Rohit Patel, Author at SCC Times

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Can a Governor act beyond ministerial aid and advice? The Supreme Court examines if Article 200 contains an implied discretion, a safeguard when advice itself defeats the purpose of power

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accused’s right to travel abroad for studies

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‘Denying right to study on mere apprehension can spoil future’; Punjab and Haryana HC allows 21-year-old accused to travel abroad for studies

In the present case, a 21-year-old accused is offered admission in International University of Applied Sciences Berlin (Germany) and wants to pursue his study abroad. However, he was denied permission to travel abroad on mere apprehension of fleeting the legal process.

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Delhi High Court| Inability of one spouse to prove ‘saptapadi’ ritual in second marriage at summon stage not a loophole to evade bigamy charges

The law cannot be powerless to stop, punish or limit clandestine marriages and unions when the first wife or husband are alive and the valid marriage subsists, as now a spouse performing a second clandestine marriage would not also be liable to punishment for adultery as it is no more an offence.