he bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan observed in the judgment containing directions against "bulldozer actions", the Supreme Court has warned that officials who carry out illegal demolitions in contravention of the judicial directions will be held liable to restore the properties at their personal cost in addition to pay damages.Read More
ustice Anand Venkatesh observed that to constitute an offence of sexual harassment U/s 354-A(1)(i) of IPC a man must have committed physical contact and made advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures.Read More
While issuing several guidelines to prevent child marriages, the Supreme Court has elaborately discussed how child marriages violate Constitutional rights. SC stated that child marriages violate the rights to self-determination, choice, autonomy, sexuality, health and education of both boy and girl Read More
The Court was hearing a suo motu writ petition registered in 2020 based on a letter complaint sent by Manoj Tibrewal Aakash, whose house in District Maharajganj was demolished in 2019.Read More
In the case relating to the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), a 7-judge bench of the Supreme Court (by 4:3 majority), overruled the 1967 judgment in S. Azeez Basha vs. Union Of India to the extent it held that an institution incorporated by a statute cannot claim to be a minority institution.Read More
The court stressed that complications, even unexpected ones, do not necessarily imply that a doctor has failed to perform their duties with due diligence and skillRead More
he bench of comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ashanuddin Amanullah heard a case where the FIR under Section 353 of IPC (Assault) was registered against the Indian Institute of Astrophysics employee for shouting and threatening the CAT’s staff while inspecting the files of his dismissal from service.Read More
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court's decision to accept the date of birth mentioned in the Aadhaar Card to determine the age of the victim in a motor accident compensation case.Read More
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the initiation of the process of proclamation or attachment proceedings under sec. 82 or 83 of Cr.PCRead More
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