Justice Sanjay Dhar delivered the ruling while dismissing a petition filed by Farhat Ali Khanday against the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and other authorities. The petitioner had challenged a ...

Introduction: The Supreme Court of India has clarified that it has neither approved nor disapproved the revised Form 6 declaration introduced by the Election Commission of India ( ...

Introduction: The Supreme Court of India has acquitted a man who was convicted under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), for allege ...

Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has held that a State Bar Council cannot reject an application for enrolment as an advocate merely on the ground that the applicant did not ...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court did not immediately direct the removal of the street vendors or handcarts from the area surrounding Gates 3 and 4. Instead, the Division Bench adopted a solution-oriented ...

The Patna High Court has held that the mere fact that a Covid-19 test was conducted by a laboratory that was not formally authorised or empanelled by the State Government cannot, by itself, be used as ...

The department also relied upon the Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010. It was argued that the legislation permits the Government to lay pipelines through private ...

Introduction: The Kerala High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the investigation into the disappearance of a Tripura State Rifles jawan wh ...

Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has held that a challenge alleging violation of the constitutional safeguard under Article 22(1) of the Constitution, on the ground that the ...

An oral observation during a hearing stands on a different footing. It may be made spontaneously in the course of questioning counsel or exploring an issue. It may not receive the same considered ...

Introduction: The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that recovery of excess financial benefits paid to government or institutional employees can be legally sustained where the payment ...

Introduction: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against an NRI brother-in-law and sister-in-law who were accused of subjecting a woman to cruelty, cri ...