OVERVIEW All facets of road transport vehicles are governed under the Motor Vehicles Act1, an Act of the Indian Parliament. The Act details the legislative requirements for driver and conductor license, vehicle registration, permit-based motor vehicle control, special provisions for state transportation undertakings, traffic law, insurance, liability, offenses, penalties, etc. The Central Motor Vehicles Rules2Read More
INTRODUCTION What makes India a great nation and also a hub which attracts different medical start-ups and outside people with different diseases to get medical treatment here? If cheap treatment and much more skilled, experts are your answer then it is completely justified. Pursuing the profession of doctor has always been a dream of topRead More
Civil Appellate Jurisdiction Cases Nos. 270 and 271 of 1951 Equivalent citations 1951 AIR 226, 1951 SCR 525. Petitioner State of Madras Respondent Champakam Dorairajan Date of Judgment 09/04/1951. Bench DAS, SUDHI RANJAN KANIA, HIRALAL J. (CJ) FAZAL ALI, SAIYID SASTRI, M. PATANJALI MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND BOSE, VIVIAN MUKHERJEA, B.K. Subsequent Action(s) Enactment of theRead More
Case Number Civil Appeal no. 2030/1968 Equivalent Citation 1978 AIR 1613, 1979 SCR (1) 218 Petitioner R. G. Anand Respondent Delux Films & ors. Bench Justice Syed Murtaza Fazalali, Justice Jaswant Singh, Justice R. S. Pathak Decided on August 18, 1978 Relevant Act/Section Section 2 of the Copyright Act, 1957. Brief Facts and Procedural HistoryRead More
CASE NUMBER Writ Petition No. 57 of 1979 CITATION 1979 AIR 1369, 1979 SCR (3) 532 APPELLANT Hussainara Khatoon and Ors. RESPONDENT Home Secretary, State of Bihar BENCH A.D. Koshal, P. N. Bhagwati and R.S. Pathak, JJ. DECIDED ON 9 March 1979 ACTS/SECTIONS Article-21 and Article-39(A) of the Indian Constitution. INTRODUCTION Quick preliminary is theRead More
CITATION 78/2019; 77/2019; 79/2019; 76/2019 BENCH Justice Manojit Bhuyan; Justice Soumitra Saikia FACTS AND BACKGROUND OF THE CASE In the present-day, internet and social media platforms have gained importance over a period of time. The government’s frequent action of shutting down internet services for one region or another on the ground of ‘Public Safety’ hasRead More
INTRODUCTION The reservation policy is the process of arranging in advance some percentage of seats for backward divisions of the society, scheduled caste, and tribes, in government institutions, jobs, etc. However reservation policy in India is an old-fashioned policy that has been carried out since ancient times, the theory of this policy is from theRead More
Case Number WP (Criminal No.) 115 of 2009 Equivalent Citation AIR 2011 SC 1290, 2011 AIR SCW 1625 Petitioner Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug Respondent Union of India, State of Maharashtra, Dean- KEM Hospital Mumbai Bench Justice Markandey Katju, Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Decided on March 07, 2011 Relevant Act/Section Article 21 of Constitution of India, SectionRead More
CITATION 1992 AIR 1858, 1992 SCR (3) 658 APPELLANT Miss Mohini Jain RESPONDENT State Of Karnataka And Ors. BENCH Kuldip Singh (J) DECIDED ON 30 July, 1992 ACTS/SECTIONS Constitution of India, 1950-Articles 41, 45-Right to Education, Karnataka Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1984 ( Section 3) BRIEF FACTS Mohini Jain was a youngRead More
INTRODUCTION The age-old Contempt of Courts laws’ history comes way back from the period of Regulating Act enacted by the British in India, where, the Mayor’s Court was given the authority which is equal to that of the English King’s Bench court for assigning punishment for the offence of contempt of court. The first ContemptRead More