Author: Vishakha Jaiprakash Thanvi, TMV Lokmanya Tilak Law College VIBHOR ANAND & ORS. VS VICE-CHANCELLOR, GURU GOBIND INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY Court: High Court of New Delhi Case no: W.P.(C) No.3163/2010 Date of decision: 07th December 2010 Petitioner: Vibhor Anand & Ors. Respondent: Vice-Chancellor, Guru Gobind Indraprastha University & Ors Introduction: The Bar Council of India is […]
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Smt. Neelam vs Ram Asrey (2020)
CASE COMMENT Author: Ruth Vaiphei, Assistant professor National Law University, Jodhpur Smt. Neelam vs Ram Asrey (2020) Case No. 104 of 2015 High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Decided on October 21, 2020) Legal conundrum on paternity determination is recurrent phenomenon since courts either rely upon the provisions under section 112 of Indian Evidence Act,1872 […]
Devidas vs State of Maharashtra
Author: Poorvi Sirothia, Kirit P. Mehta School Of Law Devidas vs State of Maharashtra Court: High Court of Bombay in Aurangabad Case NO: 2074 0f 2002 Bench: Aurangabad Appellant: Devidas Ramachandra Tuljapurkar Respondent: State of Maharashtra & Ors. Decided on: 18.2.2015 Introduction “In May 2015, the Indian Supreme Court conveyed a judgment in which it […]
S.R. Sukumar vs S. Sunaad Raghuram
Court: Supreme Court of India Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of India Case No.: Criminal Appeal no. 844 of 2015 Bench: Justice T.S Thakur and Justice R. Banumati Appelant: S.R Sukumar Respondent: S. Sunaad Raghuram Decided on: Second July 2015 Introduction The fundamental issue which is dealt with by Supreme Court, in this case, is regarding […]
Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan
CASE NAME: VISHAKA VS STATE OF RAJASTHAN, AIR 1997 SC 3011 COURT: BEFORE THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DATE OF JUDGMENT: 13th AUGUST 1997 BENCH: J.S VERMA, SUJATA V. MANOHOR, B.N. KIRPAL FACTS Barware Devi was a social worker in a programmed initiated by the state government of Rajasthan aiming to curb the evil […]
Khatri and Ors. vs. State of Bihar (The Bhagalpur Blinding case)
Author: Amit Singh Case- Khatri vs. State of Bihar (The Bhagalpur Blinding case) Citation: 1981 SCR (2) 408, 1981 SCC (1) 627 Court: The Supreme Court of India Bench: P.N. Bhagwati, Writ petition no. : 5670 and 6216 of 1980 Decided on: 31th March 1981 Introduction Rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is […]
Rudul Sah vs. State of Bihar (1983)
Author: Mansi Rana Rudul Sah vs. State of Bihar(1983) 4 SCC 141 BENCH: HON’BLE JUSTICE Y. V. CHANDRACHUD (CJI) HON’BLE JUSTICE A. N. SEN HON’BLE JUSTICE R. B. MISRA APPELLANT: RUDUL SAH RESPONDENT: STATE OF BIHAR AND ANR. DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 01 AUGUST 1983 FACTS:- In 1953, Rudul Sah was arrested for murdering […]
State of M.P v. Anoop Singh
Author: Poulomi Sen, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur Clarification on age determination strategies of a juvenile rape victim: Documentary evidence vs Medical Evidence. Court: Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION: Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction CASE NO.: Criminal Appeal No(s). 442/2010 BENCH: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit. […]
Prem Nath Bali v. Registrar High Court of Delhi
Prem Nath Bali v. Registrar High Court of Delhi COURT: Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION: Civil Appellate Jurisdiction CASE NO.: Civil Appeal No. 958 of 2010 BENCH: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Chelameswar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre APPELLANT: Prem Nath Bali RESPONDENT: Registrar High Court of Delhi and Another DECIDED ON: 16 December 2015 […]
Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal Mistry
Author: Deepanshi Kalra CASE COMMENT RBI vs Jayantilal Mistry COURT- Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION- Civil Original Jurisdiction CASE NO- Civil Appeal No. 91 OF 2015 BENCH- M.Y. Eqbal, C. Nagappan APPELLANT- Reserve Bank Of India RESPONDENTS- Jayantilal N. Mistry DECIDED ON- 16 December 2015 INTRODUCTION The cornerstone of this judgment rests upon the provisions […]
Parivartan Kendra v. UOI and Ors
PARIVARTAN KENDRA V. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Author: Divya Vishal, NUSRL COURT- Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION-Article 32 of the Constitution of India CASE NO.- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 867 OF 2013 BENCH- M Yusuf Eqbal(J.), Chockalingam Nagappan (J.) APPELLANT-Parivartan Kendra RESPONDENTS-Union of India and others DECIDED ON- 07.12.2015 INTRODUCTION Acid attack is the […]
E.P Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu
Author: Sejal Jain E.P. ROYAPPA v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU INTRODUCTION Article 14 of the Indian constitution lays the right to equality and grants equality before the law or equal protection of law within the territory of Indian, which is based on two tests, intelligible differentia and rational nexus[1]. Since the early 1970s, equality under […]
Shakti Vahini v. Union of India
Author: Ritika Sharma SHAKTI VAHINI V. UNION OF INDIA; (2018) 7 SCC 192 Bench: Former CJI Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Petitioner: An organisation named “Shakti Vahini” Respondent: Union of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Women & Child Development Date of Judgement: March 27, 2018 Introduction: Shakti Vahini v. Union […]
Maruti Shripati Dubal v. State of Maharashtra
Author: Hardik Baid, NLU Delhi MARUTI SHRIPATI DUBAL V. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA In the following article, the readers will create an exhaustive knowledge base with respect to the Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 that penalizes the attempt to commit suicide with one year of simple imprisonment or fine or both. The constitutionality […]
Kanhaiya Kumar v. State of NCT of Delhi
Author: Prasoon Shekhar, ICFAI University, Dehradun CASE: Kanhaiya Kumar v. State of NCT of Delhi CITATION: MANU/DE/0498/2016 COURT: The High Court of Delhi CASE NO.: Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 558/ 2016 & Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 3237/ 2016 & 3262/ 2016. PETITIONER: Kanhaiya Kumar RESPONDENT: State of NCT of Delhi BENCH: (J) Pratibha Rani DECIDED […]