Was accusing former CJI Justice Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment part of any conspiracy? Was it all done for bench fixing? The Supreme Court was investigating this case, the hearing of which has now been closed. In 2019, the Supreme Court had directed former Supreme Court Judge AK Patnaik to investigate the allegations of big
BCI Exam 2021: Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided that no books, notes or study material will be allowed to be taken in the examination hall from All India Bar Examination-16. That is, there will be no open book examination now. However, candidates will be allowed to carry the Bare Act without notes and
Member of GSICC committee on 15th February 2021 issued a notice against Mr. Ashok Saini, clerk of an advocate, that he will be debarred from entering the precincts of Supreme Court of India for a period of three months from 1st July, 2021 till 30th September 2021. Mr Ashok Saini has been found guilty for
The Supreme Court told WhatsApp on Monday that after your new privacy there is a lot of apprehension about privacy among the Indian people. Chief Justice SA Bobde said that even though you will be a company of trillions of dollars, the value of privacy for people is more than money. The Chief Justice has
In exercise of the power conferred by Clause (1) of Article 217 of the constitution of India, the President Ramnath Kovind has appointed Shri Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar, the Judge of Punjab and Haryana High court , to be the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. This notification was issued on 12th February 2020 by
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear on the basis of Muslim religious books and judgments of various courts that a Muslim girl under 18 years of age is free to marry anyone under Muslim personal law. Justice Alka Sarin delivered the verdict while disposing of a plea seeking protection for a
In Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR, the case of a judge on Friday has come to light. The magistrate was taken to the nearest hospital as soon as the suicide information was received, where doctors declared him dead. After which his body has been sent for post-mortem throughout Panchnama. Police reached the spot after receiving information and
Two judges of the Supreme Court have stated the need for immediate reform in the study of law in the country. According to these two judges, due to the glut of law colleges, the quality of the law has decreased significantly. Justice SK Kaul said that we are preparing many lawyers every year without considering
A single bench of judge bench was hearing the matter of sexual assault in which the accused was convicted for sexually assaulting a minor girl. While modifying the conviction of the accused, the Judge noted that the sexual assault under POCSO is defined as an offense when the act involves intention of sexually assaulting by
Author : Tanushree Bhattacharya (Jindal Global Law School) One of the recent and most important events in the legal sphere of the country is the row sparked by the 3 Farm Bills proposed in September 2020. The 3 bills proposed that later became acts are – The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020; The Farmers’ Produce
