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Kerala High Court No provision in MTP Act, 1971 requires woman to obtain her husband’s permission for terminating the pregnancy; Permits petitioner to undergo Medical termination of pregnancy
Kerala High Court: In a petition filed by a 21-year-old girl, seeking medical termination of her pregnancy, V.G. Arun, J.
Tripura High Court| Court can neither direct Central Government to make amendments in Wildlife Act, 1972 to include exotic species nor can direct to change classification of such bailable offence to non-bailable offence
Tripura High Court: In a public interest litigation seeking issuance of show cause to the respondents as to why a writ of
Bombay High Court | Writ Petitions against Air India by its employees cease to be maintainable after privatization
Bombay High Court: In total 4 writ petitions were filed against Air India Ltd./AIL (‘respondent’) by the AIL employees (‘petitioners’),
“To turn a child against a parent is to turn a child against himself; Parental alienation is inhuman, and it is a menace to a child”, says Madras High Court
Madras High Court: In an application seeking the appointment of the applicant as a fit and proper person to be
Delhi High Court| MCD being a public body established for the benefit of the public at large cannot shirk off its responsibility by citing financial constraints
Delhi High Court: In two cross letter Patents appeal, one by the petitioner/appellant for the enhancement of costs imposed upon the Municipal
Contents of Azan/Adhan does not infringe fundamental rights of other faith; Karnataka High Court directs State to ensure loudspeaker only in permissible decibel in the morning
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Aradhe CJ., and S. Viswajith Shetty, J., held that azan or the
Delhi High Court takes suo motu cognizance on a bail application facilitating admission of an 8-year-old child whose parents are in judicial custody
It is not only in cases dealing with family disputes that the rights and welfare of the child should be considered but also in the cases as the present one, the courts can become and act as the parent of the child and ensure that the child is not deprived of its Fundamental Right to Education.
100 Reports from 22 High Courts | Marital Rape, Taj Mahal Case, Maternity Benefit, Right of Press, Provocative Slogans and more | May RoundUp 2022
TOP STORY OF THE MONTH Marital Rape Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape| Can a Husband be labelled as a rapist?
Can an employee claim promotion as a matter of right? Madras HC elaborates
Madras High Court: S.M. Subramaniam, J., expressed that employees cannot seek any direction to fill up the post or claim a promotional
“An Order of Externment is an extraordinary measure which should be used sparingly”. SC reiterates the duties of Competent Authority and Court while issuing and testing externment orders
Supreme Court: While deciding the instant appeal wherein the appellant challenged the externment order issued against him under Section 56(1)(a)(b) of the
To Wear or Not to Wear? Precedents on dilemma of wearing ‘Headscarf’ from the Kerala High Court
In Nadha Raheem v. C.B.S.E, 2015 SCC OnLine Ker 21660, Kerala High Court’s Single Judge Bench in the year 2015 dealt with
4 years as undertrial, 2 witnesses examined out of 14, no probability of trial to be concluded in near future: Whether Del HC will grant bail to accused under S. 37(b)(ii) of NDPS Act? Read
Delhi High Court: Chandra Dhari Singh, J., granted bail to an accused on being satisfied with “reasonable grounds” as per Section 37
Mother tongue or English as a medium of instruction? Raj HC dealt with the issue when State decided to convert a Hindi medium school to English medium
Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta J. allowed the petition and decided that the school will be converted to English medium subject to
Right to Relax in danger? Would installing CCTVs in spas and massage parlours infringe bodily autonomy of a person? Madras HC pens down its view
Madras High Court: Expressing that right to life and personal liberty enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution of India includes the
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Right to control one’s identity a fundamental right; CBSE must permit change of name for just cause: SC
CBSE cannot put fetters on its duties so as to cause grave prejudice to the students with legitimate causes for changing their certificates.
J&K HC | “Right to consideration for promotion is a fundamental right”; HC directs government to obviate stagnation in service
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Tashi Rabstan and Ali Mohammad Magrey, JJ., addressed the instant petition seeking for
P&H HC | Reiterating personal autonomy of choosing a life partner, Court clarifies that enforcement of a Fundamental Right cannot rest on ‘marriageable age’ of the petitioner
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Alka Sarin, J., allowing the present petition, reemphasized on the extended view of Article 21 as opted
COVID-19| Pandemic is spreading like a wild fire. Take strict action against those violating Guidelines “whoever he may be”; make treatment affordable: Supreme Court
“Even if one survives from COVID-19, many times financially and economically he is finished.”