The Karnataka High Court has held that though contracting a second marriage by a Muslim man is lawful, but it causes enormous cruelty to the first wife.
The Allahabad High Court has observed that in a democratic setup, where the right to govern depends on the will of the people, the person who has lost the majority cannot be permitted to hold office.
The Bombay High Court has said that freedom of speech and expression given under Article 19 of the Constitution is not an absolute right while denying interim protection from arrest to a woman for allegedly making objectionable remarks on Twitter against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya Thackeray.
The National Green Tribunal has asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to consider ordering an environmental audit against entities such as Amazon, Flipkart, soft drink companies and packaged drinking water companies, among others.
The High Court of Karnataka has dismissed an appeal for leniency and upheld the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years imposed on a convict accused of raping a 69-year-old woman.
The Supreme Court has observed that it cannot be laid down as a rule of universal application that whenever the death occurs on account of a single blow, Section 302 IPC is ruled out.
A petition was filed in Supreme Court today, seeking the release of funds for local bodies in Tamil Nadu due from 2016 to date. The state’s official counsel, Advocate C.R. Jaya Sukin has filed this in person.
The plea before the Madhya Pradesh High Court challenging the NLSIU’s decision to conduct NLAT in lieu of CLAT for admissions to its own law programmes this year, has been withdrawn after the High Court today expressed reservations regarding territorial jurisdiction.
The Delhi High Court has sought the AAP government's response to a petition challenging the July 2017 notification for amendment of rules under the Care and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act, 2007.
The Delhi High Court has directed Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief, Republic TV, to "be bound by" his undertaking on "showing restraint and bringing down the rhetoric" while covering the Sunanda Pushkar case.