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The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) has formally requested an “in-house enquiry” into the conduct of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court following his controversial speech in an event organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on December 8, 2024. In a letter addressed to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv […]

The Supreme court has allowed to quash a First Information Report (FIR) under Sections 376, 420, 504, and 506 of the IPC which alleged that the Appellant had engaged in a physical relationship with the complainant(Respondent no.2) under a false promise of marriage and flagged the “worrying trend”of invoking criminal law against men on allegations

In the case of Bhagwan Singh vs. State of U.P. & Ors.a division Bench of Justice Bela M.Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma of the Supreme Court came down heavily on legal malpractices and stressed the need to uphold the integrity of legal proceeding and directed a CBI probe into the filing of a petition

Delay of 1,788 Days in Filing Appeal Led to ₹1 Lakh Cost Being Imposed on State The Supreme Court of India, delivered a significant judgment addressing systemic delays in filing appeals by State authorities. The bench, comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan, emphasised the need for accountability and directed all States to streamline

The Supreme Court has requested the Telangana government to provide a response to a petition by Senior Advocate Vedula Venkataraman, contesting the criminal proceedings against him over allegations of accepting ₹7 crore from a client to bribe High Court judge for favorable judgments. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih

“If men had menstruation, they’ll know.’’ “I hope such criteria is also imposed on male judges.’’ Taking strong objection to the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s criteria of assessing the performance review of lady judicial officers in the High Court which failed to factor the mental and physical impediments of lady judges, one of whom had

The Supreme Court division bench comprising Justice PANKAJ MITHAL and Justice UJJAL BHUYAN held that Refusal to marry in a relationship does not amount to criminal liability for abetment of suicide. “To convict a person for abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC, there has to be a clear mens rea on the part of

In a Civil Appeal before the Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Bela M. Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court's judgment, which had directed the Indore Vikas Praadhikaran (IDA) to allot land to Shri Humad Jain Samaj Trust (Trust), the highest bidder in a public auction. The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court raised concerns about the increasing tendency of bureaucratic harassment against female elected officials while providing relief to a woman Sarpanch in Chhattisgarh against her removal from office. “It is disheartening that despite our nation's aspirations to become an economic powerhouse, these incidents of discrimination against women in governance continue unabated, bearing striking

Purpose Of Religious Conversion Can’t Be To Derive Benefit Of Reservation, Defeats The Social Ethos Of The Policy Of Reservation: Supreme Court The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Madras High Court and has dismissed an appeal of a woman who although was born Christian claimed to be a Hindu to avail the