By Dr Swati Jindal Garg In a controversial order which stirred religious sentiments, bail given to three persons accused of assaulting a Muslim man on a train was cancelled in less than 24 hours. The decision came after pressure was built on the Thane Railway police to enhance the charges levied on the accused. It…
By Sujit Bhar Within the public uproar against the rape and murder of the lady doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the West Bengal Assembly unanimously passed a strict anti-rape Bill, called the Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Bill (awaiting the signatures…
Last month, the Noida Police arrested the kingpin of the gang who cheated people by downloading a copy of an e-FIR from the dedicated portal of the Uttar Pradesh police. The police also seized the mobile used in the fraud. The person who provided an active SIM to the kingpin of the gang has also…
By Annunthra Rangan “Brunei is an important partner in India’s Act East Policy and Indo-Pacific Vision.” —Prime Minister Narendra Modi Brunei’s strategic location in Southeast Asia places it at the crossroads of greater regional and global geopolitical dynamics, particularly in relation to the contentious South China Sea and its interactions with major powers such as…
The Bombay High Court has directed that the Tree Authority of the Municipal Corporation of Nashik while considering any prayer seeking permission to fell trees shall be guided exclusively by the provisions of the Trees Act, 1975 and public interest. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar disposed of…
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has highlighted how the tradition of appointing only retired judges as arbitrators in India was slowly changing, giving way to the young lawyers, especially women lawyers, who were completely displacing gender imbalance in the world of arbitration. Speaking at the ‘Conference on International Arbitration and the Rule of Law’,…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking a direction to set aside Rule 6 of The Punjab Regulation of Wood Based Industries Rules, 2019 and specifically Rule 6(a) notified by Respondent whereby the distance of any saw mill from the forest is reduced from 10 km to…
The Allahabad High Court has said stamp duty cannot be imposed on the sale deed of agricultural and residential land on the basis of the future potential of the land becoming commercial. A single-judge bench of Justice Piyush Agrawal heard the petition filed by Anupam Varshney. The petition has been filed assailing the order dated…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) over a dispute that a particular construction made some 35 years ago, was converted for commercial use in 2000 and was being used as such, causing nuisance to the neighbours. The grievance raised is that the area in which the said building…
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a rape case. The single-judge bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal on Thursday, while allowing continuation of probe in the rape case, directed that chargesheet shall not be filed without the Court’s permission….