Karnataka High Court and Supreme Court advocate, KV Dhananjay, has commissioned a web developer to build a website that is intended to allow advocates to rate judges on three parameters – knowledge, integrity and cordiality. Dhananjay, whose recent research that Read More …
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Case Brief: P.V. Indiresan v Union of India & Ors.
FACTS: The constitutional validity of the Constitution (93rd Amendment) Act, 2005 and also the constitutional validity of Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 were considered and upheld by a Constitution Bench of Supreme Court in Ashoka Kumar Thakur Read More …
Case Brief: State Of Rajasthan v. Sanjay & Ors. 2 December 2010
Deciding Authority: Supreme Court of India Name of the Judges: Justice Harjit Singh Bedi, Justice Chandramauli Kr. Prasad Date of Judgment: 2 December 2010 Facts of the Case: Seven persons in all were sent up for trial for having committed Read More …
Case Brief: State Of Madhya Pradesh v. Chandu & Ors. 2 December 2010
Deciding Authority: Supreme Court of India Name of the Judges: Justice Harjit Singh Bedi, Justice Chandramauli Kr. Prasad Date of Judgment: 2 December 2010 Facts of the Case: The incident happened at about midnight of the night intervening the 29th Read More …
After Gowda, Prashant Bhushan writes to Justice G. Rohini
Just after Union Law Minister, Mr. D. V. Sadananda Gowda, complained to Justice G. Rohini, Delhi High Court Chief Justice to look into the matter of “corruption, favouritism and nepotism” in the Delhi Judicial Services Examination; Lawyer, politician and activist, Mr. Read More …
Case Brief: The Registrar General, High Court of Madras v M. Manickam & Ors.
FACTS: M. Manickam, Respondent No. 1, joined the State Subordinate Judicial Service as District Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate on 04.11.1988. It is alleged by him that in his service records, his date of birth has been entered as 19.03.1947 whereas his actual date Read More …
Unwed Mother Can Be The Sole Legal Guardian Without Father's Consent: SC
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment, has asserted that an unwed mother can become the sole legal guardian of a child without the consent of the father in India. The plaintiff, a government official, moved the Supreme Court in Read More …
National Conference on Sustainability and Gender Connection [29-30 January, 2016]
Nature and mother are inseparable and hence called ‘mother nature’. Mother creates and nature sustains. As the manager of household or oikonomos, mother gives birth to ‘Economics’. The major source of funds for financial industry is household savings. If women Read More …
Call for Proposals: NLU-D Death Penalty Research Project [July 10, 2015]
In June 2013, the Death Penalty Research Project (“Project”) was started by National Law University, Delhi in collaboration with the National Legal Services Authority. The objective of this Project is to examine the socio-economic background of prisoners on death row Read More …
Enforcement Directorate seeks help from Mauritius and Singapore Government in Lalit Modis Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought legal assistance from Singapore and Mauritius to take forward its probe in the alleged financial irregularities in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and its former chairman Lalit Modi. Officials said the agency has initiated the Read More …