A split verdict by the Delhi High Court on criminalisation of marital rape has led this issue to the apex court. Should the common law understanding of marriage be judicially discarded as in the UK?
The Karnataka cabinet recently introduced an ordinance to give effect to the controversial law against religious conversions. The state governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on May 17 gave his assent to the K...
On May 12, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to implement three demands of the people of Tamil Nadu. The open letter relat...
The Tamil Nadu health department on May 1 removed the dean of a medical college from his post a day after first-year students there took the Maharshi Charaka Shapath instead of the Hippocratic Oath. ...
Justice delayed is justice denied. However, with over 4.5 crore cases pending across courts in the country, justice is not just delayed, but is often kept pending indefinitely.
According to the Na...
The Supreme Court has regained its sanctioned strength of 34 judges with the appointment of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala on May 9 as judges.
The Union Law Ministry ...
The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on May 5 finalised the delimitation order and submitted it to the Election Commission of India where it has recommended 43 assembly seats f...
Recently, the Delhi High Court was told that the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund (PM CARES Fund) must either submit to the rigours of the Constitution or re...
On April 26, 2022, the Mumbai Police filed a chargesheet against senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla in an alleged phone tapping case. The over 700-pages chargesheet contains statements of at least 20 p...
The Kerala Police filing a rape case against Malayalam film actor-cum-producer Vijay Babu threatens to open a Pandora’s Box in the state’s film industry. The Ernakulam South Police registered the cas...