Delhi High Court Declines Pleas Of Candidates Excluded From Supreme Court Junior Court Assistant Recruitment

The Delhi High Court on Friday (August 29) dismissed a batch of pleas filed by candidates aspiring for the post of Junior Court Assistant (JCA) at the Supreme Court, over their exclusion from the recruitment process.241 JCA vacancies were advertised by the Supreme Court Secretary General in February this year.Petitioners claimed that despite qualifying the Typing Speed Test, they were...

NALSA Launches Landmark Schemes On Human–wildlife Conflict And Support For Dependents Of Prisoners & Victims Of Crime At Southern Regional Conference In Kerala

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), in collaboration with the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA), today inaugurated the Southern Regional Conference on “Human–Wildlife Conflict & Co-existence: Legal and Policy Perspectives” at the Kerala Legislative Assembly Hall, Thiruvananthapuram. The two-day conference has brought together Judges of the Supreme Court and High...

University Of Delhi's Law Centre-II To Organise 9th S.K. Puri Memorial International Moot Court Competition

The Moot Court Society of Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, will organise the 9th edition of the S.K. Puri Memorial International Moot Court Competition – Justified '25, a platform where intellect, advocacy, and jurisprudence converge. It was established in the memory of Late Shri S.K. Puri, Senior Advocate. The 2025 edition delves into the theme: the challenges posed to international refugee law by the growing reliance on private military contractors and their...

RGNUL Punjab Hosts International Conference On 75 Years Of Indian Constitution

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab is organising the International Conference on the theme of “Seventy-Five Years of the Constitution of India: A Comparison with Major Constitutions of the World” on August 30–31, 2025. The Conference is organized, in collaboration with the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi and the All India Law Teachers Congress, New Delhi. Chief Justice of India is the ex-officio President of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. Justice...

HPNLU Shimla Organised National Sports Day With Exhibition Matches & Fit India Pledge

Himachal Pradesh National Law University (HPNLU), Shimla, under the leadership of Prof. (Dr.) Priti Saxena, Vice Chancellor, celebrated National Sports Day on 29th August 2025. Organized by the HPNLU Sports Committee, the celebration featured a series of exhibition matches in cricket, men's volleyball, women's volleyball, futsal, badminton, and table tennis. The event witnessed participation from students across the University, promoting the spirit of teamwork, discipline, and healthy...

Supreme Court Judges Launch NALSA Scheme For Victims Of Human -Wildlife Conflict

The two-day Regional Conference on Human -Wildlife Conflict & Co-Existence organized by the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has commenced today with an inaugural session at the Sankaranarayanan Thampi Hall, Thiruvananthapuram.The event was attended by judges from the Supreme Court, the High Courts of Kerala,...

Constitutional Morality And 130th Amendment

The relationship between law and morality has long occupied philosophers and jurists. Lon Fuller distinguished between the “morality of law” and the “morality of duty,” while H.L.A. Hart cautioned against over-moralising the law. For B.R. Ambedkar, however, constitutional morality was a distinctive demand in democratic governance. It required not only adherence to formal rules but fidelity to the underlying principles of justice, liberty, equality, and accountability. In the Constituent...

Chhattisgarh High Court Flags Shortcomings In Medical Services Across State, Seeks Affidavit On Steps To Provide Better Facilities

The Chhattisgarh High Court has flagged multiple shortcomings in the available medical and healthcare facilities in various hospitals across the State, particularly in terms of shortage of doctors, overcrowded hospitals, non-availability of reagents, and absence of adequate night-duty staff.Referring to affidavits submitted by the Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, a...

Omission To Act When Someone Else Commits An Offence In Furtherance Of Common Intention Attracts S.34 IPC; Presence Not Necessary: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that merely standing guard or omitting to act when someone else commits an offence in furtherance of their common intention would be sufficient to attract liability under Section 34 IPC.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri observed,“Every person charged for an offence by invoking Section 34 IPC must participate in some form or other in the offence to make him liable....

Allegations Of False Promise Of Marriage Unsustainable When Victim Is In Subsisting Marriage: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that allegations of sexual intercourse based on a false promise of marriage cannot be sustained when the complainant is already in a subsisting marriage.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, while granting regular bail to the petitioner accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the pretext of marriage, observed. “Though the allegations are serious, since the victim...

Calcutta High Court Directs Police To Probe Allegations Of Sexual Assault, Blackmail Leading To Student's Suicide At Medical College

The Calcutta High Court has directed the police to conduct a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 23-year-old MBBS student at Murshidabad Medical College, who died by suicide on the college campus.The victim's father, who is also a police officer and presently posted at Chandigarh, filed a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking a thorough investigation into...

Right To Legible Medical Prescription Is A Fundamental Right: P&H High Court Directs Doctors To Write In Capital Letters

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the right to receive a legible medical prescription is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Emphasizing the critical role clear prescriptions play in safeguarding patient health and ensuring proper medical treatment, the Court directed the States to comply with an advisory whereby doctors were directed to write prescriptions...