The seven-year-old daughter of an environment lawyer has sued the Pakistan government for violating the right to a healthy life. According to Dawn, Rabab Ali in her petition, filed through her father ...
The Union cabinet today cleared the decks for renaming of the Madras and Bombay high courts. A bill in this regard will be placed in Parliament. The law ministry had sought the approval of the cabinet...
In a significant observation, the Supreme Court recently said that it would like to examine the issue of lawmakers having shares in a company that was doing business with the government. The court fel...
In a move that will help bring litigants closer to a shorter judicial process, the Pune District Court has implemented a SMS message service that informs lawyers and litigants about the dates of heari...
In an important ruling in Rajiv Kumar Gupta and Ors vs Union of India and Ors, the Supreme Court struck down the central government’s orders which did not permit reservations in promotions in Group A ...
First year law students are all too familiar with the well-known 1959 criminal law case of KM Nanavati vs State of Maharashtra—the last “memorable” jury trial in India.
Akshay Kumar’s new film, “Ru...
Supreme Court re-opened after the summer vacation and on re-opening day, 28 judgments of cases which were heard were pronounced. But much awaited verdicts in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly case and Ja...
The Supreme Court today, reiterated its previous stand that the term “third gender” categorically refers to transgender and not to gays, lesbians or bisexuals.
The purpose of the clarification was ...
In a judgement that could become a legal benchmark for minority-run educational institutes in India, the Gujarat High Court recently said that such institutes could not be subjected to the state gover...
The Himachal Pradesh High Court refused to step into the territory of the executive while responding to a petition related to an officer’s posting on deputation. According to an IANS report, the court...