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April 16, 2025

A Trafficked Child Is Not Just A Statistic — It’s A Human Soul Sold For Profit. The Courts Cannot Afford To Be Callous: Supreme Court Issues Nationwide Directions for Speedy Trials and Victim Protection

By: sayum

“Liberty Cannot Be a Licence for Crime” - Supreme Court of India, in a watershed judgment, cancelled bail granted to multiple accused in an appalling child trafficking case and issued...

April 16, 2025

A Marriage Agreement Before a Notary is Not a Legally Recognized Form of Marriage: Orissa High Court Rejects Claim of Marital Status and Maintenance Deductions from Husband’s Salary

By: sayum

“The Writ Court Cannot Adjudicate Disputed Questions of Marital Status” – In a detailed and precedent-rich ruling, the Orissa High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by Rashmi Roshan @...

April 16, 2025

Injury Likely to Cause Death, Not Sufficient in Ordinary Course to Cause Death: Kerala High Court Alters Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide under Section 304 Part II IPC

By: Deepak Kumar

“If the injury inflicted is such that it is only likely to cause death and would not in the ordinary course of nature be sufficient to cause death, then the...

April 16, 2025

P&H High Court Grants Interim Protection from Arrest to Congress Leader Partap Singh Bajwa in ‘50 Bombs’ Remark Case

By: Deepak Kumar

In a politically significant development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted interim relief to Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, in...

April 16, 2025

A Child Born from a Void Marriage Has Equal Right in the Parent’s Property: Orissa High Court Affirms Legitimacy and Inheritance under Section 16 of HMA

By: Deepak Kumar

In a significant judgment Orissa High Court upheld the Family Court’s declaration of Anusaya Mohanty as the legally wedded wife and legal heir of Late Kailash Chandra Mohanty. The Division...

April 16, 2025

Tahsildar Cannot Rewrite Binding Judicial Declarations by Civil Courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court: Karnataka HC Slams Arbitrary Rotation Policy in Temple Ritual Dispute

By: sayum

“Not for Nothing the Civil Court Recognized His Right” – In a landmark judgment protecting hereditary religious rights, the Karnataka High Court quashed three successive administrative orders that had permitted...

April 16, 2025

Mere Pendency of Matrimonial Criminal Case No Ground to Deny Civil Post: Rajasthan High Court Orders Appointment of RAS Candidate

By: Deepak Kumar

“Allegations Arising from Marital Discord Without Moral Turpitude Cannot Impinge on Suitability for Public Employment” - In a significant verdict protecting the rights of candidates facing criminal cases stemming from...

April 16, 2025

Copyright in Industrially Applied Design Ceases Beyond 50 Reproductions Unless Registered Under Designs Act: Supreme Court

By: sayum

“Artistic Works Do Not Automatically Become Designs—But Once Applied Industrially, They Must Pass the Test of Functional Utility”: In a judgment of far-reaching consequence for intellectual property law in India,...

April 16, 2025

Language is not religion… It belongs to a community, to a region, to people – not to a religion: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Use of Urdu on Municipal Signboard

By: sayum

“The entire case of the appellant is based on a misconception of law” – In a profound and culturally resonant judgment, the Supreme Court of India dismissed a plea challenging...

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