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…
FACTS: In this case, the petitioner was on trial for adultery under section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The cognizance of this offense was limited, i.e., adultery committed with a married woman, and the male offender alone had been made liable to the punishment. Women were treated as the property of men, and…