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‘India needs a Bail Act’: Supreme Court asks Centre to consider the suggestion; lays down guidelines for disposal of Bail Application

“Criminal courts in general with the trial court in particular are the guardian angels of liberty. Liberty, as embedded in the Code,

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court | ACP, Traffic Department does not have the power to suspend the licence; directions issued to release driving licence

Calcutta High Court: Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. took cognizance of a petition which was filed praying for quashing an order passed by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court stays CCPA ruling on levying service charges in hotels and restaurants as an unfair trade practice

Delhi High Court: Yashwant Varma, J. stayed the ruling passed in the form of guidelines by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (‘CCPA’)

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court’s ruling that led to Supreme Court recognizing unmarried women’s right to a safe abortion

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Sathish Chandra Sharma, CJ and Subramonium Prasad, J refused termination of pregnancy to an unmarried

Case Briefs District Court

No straitjacket formula for determining whether the consent was given under a misconception of fact or not; Tis Hazari Court grants anticipatory bail

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: While deciding a bail application, Kamini Lau, J. granted anticipatory in a case where the complainant-girl was a

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC| Classification on the basis of educational qualification for the purposes of promotion, is permissible in law and does not offend the Constitution

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the question raised in the instant petition that, whether the classification

Case Briefs High Courts

Chhattisgarh High Court entitles father-in-law to pay maintenance; “Estate of the husband can be preferred to claim over the estate of father or mother of daughter in law”

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Goutam Bhaduri and Deepak Kumar Tiwari JJ. entitled father-in-law to pay maintenance to widowed daughter-in-law

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court pained to see minors getting involved in age- inappropriate relations; Grants bail in the interest of infant and minor wife

Allahabad High Court: Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J. allowed a bail application in a case registered under sections 376, 506 Penal Code, 1860

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Woman cannot be denied right to safe abortion only on the ground of her being unmarried: Supreme Court

“Denying an unmarried woman the right to a safe abortion violates her personal autonomy and freedom.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Gauhati High Court| State cannot force subordinate officers to retire prematurely on low physical fitness without following procedure under Assam Rifle Rues, 2010

Gauhati High Court: The single bench of Michael Zothankhuma, J., disposed of the writ petition and held that the State cannot prematurely

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court: Mere allocation of coal does not amount to ‘proceeds of crime’ u/S 2(1) (u) of PMLA, 2002; Proof of monetary gains wrongfully obtained from such allocation is mandatory

Delhi High Court: Yashwant Varma J. categorically held that an allocation of coal cannot possibly be viewed as amounting to ‘proceeds of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Tihar Jail Crime Syndicate| Supreme Court directs conman Sukash Chandra to reveal names of persons involved in Rs. 200 crores extortion case

Supreme Court: In a highly controversial extortion case of about Rs. 200 crores in Delhi’s Tihar jail, the 3-judge Bench of Uday

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court | Courts cannot be hyper technical in their approach when it comes to petitions under S. 125, CrPC ; son liable to maintain father

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J. partly allowed a writ petition setting aside the judgment and order of Additional Sessions Judge and

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court transfers Matrimonial suit showing leniency towards wife

Calcutta High Court: Ananda Kumar Mukherjee, J. took cognizance of a petition which was preferred by the petitioner -wife praying for transfer

Case Briefs High Courts

Received a wrong product while shopping online? Read how Kerala HC addresses grievance of person who received wrong laptop from Flipkart

Kerala High Court: In an interesting case Ziyad Rahman A.A., J., directed the District Police Chief to take action against the e-commerce

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Prophet Remark Row| Here’s why Supreme Court has stayed Nupur Sharma’s arrest for now

Supreme Court: After politician and lawyer Nupur Sharma approached the Court claiming that there is an imminent necessity for the Court to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court grants bail to Mohammed Zubair in all FIRs against him; All cases from UP transferred to Delhi

Multiple FIRs have been registered against Alt News co-founder and fact checker Mohammed Zubair for allegedly hurting religious feelings through his tweet.