A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Uttar Pradesh administration and the state police for not taking steps to prevent the ‘Dharam Sansad,’ a religious event, being organised between December 17 and 21 at Ghaziabad by Yati Narasinghanand. The petitioners contended that the website and the advertisements for the ‘Dharam…
The Bar Council of India on Monday apprised the Supreme Court that Rule 49 of the BCI Rules of Conduct barred a practising lawyer from simultaneously working as a full-time journalist. The Counsel appearing for BCI further informed the Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih that a person could not…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg Mahatma Gandhi had rightly said: “I do not expect India of my dreams to develop one religion, i.e., to be wholly Hindu or wholly Christian or wholly Mussalman, but I want it to be wholly tolerant, with its religions working side by side with one another.” India, the biggest democracy…
The Gauhati High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the validity of sub-section (2) of Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, since it had not come into force. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Kaushik Goswami observed a Government of India notification has said…
The Gujarat High Court recently heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed challenging the constitutional validity of the Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009. They alleged that the Act was ultra-vires to the basic structure of the Constitution of India and various articles of the Constitution. The petitioners, who claimed to be agriculturists and cultivators…
The Meghalaya High Court recently disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) to prevent the felling of 103 trees while building the National Highway from Shillong to Dawki near the Bangladesh border. The bench of Chief Justice I.P. Mukerji and Justice W. Diengdoh directed the respondents to ensure the afforestation work is strictly carried out…
By Annunthra Rangan Over the past two weeks, rebel forces have captured key cities, including Aleppo, Homs and Damascus, effectively ending Assad’s reign. The regime’s stronghold in the Latakia region, Qardaha—home to the Assad family mausoleum—was seized, and its once-invincible symbols of power, including statues and portraits of the Assad family, were torn down by…
The Supreme Court has held that a police official accused of registering a bogus case and fabricating evidence or documents in connection with the same, could not claim immunity under Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), since the act did not form part of the official duty. Section 197 of CrPC protects…
The Supreme Court in a recent Public Interest Litigation (Janaki Chaudhary & Anr vs Women and Child Development & Ors), reviewed a petition regarding the employment terms and conditions of individuals serving on Internal Complaints Committees (ICCs) established under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act). The…
VERSE 3.56 of Manusmriti says: “yatra nāryastu pūjyante ramante tatra devatāḥ yatraitāstu na pūjyante sarvāstatrāphalā kriyāḥ” which translates to “where women are given due respect, even Gods like to reside there”. The Rajasthan High Court stressed that every woman deserves to live a life of respect, equality and decency, free from fear, force, violence, and…