When Can Statutory Alternative Remedy Be Allowed To Be Bypassed For Invoking Writ Jurisdiction Under Article 226? SC Explains6 Dec 2019 6:20 AM GMTThe Supreme Court has observed that distinction between the lack of jurisdiction and the wrongful exercise of the available jurisdiction, by an administrative authority/tribunal or a court of law...
What Is 'Zero FIR' And When Can Police Register 'Zero FIR'?4 Dec 2019 11:53 AM GMTIn the aftermath of the recent incident that happened in Hyderabad, where a young lady was brutally raped, smothered and burnt by four men; a question arose about the legality of refusal to register...
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Justice Nariman's Revival Of Doctrine Of "Manifest Arbitrariness" To Strike Down Legislation30 Nov 2019 12:42 PM GMT
The Constitution of India, 1950 prescribes the 'Establishment and Constitution of Supreme Court' under Article 124. According to Article 124(1) the Supreme Court consists of Chief Justice of India...
The tussle for power in Maharashtra among BJP, Congress, Shivsena and NCP, continued for weeks post the assembly election result. BJP, which emerged as the single largest party, could not stake a...
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Section 9 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 provides punishment for male adult marrying a child- It provides that 'whoever, being a male adult above eighteen years of age, contracts a...
The Court was tasked with the resolution of a dispute whose origins are as old as the idea of India itself. The events associated with the dispute have spanned the Mughal empire, colonial rule and...
Proxy counsels, appearing on behalf of the filing counsel, often find themselves in an identity crisis, as the words 'proxy counsel' find no mention in the Advocates Act, 1961. The Advocates Act or...
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