Category: Legal News

The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s comments on the recent order of the apex court granting bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha [Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy and ors v. State of Telangana and ors].   A Bench of Justices BR Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Viswanathan was miffed […]

The Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly on August 27 passed a Bill to raise the minimum women age of marriage from 18 to 21 years.   The Bill, Prohibition of Child Marriage (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2024, seeks to amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.   “It is proposed to amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 […]

In a judgment of significant implications Supreme Court on Bail in PMLA cases said that the general principle of law that ‘bail is rule and jail is exception’ applies even to money laundering cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Supreme Court held on Wednesday while granting bail to one Prem Prakash, […]

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Supreme Court that Arvind Kejriwal is likely to tamper with evidence and hamper its ongoing probe in the Delhi Excise Policy case, if he is released on interim bail [Arvind Kejriwal v. Central Bureau of Investigation]   The CBI stated the same in an affidavit in […]

A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly acquitted two men in a false religious conversion case and ordered action against police officials.   UP court recently ordered action against police officials for the false implication of two men in a case of forcibly converting people to Christianity.   Judge Gyanendra Tripathi acquitted the accused and said the case […]

The Delhi High Court recently restrained a host of YouTube channels, websites, and social media handles from infringing or copying any trademark, title, character, or any other intellectual property of the popular sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah [Neela Film Productions Private Limited v Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah .com & Ors].   Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the ex parte ad […]

RG Kar Medical Hospital Rape and murder: The Calcutta High Court on Friday grilled the State on whether there was any urgency to carry out renovation work near the crime scene in RG Kar Medical College Hospital where a 31-year-old resident doctor was found dead after being subjected to rape on August 9.   A […]

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Paris has rejected the application submitted by Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat for award of a silver medal in the 50 kilogram women’s wrestling competition at the Paris Olympics 2024.   On August 9, CAS had registered Vinesh Phogat application and referred the case to arbitrator Dr Annabelle Bennett, a former judge […]