High Courts Roundup [May]| Stories on screening of Kerala Story; Kerala Doctor’s killing; bail to Times Now Reporter Bhawana Kishore and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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Constitutional Courts can exercise power of imposing a modified or fixed-term sentence even where capital punishment is not imposed or proposed: SC
To identify whether the case of an accused under S. 302, IPC falls in the category of ‘rarest of the rare’ case, for the purpose of modification of sentence, it is no consideration by itself that the accused is a first-time offender and has no antecedents.
Gauhati High Court directs Assam Government to properly implement policies framed in pursuance of Right to Education Act
Gauhati High Court was deliberating over a PIL filed to highlight ineffective implementation of State govt.’s policies framed as per the mandate in Section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act, 2009
Devika Sharma in Ep. 61 of SCC Online Weekly Rewind brings you two top stories of long-awaited developments, judgment on Marital Rape Exception and Stay on Sedition Law, et al.
Top Stories of the Week Sedition Law under scanner| All pending cases to be kept in abeyance; Centre/States urged not to register
Elevation of Judges as Chief Justices of the High Courts: Supreme Court Collegium recommends
Supreme Court Collegium has recommended elevation of Judges as Chief Justices of the High Courts, as mentioned below: S. No. Name of
Weekly Rewind Ep. 59| Anganwadi workers; Absorption of temporary LIC employees; Ban on two finger test; Amendment to Income Tax Act and more
TOP STORY OF THE WEEK Anganwadi Workers/Helpers entitled to payment of gratuity; ‘Time to take serious note of their plight’ In a
110 Reports from 20 High Courts: Money Laundering, Child Marriages, Rule of Law, PC & PNDT Act, Adultery, Media Trial and more | April RoundUp 2022
110 Reports from 20 High Courts Allahabad High Court Money Laundering For money launderers “jail is the rule and bail is an
Political clearance for Judges to visit abroad, Duty of Law Officers, Extra-marital affair of mother and more | Read 7 interesting legal stories of the week
7 Interesting Picks of the Week Gone by. Under Muslim Personal law, can Family Court dissolve the marriage of a couple? Bom
112 Reports from 22 High Courts: Hijab Ban, Son’s Right on Parent’s Property, Right of Putative Father, Live-in Relationships and more| March RoundUp 2022
112 significant Reports from 22 High Courts Allahabad High Court Right to Reputation People using cyberspace to vent out anger and
Rape or No Rape —That is the Question: An Analysis of Consent on the Basis of a Promise to Marry
by Sudhanshu Chaudhari* and Amit Pai**
Deprioritising High Courts: A Perspective
by Uday Shankar*
11 Legal Stories of the Week: From Hijab ban to a Sexual Harassment complaint from an employee in ScoopWhoop & more
Let’s have a look at the most interesting legal stories reported this week on the SCC Online Blog from High Courts, Foreign
7 Legal Stories of the Week: From High Courts to District Courts
“One of the basic tenets to be followed by every Hindu is tolerance. Tolerance must be his own community or religion and
82 High Court Judgments from January 2022: High Courts Monthly Roundup
82 Judgments from the High Courts of the Country, you wouldn’t want to miss. Here’s a short recap from the month of
6 Legal Stories of the Week: From High Courts to Tribunals
Here are some of the interesting Legal Stories from the Last Week of January 2022 Can a girl be treated as property
P&H HC directs State to provide sports quota of 3% in Government Medical/Dental Colleges instead of 1% provided in policy decision. Such mandamus impermissible, holds SC
Supreme Court: Explaining the scope of writ jurisdiction, the bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has held that the State
6 Legal Stories of the Week: From High Courts to Tribunals
Some of the interesting legal stories from Week 2 of January 2022 Competition Commission of India (CCI) 1. Is Google abusing dominant
8 Legal Stories of the Week: From High Courts to Tribunals
Some of the most interesting legal stories from Week 1 of January, 2022 ‘Auspicious Time’ not there, Wife refuses to return to
From Foreign Courts, Advance Rulings to High Courts | Legal Stories of the Year 2021
The most important and eye-catching legal stories of the year 2021. Dive your way through these pertinent decisions into 2022. Legal Trajectory
Transfer/Re-Transfer of 17 Judges of High Courts: SC Collegium recommends
Supreme Court Collegium recommends transfer/re-transfer of the following Judges of High Courts S. No. Name of the Judge High Court From High