CASE LAWS ON LGBT RIGHTS Author: Ms. Jyoti Jha, JEMTEC, School of Law The LGBT community includes the following groups: Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender. Most LGBT people in India remain closeted, fearing discrimination from their families, who might see homosexuality as shameful. In 2001, the Netherlands became the first nation to allow same-sex marriage. In
LATEST JUDGMENTS ON MAINTENANCE AND THEIR PRINCIPLES Author: Mr. Badal Khurana, JIMS School of Law Sachin Gupta v.Rachana Gupta on 21 January 2019 Delhi High Court Principle: High Court of Delhi noted that keeping in view of the fact that the wife can maintain a petition at any place where she is residing and the fact that
Section 482 Cr.P.C: Recent supreme Court Judgments and modifications Author – Pallav vats, Geeta Institute of Law Section 482 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Saving of inherent powers of the High Court. Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to limit or affect the inherent powers of the High Court to make such
COMMON CAUSE(A Regd. SOCIETY) v. UNION OF INDIA (2018) :CASE COMMENT. Author: Ankita Karn, School of Legal Studies, REVA University. Common Cause v. Union of India (2018): Case Comment Court: The Supreme Court of India Bench: Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice A.M Khanwilkar Decided on: 9 March 2018 Case No. : Writ Petition (Civil) No.
BIRLA CORPORATION LTD. v. ADVENTZ INVESTMENTS & HOLDING LTD & ORS. Author: Ms. Deepsi Rawat, Law College Dehradun. JURISDICTION AND BENCH Jurisdiction of Court The instant case is a Special Leave Petition under Article 136 of the Constitution of India, 1950. Bench in the Case Justice R. Banumathi Justice R. Subhash Reddy Facts of the
INDEPENDENT THOUGHT V. UNION OF INDIA Author: Ms. Deepsi Rawat, Law College Dehradun. In the Supreme Court of India Civil Original Jurisdiction Petitioner: Independent Thought, A Registered Society. Respondents: Union of India. Bench: Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta. Decided on: 11th October, 2017. FACTS OF THE CASE The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act,
Author: Rudrabhishek Chauhan, School of Law, Galgotias University. Matter of Baby M. (1988): Case Comment Court: The Supreme Court of New Jersey. 109 N.J. 396 (1988) 537 A.2d 1227 Decided on: February 3, 1988 Facts: In 1985 William Stern and Mary Beth Whitehead went into a surrogacy contract expressing that Stern’s better half, Elizabeth, was
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Case Name-Narendra vs. K.Meena Bench-Anil R.Dave, L.Nageswara Rao Narendra-Appellant K.Meena-Respondent Decided on -6-10-2016 The issue raised -Separating husband from his parents as a ground for Contested Divorce in India. Facts of the Case-The appeal before the Supreme Court was filed by the husband against the decision
Case Analysis-Ryland vs. Fletcher [1868] UKHL 1, (1868) LR 3 HL 330 Author: Prakalp Shrivastava B.A LL.B (2018-2023) Jagran Lakecity University Introduction There is a situation when a person may be liable for some harm even though he is not negligent in causing the same. There is no intention to cause harm. Sometimes he may
Case Comment: Live Streaming of Supreme Court Cases Author: Ms. Kashish Khurana, School of Law Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal Swapnil Tripathi & Others vs. Supreme Court of India & Others In The Supreme Court of India Writ Petition (Civil) no. 1232 of 2017 Decided on 26th September 2018 (Before then CJI Dipak Mishra,
Author: Shrankhala Parwar, School of law, DAVV, Indore. K.M Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra(1961): Case Comment Court: The Supreme Court of India Bench: Subbarao, K.Das, S.K Dayal Raghubar Decided On: 24.11.1961 Citation: AIR 1962 SC 605, 1962 SCR Supl.(1) 567 * The 2016 Bollywood film Rustom, starring Akshay Kumar, is a fictionalized account of the KM
Case comment on Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd) vs Union of India, 2018 Author: Vaishali Malhotra, Kurukshetra University. Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd) vs Union of India,2018 Writ Petition (Civil ) NO 494 OF 2012 Bench: [ K Kaul], [ D Chandrachud], [ K Agrawal], [ S Khehar], [ A Bobde], [ A Nazeer], [ D Chandrachud],
INTRODUCTION Author: Saloni Ratra, Amity Law School, Noida. The ‘gift’ is a transfer of property where interest is transferred from one living person to another, without any consideration. It is a gratuitous and inter vivos in nature. This is the general definition that is accepted by all the religions, including Muslim law. As per the
Case Comment Author: Mr. Vikram Nagpal from Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla. BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR CITATION: AIR 1986 SC 494, 1986 CriLJ 192, 1985 (2) SCALE 1117, (1985) 4 SCC 677, 1986 (1) UJ 458 SC BENCH: O C Reddy, V Khalid INTRODUCTION An arrest made without reasonable suspicion and
