Facts:- The petitioner (father )filed a case on the ground that Hadiya (originally Akhila Ashokan) was deceived into marrying her husband, Mr. Shafin Jahan and forcibly converted to Islam. I.e, He alleged that Hadiya had been misled and forced to become a Muslim. Question of law:- Does the High Court have the power to…
Facts: According to Hindu mythology, Lord Rama was born on the Sarayu river banks, which in present-day is a place identified in Uttar Pradesh. According to Hindu beliefs, a temple stood at the birthplace of Lord Rama, which was demolished in 1528 by Mughal emperor Babur who then constructed the Babri Masjid there. Again in…
FACTS: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in India was reformative and different from the earlier Insolvency regimes in India and globally, as well. It was created in an attempt to resolve the problems that the previous insolvency codes failed to tackle. It was fairly different with a few key differentiating factors- low admission threshold, a…
FACTS– The case derives its roots from a case of 2018- Public Interest Foundation v. UOI wherein the Supreme Court, in September, directed the candidates interested in polling first to declare their criminal antecedents if any to the Election Commission and publicise this particular details on Social Media and Print Media at least thrice to make the people…
FACTS The sexual harassment charges were frame against the former CJI Ranjan Gogoi, in late April 2019. A woman who is a former court officer alleged that she was sexually harassed by the former Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi (at time of allegations he was the Chief Justice of India) She wrote a letter…
WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 115 OF 2009 FACTS Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug was working as a nurse in Mumbai in the King Edwards Memorial Hospital. On November 27, 1973, while she was changing her clothes in the hospital, she was assaulted by a sweeper named Sohanlal Bharatha Walmiki, who was also working in the same hospital….
FACTS The Ministry of Defence in the year 2007 announced tenders for the purchase of 126 fighter aircraft following the established procedure by Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). The Union said that 108 aircraft would be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) and the rest 18 would be purchased from abroad for which Union selected French…
Case Name: Bikram Chatterji & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. Appeal No.: Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s).940/2017 Date of Judgment: 21-Aug-18 Court: Supreme Court of India The case study is a landmark decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court regarding the real estate industry in India and presumably the most anticipated in the light of…
FACTS: The petitioners were the elected members of the 15th Legislative assembly of Karnataka. Disqualification petition was charged against 4 elected members as they neither took part in a meeting conducted by the party nor participated in the proceedings of the assembly session. All the petitioners submitted their resignation, which the speaker denied to accept….
FACTS After conducting a Research study passed by the National Commission of Women on Honor Killings in Haryana, Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh and reporting that a spate of honour killing has been continuing in the above- mentioned states, the petitioner, an NGO named Shakti Vahini, has filed a Writ Petition under Article 32…