Cannot Bar Child From Exams Mid-Session Due To Fee Non-Payment: Court
Education is an important right “encompassed under right to life” and a child cannot be made to suffer by barring him from attending school or takingRead More…
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Distant relatives fall within the scope of Section 498A IPC: Bombay High Court
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently refused to quash a first information report (FIR) against distant relatives of a complainant’s husRead More…
Wikipedia “Treasure Trove Of Knowledge”, But Can’t Be Used Legally: Supreme Court
Online sources such as Wikipedia are based on a crowd-sourced and user generated editing model that is not completely dependable and can promote mislRead More…
Can’t Allow Organisations Seeking Islamic Rule In India: Centre To Supreme Court
The central government filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court justifying its eighth successive ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India Read More…
Couple moves Kerala High Court challenging 30-day waiting period under Special Marriage Act
A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the provision under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (Act) which mandates a 30-day wRead More…
Over 4 Years After Landmark Order, Supreme Court to Tweak ‘Living Will’ Guidelines
More than four years after its landmark order on passive euthanasia, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday it is for the legislature to enact a law for Read More…
Rapido Moves Supreme Court Against Bombay HC Order to Stop Operations in Maharashtra
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on January 23 plea of Rapido, the bike taxi and auto aggregator, challenging the Bombay High Court order Read More…
Anti-Conversion Laws: Supreme Court calls for deletion of offending remarks against minorities from Ashwini Upadhyay plea
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the parties challenging anti-conversion laws of various States, to file a single common transfer petition seekinRead More…
Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Request Over Uttarakhand’s ‘Sinking’ Town
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking the court’s intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand’s subsidence-hit JoshimRead More…
Court Refuses To Call Mukesh Ambani As Witness In Nusli Wadia Murder Attempt Case
A special CBI court in Mumbai on Monday rejected a plea seeking to call Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani as a witness in a 1989 case relateRead More…