“No protection order can be passed for socially and morally unacceptable live-in relationships”: Punjab & Haryana HC

Jun 7, 2021

Two petitioners namely, Gulza Kumari and Gurwinder Singh filed a petition in the Pubjab and Haryana High Court claiming a protection petition from their families. They both are living together and wish to tie the knot soon. The apprehension of their family’s intervention

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NLSIU makes some changes in faculty; hires alumni Nigam Nuggehalli as registrar

Jun 7, 2021

The prestigious National Law School of Bangalore has announced its decision to hire four lateral faculty, of which two have joined and two remain due. Among these is Nigam Nuggehalli, a 1997 NLSIU graduate, was the first national law university LLB holder to

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New admissions in law colleges of Bihar put on hold by Patna HC

Jun 7, 2021

In a case recently heard in Patna High Court (Kunal Kaushal v. The State of Bihar and Ors),27 law institutions of the state were found to have inadequate infrastructure and facilities due to which the High Court decided to put a stay on

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Lady Justice Martha Koome appointed as Kenya’s first-ever female Chief Justice

Jun 7, 2021

On Wednesday, the  Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed the appointment of Lady Justice Martha Koome as the Country’s inaugural female Chief Justice (CJ) by realizing a special Gazette notification. This appointment marks the first-ever ascension of a female CJ to the judiciary of

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“It is not possible to lay an outer limit for cases under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act”: Karnataka HC

Jun 7, 2021

An accused under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Acts (UAPA) filed a petition in the Court, demanding expeditious hearing of cases under the act. He urged the Karnataka High Court to issue orders to trial courts asking them to hear the cases daily and

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In a major reshuffle in the J&K judiciary, 148 judicial officers transferred

Jun 7, 2021

A massive reshuffle of judicial officers took place in the subordinate judiciary of Jammu and Kashmir, following the order of the UT’s High Court demanding the same. The shuffling saw 148 judicial officers being transferred to new places all across the Union Territory

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High Court orders report of the magisterial inquiry for Puri custodial death case

Jun 7, 2021

Sarat Kumar Rayguru, a Puri-based lawyer filed a petition in court claiming relief in the form of compensation and penal action against police officers allegedly involved in causing custodial death of K.Apana alias Ramesh in Puri on November 18, 2020. The case was

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COVID cannot be used to get bail in all cases of arrest: SC

Jun 7, 2021

The vacation bench of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Aniruddha Bose were hearing an appeal against the April order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court denying anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The advocate of the petitioner after keeping thier stand prayed the

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CJI SA Bobde Recommends Justice NV Ramana for the post of Chief Justice

Jun 7, 2021

The current Chief Justice of India, Justice S.A.Bobde’s retirement comes close on April 23rd 2021. He has recommended Justice Ramana, aged born in an agricultural family in Ponnavaram Village, in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district as his replacement. There is an absence of a

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Bombay HC allows man to turn in evidence against wife’s charge of impotency at the appellate stage

Jun 7, 2021

In Borivli Madras, a 38-year-old wife, filed for divorce in a civil court to annul her marriage of one year claiming her husband’s alleged impotency as the ground for the same. The wife’s claim of husband’s impotence was inferred  by the Civil Court

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