“Selective Anonymity”: Supreme Court On Day 2 Of Electoral Bonds Hearing
Electoral bonds “provide (only) selective anonymity… confidentiality” since purchase records are available with the State Bank of India and can be Read More…
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Jammu & Kashmir High Court frames guidelines to curb unnecessary arrests; no automatic arrest in Section 498A cases
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has framed guidelines on arrest, detention and bail of persons accused in criminal cases.The directionRead More…
Centre Given Time To Respond To Petition Against Use Of INDIA Acronym
The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted time to the Centre to respond to a petition for restraining 26 political parties from using the acronym INDIA (Read More…
“This will be reminder to all tribunals”: Supreme Court relies on CCTV footage to debunk NCLAT member’s claims
The Supreme Court of India on Monday sounded a note of warning to tribunals against judicial impropriety and attempts to defy the apex court’s ordersRead More…
RTI Will Become “Dead Letter” If Vacancies Not Filled: Supreme Court To Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre and the state governments to take steps to fill the vacancies in the Central Information Commission aRead More…
Liking obscene post on Facebook or X not offence but sharing, retweeting it is an offence: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently said that merely liking an obscene post on Facebook or X (formerly Twitter) would not constitute an offence under SRead More…
Kerala High Court with Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Kauser Edappagath
The Kerala High Court on Thursday criticised the tendency to place “wholesale” reliance on confessions made by accused persons while in police custodRead More…
Right To Marry Person Of Choice Indelible, Family Cannot Object: High Court
Granting police protection to a couple facing threats from their family post marriage, the Delhi High Court has said the right to marry a person of oRead More…
Wife not chattel or bonded labourer to stay under conditions imposed by husband: Chhattisgarh High Court
In a matrimonial house, a wife should not be treated as chattel or bonded labour and made to stay under conditions imposed by her husband, observed tRead More…
Live-in relationships are time pass, lack stability and sincerity: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that live-relationships are predominantly “time pass” and are characterised by a lack of stability and sinRead More…