains the deity in the capacity of a manager of the debuttar property ( property vested with the deity).The property of the temple is regarded as vesting with the deity. However, it is in an ideal sense that the dedicated property vests in an idol, and in the nature of things, the possession and management of it must be entrusted to some...

CBI Court Extends ED Custody Of D K Shivakumar Till Sep 17 [Read Order]

Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar, Rouse Avenue, Delhi on Friday extended the remand of Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar to the custody of Enforcement Directorate till September 17 in a money laundering case. Shivakumar was arrested on September 3, on alleged offence punishable under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. He was remanded to ED custody till today...

Supreme Court Explains Scope Of 'Certiorari' Jurisdiction [Read Judgment]

"The court may still exercise its discretion and decline jurisdiction unless there is manifest injustice"

Madhya Pradesh Bar Seeks Transfer of Justice Sanjay Yadav Out Of The State [Read Letter]

In a letter addressed to the CJI Ranjan Gogoi, the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has requested the transfer of Justice Sanjay Yadav out of the State, owing to his consistent misbehavior. Justice Sanjay Yadav is presently the third senior most judge of the MP High Court. Since the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended elevation of the two senior-most judges of the...

Should Judges Go By Rule Of Law Or Rulers' Law?

"The power of transfer is a highly dangerous power involving great hardship and, injury to the judge transferred including a stigma on his reputation in cases where the transfer is not effected pursuant to any policy but the judge is picked out for transfer on a selective basis and to my mind, it makes no difference whether the transfer is made by the government on its own initiative or it is made at the instance of the Chief Justice of India." This statement given by the Constitution Bench...

Death During Sex On A Business Trip Is 'Workplace Accident': Paris Court Of Appeals

The Court of Appeals at Paris has held that death of a man caused due to a cardiac arrest during sex on a business trip amounts to "workplace accident", reported the BBC. The deceased, Xavier X, was a French engineer at a railway services company, TSO who died during a business trip to the Loiret region in central France in 2013. He died while he was engaged in what the employer...

Online Grooming Of Children-Legal Framework

The National Crime Records Bureau has recently reported to initiate the recording of online sexual abuse of children based upon the recommendation of the 206th Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, which noted the poor law enforcement and data in such crimes. With the internet booming in India and the increasing accessibility of children to technology, cybercrimes against children has begun to gain attention with the vulnerabilities of children in cyberspace becoming...

Understanding The Law Governing PILs In Light Of The Petition Challenging The Presidential Order Concerning J&K

The year 2018 shall go down as a monumental year in the history of the Supreme Court of India. The Court through its judgments granted women the right to enter the Sabarimala temple, struck down the discriminatory provision of adultery, agreed to live stream its proceedings etc. The doors of the Court were knocked by common citizens in the above matter, using the mechanism of a Public Interest Litigation Petition ('PIL'), a tool that allows any citizen of India to approach the Supreme Court/High...

The Concept Of 'Continuing Offence' Under Prevention Of Money Laundering Act

The provisions of Prevention of Money laundering act again caught attention when AM Singhavi argued that the act is being retrospectively applied in case of Mr. P. Chidambaram. Dr. Singhavi asserted that Mr. Chidambaram cannot be tried for an offence which was not a 'scheduled offence' under PMLA in 2007. However Solicitor general Tushar Mehta contended that the nature of offence...

Kashmiri Student' Plea Against J&K Lockdown: Karnataka HC Tells Centre To Provide Details Of All Petitions Pending In SC

The Karnataka High Court on September 9, granted time till September 13, to the Union Government to give details of petitions pending for hearing before the Supreme Court in regards to the alleged communication blackout in Jammu and Kashmir, post the abrogation of Article 370. Justice Alok Aradhe which is hearing a petition filed by a 23-year-old Syed Peerzada Suheel Ahmad, resident...

Sedition Case : Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Shehla Rashid [Read Order]

In an interim relief to Kashmir activist Shehla Rashid, a Delhi Court on Monday granted her interim protection from arrest in the case for sedition booked against her.As per a report in The Wire, additional sessions judge Pawan Kumar Jain at Patiala House court granted interim bail to her, observing "I am of the view that the matter requires investigation in detail" and posted it next...