Supreme Court dismisses Zakia Jafri’s Plea in the Gujarat Riots Case

-Report by Ishika Sehgal On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected Zakia Jafri’s appeal, which questioned the clean chit of Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) given to the then-Chief Minister, Narendra Modi and numerous other individuals in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Zakia Jafri is the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri. However, it was held thatRead More

President appoints new Chief Justice of various High Courts of the country

The Ministry of Law and Justice released notifications on 19th June 2022 regarding the appointment of the Chief Justice of the High Courts. The following have been appointed: Shri Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, who is the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.Read More

The police should refrain from taking actions against adult sex workers indulging in a sexual act with his/her own consent :Madras High Court

A criminal petition had been filed by an individual under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C to quash the FIR registered against the petitioner. The FIR was registered by the Chennai Police for the offences punishable under Sections 3 (2) a, 4 (1), 5 (1) a & 5 (1) d of The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act,Read More

Meet the first woman chairperson of the Press Council Of India

According to NDTV, Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai is the New Chairperson of the Press Council of India. She is also the first woman to become the chairperson of the PCI. The government announced her appointment on Friday. She completed her law at Government Law College Mumbai and got enrolled in the BARRead More

Punjab and Haryana High Court declines bail on the ground of concealing facts

An FIR was registered under Sections 13(1) and 13(3) of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015 and Section 11 of the Prevention of Animals of Cruelty Act, 1959. Later the sections 120-B of the IPC and181/192 of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 were added. The petitioner had filed a pre-arrest bail application under SectionRead More

“Wife” means a divorced woman who has not remarried under section 125 of Cr.P.C: Rajasthan High Court

While allowing a revision petition filed by a divorced woman asking for maintenance, the Rajasthan High Court held that wife means a woman who has obtained a divorce and not remarried. In this case, the woman had left her matrimonial house due to cruelty by her husband. The Family court had denied the maintenance andRead More

Supreme Court shows concern over the trend of delay in final decree proceedings

While allowing an appeal for a partition suit, the Supreme Court said that there is a trend of delay in initiating final decree proceedings. The plaintiffs, in this case, had filed for a partition, claiming half a share in the property. The property belonged to Kattukandi Edathil Kanaran Vaidyar. He had four sons, Damodaran, Achuthan,Read More