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'Tardy, Inefficient': High Court Raps Delhi Govt For Failing To Constitute Dispute Resolution Committee For Street Vendors
The Delhi High Court has expressed displeasure with the Delhi Government over its failure to constitute the Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee under the Streets Vendors Act, despite earlier directions passed in 2024. Justice Sachin Datta express its “dismay” at the “tardy and inefficient manner” in which the Delhi Government has proceeded in the matter. “It is...
'Go To HC': Supreme Court Rejects Savukku Shankar's Nephew's Plea Against 3rd Preventive Detention Order Under Goondas Act
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a writ petition filed by YouTuber and journalist Savukku Shankar's nephew seeking quashing of a third detention order passed against Shankar under the Tamil Nadu Goondas Act.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the matter and asked the petitioner to approach the High Court. It also said that upon being so approached,...
'Performing Daughter's Marriage A Pious Obligation In Hindu Way Of Life': Allahabad HC Grants Short-Term Bail To Convict
Observing that performing the marriage of a daughter is one of the pious obligations in the Hindu way of life, the Allahabad High Court recently granted a 7-day short-term bail to a convict to allow him to participate in his daughter's wedding. A bench of Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra passed the order on an application filed by Desh Raj in a pending appeal challenging...
A Veto On Justice: 18,000 CAPF Officers And India's Looming Constitutional Crisis
“The legislature cannot set aside a judgment. It can only remove the defect in the law that formed the basis of that judgment. The moment it attempts more, it ceases to legislate — it usurps.”— Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Constituent Assembly Debates, 1949On 25 March 2026, a four-page legislative measure was introduced in the Council of States. It was subsequently passed by both Houses following deliberation and opposition, before receiving Presidential assent on 9 April 2026 and being formally brought...
Complainant Can Move Plea U/S 311 CrPC To Summon Witnesses; Public Prosecutor's Application Not A Precondition: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that, in a state case, a court can exercise its power under Section 311 CrPC to summon witnesses or exhibit documents, even on an application filed by the complainant.The Court also clarified that filing of an application by the Public Prosecutor is not a 'precondition' for exercise of powers under this provision [now Section 348 BNSS] A bench...
Deepfakes, Due Diligence And The Good Samaritan Paradox; How India's 2026 IT Amendment Rules Resolve Global Platform Liability Debate
The Global Problem Nobody Has SolvedThere is a question that haunts every regulator trying to govern AI-generated content. When a platform voluntarily takes down a deepfake, does that editorial judgment cost it the very intermediary immunity that allows it to function? In the US, the debate has raged under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 1996 (47 U.S.C. § 230), which shields platforms from liability for user content. The catch? Courts remain split on whether active content...
Delhi University Faculty Of Law To Host National Seminar On Imprisoned Women & Children
A one-day multidisciplinary national seminar on “Motherhood and Child Well-being of Imprisoned Women: Legal and Socio-economic Perspectives” will be organised by the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, in collaboration with Saraswati Institute of Law, Palwal, Haryana. The seminar is sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and is scheduled to be held on May 8, 2025, at Umang Bhawan, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. About Organizers:Indian Council of Social Science...
Delhi High Court Permits Sperm Retrieval Of Soldier In Coma, Holds Prior IVF Consent Sufficient
The Delhi High Court has permitted the extraction and cryopreservation of sperm of an Indian Army soldier in a persistent vegetative state, holding that his prior consent to undergo IVF treatment with his wife constituted valid consent under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021.Citing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav directed that the...
Life Lessons In Transfer Of Property Act, 1882
The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 is one of the most important legislations in the field of private law in India. Besides formulating the general principles of transfer governing both movable and immovable property, it provides five ways of transferring a property (in most cases, immovable) through sale, mortgage, lease, exchange and gift. The law is particularly relevant in a country like India where property disputes constitute nearly sixty-six per cent of civil litigation.[1]Among all those...
Sabarimala Reference | Travancore Devaswom Board Disagrees With Nair Service Society's Argument On Articles 25(2)(b) & 26(b)
In the Sabarimala Reference hearing before the 9-judge bench of the Supreme Court, the Travancore Devaswom Board disagreed with the argument advanced by the Nair Service Society and certain temple organisations from Kerala that Article 26(b) of the Constitution was subject to 25(2)(b) of the Constitution.Article 25(2)(b) allows the State to enact law for social welfare and reform or the...
Delhi High Court To Examine How Transgender Persons' Names Should Appear In Educational, Official Records
The Delhi High Court is set to decide as to how the names of transgender persons are to be published in educational records maintained by the University of Delhi and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). A division bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Madhu Jain observed that the issue raised could have far-reaching implications beyond educational certificates, extending...