'Invasion Of Privacy': MP High Court Rejects Husband's Plea For Wife's Virginity Test

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently dismissed a husband's petition seeking a virginity or two-finger test on the wife because she refused to enter into a physical relationship with him.The bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed that a virginity test could not be ordered as it violates the privacy of an individual and that the husband could produce other evidence to show that the wife...

Supreme Court Seeks ECI Response On Plea To Extend Directions Issued For West Bengal SIR To Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Election Commission of India on an application seeking extension of the Court's earlier directions on publication of the 'logical discrepancy' list to the State of Tamil Nadu.The application urges that the directions issued by the Court in the context of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal be...

Delhi High Court Flags Need For Emergency Healthcare Facilities In District Courts, Directs Petitioner To Administrative Side

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) disposed of a PIL seeking adequate medical facilities in city's District Court Complexes, to provide emergency healthcare to stakeholders including lawyers, litigants and security personnel.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia emphasized on the importance of issue raised and asked the Petitioner to approach the...

No Sex Ed, No Romeo-Juliet: Why India's Curriculum Betrays POCSO Reforms

The Romeo-Juliet clause, as suggested by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, aims to protect teenage relationships, as the name itself indicates. However, in the absence of comprehensive sex education among adolescents, how they are expected to make an informed decision about consent remains a valid question that the apex court does not address. The Supreme Court has asked the Central Government to introduce a 'Romeo-Juliet' clause as an exemption in the Prevention of Children from Sexual...

Lokpal Of India Celebrates 77th Republic Day

The 77th Republic Day was celebrated at the Lokpal of India with great fervour and enthusiasm. Shri Ziley Singh Vical, Joint Secretary, welcomed Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Chairperson, Members, distinguished officers, and staff of the Lokpal of India on the occasion.In his address, the Chairperson extended warm greetings to all on the momentous occasion of the 77th Republic Day of the nation....

RGNUL Celebrates 77th Republic Day

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab celebrated the 77th Republic Day of India on 26th January 2026 at the RGNUL Campus. The event commenced with the hoisting of the National Flag by Prof. (Dr.) Jai S. Singh, Vice Chancellor, followed by the singing of the National Anthem. He traced the history of the making of the Constitution and highlighted the role played by people from different sections of society. Addressing the teaching as well as non-teaching staff of the University, he...

Explainer: UGC's 2026 Regulations For Tackling Discrimination In Colleges & Surrounding Controversy

On January 13, the University Grants Commission notified its much-awaited Regulations for tackling caste-discrimination in college campuses - the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026.The UGC framed these Regulations following a PIL filed before the Supreme Court in 2019 by Radhika Vemula and Abeda Salim Tadvi, mothers of...

'Very Stressing': Delhi High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Alleged Drug Syndicate In Okhla Industrial Area

"This is very stressing", the Delhi High Court orally remarked today while taking suo moto cognizance of alleged drug syndicate running in city's Okhla Industrial area.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia has appointed an amicus curiae to visit the area and conduct an inquiry, following which Police action will be ordered.The development comes while the Court...

Stray Dogs Case: Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

Supreme Court continues hearing the Stray Dogs case Bench: Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria To recap, the Bench is primarily examining the issue of stray dogs in institutional premises Intervenors (dog lovers and NGOs) pray for modification of the Court's earlier directions, so that stray dogs are released in the same area from where they are picked up Victims' side...

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The School of Law, CHRIST University, announces Batch–3 of its Judicial Service Preparation Programme, to be conducted in online and offline modes. The programme is designed not only for judicial service aspirants but also for candidates preparing for recruitment interviews and other competitive examinations in the field of law.insights for facing recruitment interviews and other competitive examinations in the field of law.I. About School of Law-CHRIST:School of Law, is a part of CHRIST (Deemed...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Bar On Adoption Of Unused Embryo By Infertile Couples

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) issued notice on a PIL challenging "blanket prohibition" on altruistic donation of a couple's unused frozen embryos, for adoption by another infertile couple.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia orally observed that the Petitioner seeks to expand the scope of Section 28 of the Assisted Reproductive...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Congress Leader Karti Chidambaram's Plea Against Charges In Chinese Visa Scam Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) issued notice on a plea filed by Congress MP Karti P Chindambaram challenging a trial court order framing charges against him in connection with the Chinese visa scam case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. After hearing the matter for some time Justice Manoj Jain in his order dictated:"The petitioner assails order dated...