A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court of India challenging the certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act on the ground it violates fundamental rights of citizens under Article 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution of India.
The Bombay High Court has allowed the Parsi (Zoroastrian) community in Mumbai to offer Farvardiyan prayers at the Doongerwadi Tower of Silence in Mumbai for a day, after the Maharashtra government denied permission for the same.
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that disclosure of personal information is exempted under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, in absence of any larger public interest, as it would cause unwarranted invasion of privacy under Section 8(1)(j) of the Act.
The Chhattisgarh High Court directed the state government that no further proceedings shall be pursued till the next date of hearing with regard to allotment of a government land to Congress in Dhamtari for building a party office at the district headquarters.
New Delhi: When a man appearing for Assistant Commandant in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) was held back in his medical because of suspected pleurisy, and was again thwarted when he presented...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) can hear the bail plea of any “child” accused even if the child was now a major. The court ruled that if the accused was a child at the time of arrest then he has full right to be tried by the JJB on bail issues.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has expressed its serious concern over the case of the institution of two bail petitions in the same FIR by the same petitioner.
The Supreme Court has held: "When the court passed specific orders directing the states to file affidavits, the court’s intention was to see the working of the aforesaid acts. Non-filing of affidavit clearly indicates that the states are not interested in implementing the aforesaid enactments.”
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Monday ruled that the Magistrate is precluded from ordering an investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code, once a cognizance of an offence is taken by him.