The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a PIL seeking application of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 to political parties. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Manmohan directed petitioner Yogamaya MG, a practicing lawyer of the Supreme Court, to approach the Election Commission of India…
The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to prevent illegal transportation of goods in passenger vehicles. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi held that the petition was misconceived and that the petitioner, one Nandlal Ramratan Kabra, had failed to specify the competent authority…
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a man from Baghpat, accused of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old minor girl of village Moradabad under Police Station Bhojpur, Ghaziabad. A Single Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Robin Kumar. The applicant seeks bail…
The Gujarat High Court has directed the contractor responsible for a boat capsizing at Harni Lake in Vadodara to provide compensation to the victims. The incident, which occurred on January 18, 2024, resulted in the loss of lives and injuries to several people. The court’s order came in response to a public interest litigation (PIL)…
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has removed Sanjeev Nasiar from the post of Vice-Chairman of Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), following discrepancies in his LLB (Honours) degree. The decision was taken during a meeting of the lawyers body on December 7. BCI adopted a resolution on Saturday, demanding a probe by the Central Bureau…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Union government and others to remove restrictions on the farmers’ protests and ensure that the national highways and railway tracks were not blocked by agitators. The order was passed by a Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant. Filed by a social activist, the…
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Bombay High Court verdict of 2019, which set aside the death penalty awarded to two convicts for raping and murdering a BPO employee in Pune in 2007. The order was passed by the Bench of Justice Abhay Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice AG Masih. On July 29,…
Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid has apprised the Delhi High Court that the Delhi Police was yet to recover any physical evidence to show his involvement in the larger conspiracy leading to riots in NorthEast Delhi in February 2020. Khalid was arrested on September 13, 2020 by Delhi Police under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…
Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai, while calling eminent jurist Fali S Nariman custodian of constitutional values, defender of justice and advocate for the rule of law, said that Nariman’s legacy provided a lens to understand the larger role of lawyers in a constitutional democracy. Speaking at the Fali Nariman Memorial lecture focused on theme…
By Kenneth Tiven Donald Trump goes with his gut feelings this time in organizing his government, believing a second term “mandate” demands he shrink its size as well as seeking retribution against anyone involved in investigating or prosecuting him since losing the presidency to Joe Biden in 2020. His unexpected defeat of Hillary Clinton in…