This Case Summary is written by Mariyah Saifuddin Sariya, a student at MMM’s Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune Decriminalizing All Consensual Sex Among Adults, Including Homosexual Sex. SYNOPSIS Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) imposes criminal liability on the one who ‘voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature’. When the said…
This Case Summary is written by Nupur Misra, a student at Army Law College, Pune SYNOPSIS The Sabarimala Temple, the dwelling of Lord Ayyappan, is located in the Periyar Tiger Reserve in the Perinad Village of Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. It prohibits the entry of women in their ‘menstruating years’ (between the ages of 10 to…
To get daily updates, Join Team Attorneylex’s WhatsApp group. Also, check us out on Instagram and Twitter This Case Summary is written by Shreya Sanjay Kumar Pandey, a student at Law College, Dehradun SYNOPSIS Anticipatory bail is a common recited word by the law “known” whenever they heard about the term arrest. This common word is not defined in…
FACTS: The petitioner, in this case, was the family of Henry and William Golaknath, who had 500 acres of farmland in Jalandhar, Punjab. According to the 1953 Punjab Security and Land Tenures Act, the state government of Punjab held that both the brothers could distribute thirty acres of land to each. In contrast, a few…
FACTS The political party which was in power had carried out specific agrarian reforms in states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh by enacting legislation which may be compendiously known as Zamindari Abolition Act. Certain Zamindars who were feeling aggrieved had challenged the enactments mentioned above in the court of law on the grounds that…
FACTS In this case, Public Interest Litigation has been filed under Article 32 of the Constitution in the Supreme Court of India for challenging the validity of Section 497 of the IPC along with Section 198(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. This petition has been filled by Joseph Shine, who is a non-residence of Kerala. …
FACTS Two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India upheld the validity of Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 8 of 2015), which introduced the minimum educational qualification for candidates to contest the panchayat elections. The Bench consisting of Justice Chelameswar and A.M.Sapre held that both the rights, namely “Right to Vote” and…
Date of Judgment: February 10, 2020 Judges: Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat Facts – Here the petitioners have questioned the provisions inserted by carving out section 18A of the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (prevention and atrocities) Act. Question of Law- Whether Section 18A of the Scheduled caste and…
B.K. Pavitra V Union Of India(B.K.Pavitra II) (10 May 2019) FACTS In B.K.Pavitra I, the court struck down Sec 3 & Sec 4 of the Reservation Act 2002 as they were ultra vires to Article 14 & 16 of the Indian Constitution on the ground that they were not in consonance to the parameters held in Nagaraj….
Prostitution rackets were being held in hotels and restaurants in which women were putting up horrid and obscene dance shows. It was also found that the girls working for these dance bars in Maharashtra didn’t actually belong to Maharashtra. Having such practices and sheltering these criminals in hotels adversely impacted society.The Bombay Police Act, 1951…