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19/04/2023, 3 years ago

Kerala High Court Rules Unmarried Daughters Have Right to Father’s Support for Wedding Expenses

The Court ruled that there cannot be a religious undertone to a daughter’s entitlement to receive from her father reasonable expenses related to her marriage. Background of the case  In this matter, at hand two unmarried daughters filed a petition against his respondent father seeking reasonable expenses related to her marriage. The petitioner-daughters had filed […]

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19/04/2023, 3 years ago

The POCSO Act does not require ejaculation of semen to qualify as penetrative sexual assault: Andra Pradesh High Court

Ejaculation of semen is not a prerequisite for demonstrating penetrative sexual assault, according to section 3 of the POCSO Act: Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy  Background of the case  In this case, the accused-appellant approached the minor survivor and other kids who were playing behind her house, including her older sister, and lured them in by offering […]

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18/04/2023, 3 years ago

Transparency of Police Functioning Questioned in PIL Filed in Supreme Court

A PIL has been filed in the supreme court seeking an inquiry into the killings of Atique and Ashraf Ahmed and other encounters that have taken place in Uttar Pradesh since 2017. The PIL has been filed in the  supreme court seeking to constitute an independent committee under the leadership of retired supreme court judge […]

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18/04/2023, 3 years ago

National and Delhi Commissions Differ on Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption

The national commission for the Protection of child rights has filed an intervention in the matter before the supreme court to legalize same-sex marriage and raised a concern about the adoption of children by same-sex married couples. The NCPCR stated that the statutes such as Hindu Marriage Act, and Juvenile Justice Act do not recognize […]

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18/04/2023, 3 years ago

Five judge bench of supreme court to hear the petitions seeking to recognize same sex marriages

Recently the Supreme Court notified the composition of the five-judge bench for hearing the petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriage in India. The bench will consist of  Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, J Sanjay kishan Kaul, J Ravindra Bhat, J Hima Kohli and J P S Narasimha and the hearing is stipulated on […]

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18/04/2023, 3 years ago

The SC directs to build new annexe building to overcome the shortage of space

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud addressed the issue of shortage of space in the Supreme Court at the Supreme Court Bar Association facilitation function for newly appointed judges. The Supreme Court assured the Bar Association of building a new building to overcome this problem. CJI observed that it is important to provide adequate space […]

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17/04/2023, 3 years ago

Bombay HC refuses to quash FIR against Kashmiri professor over WhatsApp status on Art 370 abrogation

The Bombay High Court in the matter of Mr. Javed Ahmed Hajam v/s State of Maharashtra refused to quash an FIR against a young Kashmiri professor in Kolhapur who was booked under section 153 A of IPC for keeping a status on his WhatsApp terming the abrogation of article 370 a black day for Jammu […]

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15/04/2023, 3 years ago

Supreme Court Rules Unregistered Agreement to Sell Admissible as Evidence in Specific Performance Suit

The Supreme Court In the matter of R. Hemalatha V Kashturi dismissed the appeal and held that an unregistered agreement to sell is admissible as evidence in a suit for specific performance.  The court observed that the unregistered agreement to sell which is required to be registered compulsorily in terms of section 49 of the […]

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15/04/2023, 3 years ago

PIL before Delhi High Court directing law Commission to make report on Uniform Judicial Code

The plea points out that judicial terms, abbreviations, norms, phrases, court fees and case registration processes are not uniform across the country: Delhi High court  BACKGROUND  A PIL (Public interest litigation) had been filled before the Delhi high court seeking a direction to the law commission of India to make a report on the Uniform […]

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