'Free Vaccines For All' : A Powerful Impact Of Supreme Court's Judicial Review

The Union Government's revision of the vaccination policy is a powerful example of what 'dialogic judicial review' can achieve.

'My Upbringing Treated "Homosexual", "Gay", "Lesbian" As Anathema' : Madras HC Judge Explains How He Overcame Prejudice Against LGBTQIA+ Community

"Ignorance is no justification for normalizing any form of discrimination", said Justice Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court in a judgment which issued a slew of guidelines to ensure the protection of LGBTQIA+ persons in consensual relationships from police harassment.To deal with a writ petition filed by two lesbian women seeking protection from police harassment at the instance of...

Insolvency Law In Review – April 2021

The enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (Code) has had significant ramifications on the corporate insolvency landscape. Over time, the Code has witnessed a manifold increase in litigation, and consequently in the number of decisions. This has made it difficult for insolvency practitioners to stay updated with developments in the field. The purpose of this column is to...

Toon Controversy- "Can't Teach Ethics To People; Cartoon Will Lose Life If Taken Without Context": Madras HC Quashes Criminal Defamation Case

While quashing a criminal defamation case filed against a person who had published an alleged humiliating and defamatory cartoon on his Facebook page, the Madras High Court recently ruled that the Court cannot teach ethics to the people and it is for the Society to evolve and follow the ethical standards. Elaborating on the Toon Controversy, the Bench of Justice G. Ilangovan said:"In the...

"They Are Not Previous Convicts, Not Even Gangsters": Delhi Court Rejects Plea For Producing Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi By Handcuffing

Turning down the plea of authorities to produce Umar Khalid and Khalid Saifi by handcuffing in both hands on grounds of being "high risk prisoners", a Delhi Court recently observed that they were neither previous convicts nor even gangsters and that the application was filed "without application of mind by the high echelon of Delhi Police and prison authority." Umar Khalid and Khalid Saifi...

Advisable That Students Produce Negative RT-PCR Results For Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences (MUHS) Exams : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) has directed the Maharashtra University of Health Science (MUHS) to issue advisories asking medical students to produce a negative RTPCR covid-19 report along with their hall ticket at the examination centre on June 10, or before their following paper."In case an examinee, is not having such a RT-PCR certificate, he can have report of a Rapid Antigen test...

"Shall Not Use IMA Platform For Promoting Any Religion": Delhi Court To IMA President In Suit Alleging Defamation Of Hindus By Promoting Christianity

"Majhab Nahi Sikhata Apas Mein Bair Rakhna; Hindi Hai Hum Watan Hai Hindustan Humara; Saare Jahan se Acha Hindustan Humara."- Delhi Court quoted Poet Mohd. Iqbal

Classic Textbook Case Of How Not To Draft A Plaint, Which Should Be Taught In Law Colleges : Delhi High Court About Juhi Chawla's Suit

The Delhi High Court has made certain strong critical observation against the "defective and vexatious" civil suit filed by Hindi film actor Juhi Chawla seeking to stop the roll out of 5G technology raising apprehension about dangers of radiation."This is a classic textbook case of, how not to draft a plaint, which should be taught in law colleges and to young lawyers so that...

Financial Constraints Or Pandemic Not Grounds For State Agencies To Sack Employees : Delhi High Court In Air India Pilots Case

"State or its Agencies under Article 12 of the Constitution cannot claim financial constraints or impact of the Pandemic as a ground for dispensing the services of its employees" observed the Delhi High Court in its judgment quashing Air India's decision terminating pilots by directing their reinstatement with back wages. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Jyoti Singh held...

CBSE Byelaws Existing On Date Of Results Declaration Will Apply For Certificate Correction : Supreme Court

"The Byelaws existing on the date of such declaration/publication of result and issue of certificate would be relevant for the purpose of effecting changes in the certificates".

[June 5, 5:30pm] LiveLaw Practitioners Series: "How To Contradict A Witness?" - By Justice Abraham Mathew

LiveLaw in association with AILU-Kollam is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series" On June 5, 5:30 pm. Justice Abraham Mathew (Former Judge, High Court of Kerala) will speak on "How To Contradict A Witness?".Mr BG Harindranath (Former Professor, National Judicial Academy) will moderate the session.The details of the webinar are as follows:Date & Time: June 5, 2020,...

WhatsApp Obtaining 'Trick Consent' On 2021 Privacy Policy": Centre To Delhi High Court

In an additional counter affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court in the case against WhatsApp's new privacy policy of 2021, the Central Government has informed the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp is indulging in obtaining "trick consent" from its users to accept its contested privacy policy of 2021. The centre has stated that this is being done by "pushing notifications" to users on the...