Adarsh Kumar

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the “family pension” provisions outlined in the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, and the associated Rules shall apply to the pension awarded to the Chairperson of the State Law Commission under the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission Act, 2010

In a recent ruling, the Allahabad High Court ruled that a trial court lacks the authority to take up a case in which a broker is accused of misappropriating investor funds. The case had come up in the court of judicial magistrate, Agra. The verdict is significant as it involves share brokers and investors

A Public Interest Litigation in the Bombay High Court sought to address the practice of hair transplant surgeries being performed by surgeons who lack the requisite qualifications. The PIL said that with the proliferation of social media platforms, the reach of unqualified dental practitioners posing as dermatologists or hair transplant surgeons has expanded significantly

The apex court has directed states and union territories to dispense the funds raised by judicial officers for clearance of arrears and allowances. The bench said top bureaucrats will have to appear in person for the delay and rejected the request of several states that chief secretaries be allowed to appear virtually

In order to prevent delay in launching life-saving drugs in the country, the centre has allowed those approved in the US, the UK, Australia, Japan, Canada and the EU to be used in India without clinical trials

The MP High Court recently held a contractor liable for not putting warning signs at a construction site, leading to the death of man. This should act as a deterrent to other irresponsible construction firms

The Union Law Ministry is working on developing Artificial Intelligence to translate laws across multiple Indian languages. This comes at a time when the three new criminal laws have come into effect while their official translations into Indian languages are yet to be notified

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In a new twist to the definition of rape, the Delhi High Court said that if consensual sex occurs between two adults, then there is no wrongdoing even if they are married

The Bombay High Court held that PSBs don’t have the power to request issuance of Look Out Circulars against defaulting borrowers as the fundamental right to personal liberty cannot be compromised