Top Court refuses to impose stay on Love Jihad Bill; asks petitioners to approach State devices
LI Network Tanvi Sinha On 6th January 2021, the Supreme Court of India with a three-judge bench headed by CJI…
January 2021
Amazon seeks to withdraw its suit against MNS seeking to include Marathi language
LI Network E-commerce giant Amazon moved a civil court in Mumbai on January 5, 2021, seeking to withdraw…
Kerala HC reverses acquittal of the Walayar gang-rape accused, orders re-trial
Tanvi Sinha In a case that has been trying to seek justice since 2017, the Kerala High Court…
Comedian Munawar Faruqui to remain in jail for ‘insulting’ Hindu deities, MP Court rejects bail plea
Palak Sikarwar A district court in Indore, Madhya Pradesh rejected the bail applications of comedian Munawar Faruqui and…
Pune Court issues notice to Serum Institute of India on ‘COVISHIELD,’ proposed vaccine name usage
Sreya Kanugula After a suit was filed to restraint the Serum Institute of India from trademarking ‘COVISHIELD,’ an…
Tribunals of India
Vaishnavi Nair & Vidhi Agarwal Over 3.7 million or around 10% of the 37.7% million cases are pending…
Special Leave Petition: A Unique Mechanism
Ayaskanta Parida & Manali Chotalia Special Leave Petition is a petition filed by the aggrieved party in the…
Landmark judgements by National Green Tribunal
Deergh Uppal A tribunal, in general, is any institution or person with the authority to judge, adjudicate on,…
Punjab and Haryana HC issues notice to Punjab & Centre on Reliance Jio telecom tower damage
LI Network The High Court of Punjab has issued notice to the central government and Punjab after Reliance…
Wife in China granted divorce after Husband hides having STD
Tanvi Sinha On 4th January 2021, A wife (Li) was granted the annulment of her marriage from her…
Kerala High Court allows Medical termination to a 26-week pregnant minor rape victim
Anushka Mansharamani On 5th January, the Kerala High Court granted permission for the termination of a minor rape…
Petition in SC filed alleging Twitter of biased political leaning
Tanvi Sinha A petition was put forward by Advocate Mahek Maheshwari to the Supreme Court of India on…
Pari death case: Petition for narco-analysis test in POCSO court
Palak Sikarwar A petition seeking narco-analysis test on accused Saroj Sethi of Pari death case has been filed…
CBI urges Delhi HC to grant permission to foreign national in forgery case
Anushka Mansharamani On 5th January, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) urged the High Court of Delhi to…
Three new High Court Chief Justices appointed across India
Sreya Kanugula Justice S Muralidhar, who was an advocate practicing in the SC as well as the civil…
De-notification of Shivalik Elephant Reserve: Uttarakhand HC took suo motu cognisance
Anushka Mansharamani The High Court of Uttarakhand took suo moto cognizance of the Shivalik Elephant Reserve. The High…
PIL reaches in Gujarat HC seeking restriction on kite flying during Uttarayan
Palak Sikarwar A PIL reaches in the Gujarat High Court seeking direction on the prohibition on kite flying…
Supreme Court removes stay on Central Vista Redevelopment Project
Tanvi Sinha A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on 5th January 2021, allowed for the continuation of…
Landmark judgements of NCDRC in 2020
Vidhi Agrawal The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) of India is a quasi-judicial commission made in 1988…
Centre asks protesting farmers to seek SC’s assistance in repealing Farm Laws
Sreya Kanugula After the seventh round of negotiations between the Central government and the farmers protesting against the…