Above: Supreme Court
2018 will see some important cases coming up in the Supreme Court, be it the contentious Aadhaar issue, the Babri Masjid dispute or the tussle between Delhi’s chief minister an...
~By Kunal Rao
There were some interesting judgments in 2017 that need to be recorded for posterity. They range from legal opinion on playing a small-stakes rummy game at home to intellectual property ...
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
SEEKING VOTES IN THE NAME OF RELIGION IS A CORRUPT PRACTICE
Date of Judgment: January 2, 2017
Describing religion as a private relationship between man and God, a seven-...
A case filed by this reputed carmaker against a local company saw it losing the suit in the apex court, which said that trademark rights are territorial, not global
~By Venkatasubramanian
The ai...
Above: Dharamsala is home to Tibetans, many of whom migrated in 1959-60. Photo: UNI
In a progressive judgment, the Delhi High Court said passports cannot be denied to Tibetans living in designated ...
Above: Beneficiaries under the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme receiving flats from the Governor of Punjab and Haryana, Kaptan Singh Solanki, and the then minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation,...
Above: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot protests against the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2017. Photo: UNI
Even as an ordinance to amend the CrPC in Rajasthan was deferred, a PIL ...
A tea vendor who lost his daughter to such festivities appeals to the Court to ban them and fix liability for such incidents
~By Lilly Paul
The WhatsApp status of Shyam Sunder Kaushal is poignan...
Above: A demonstration organised by the Jat Arakshan Samiti at Jantar Mantar in May 2015 demands reservation. Photo: Anil Shakya
Does a ruling of the Tribunal banning meetings at this iconic site a...
Above: MP Chief Justice Hemant Gupta wants the judiciary to exercise restraint in sharing posts on social networking sites
A crackdown on the rampant use of social media during working hours in Mad...