By drawing my attention to an ongoing media trial over a loads of sexually explicit audio-video tapes of the teachers and a baba of a school, my Colleague asked me, why didn’t the than government take any action against those schools when similar or related crimes had taken place? Rather answering to his question, directly, […]
For over a decade now there have been inconclusive arguments going on in the Courts over “shared household.” You could find these words in Section 17 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Till date, even Supreme Court could not arrive at a convincing conclusion on its literal legal meaning or otherwise the[…..]
Disclaimer: I have no interest to write this Editorial as I knew it tend to create discomfort to the readers as well to the LGBTQIA+ community. Howsoever, I am helpless in writing this piece of note. Only recently Madras High Court gave a long list of instructions to various authorities to follow; both at State[…..]
A couple of days ago – a Bar attached with the Supreme Court came out with a proposal to appoint High Court Judges from the Advocates practising in the Supreme Court. The present Chief Justice of India, N. V. Ramana, seems to have taken such suggestion graciously and on the face of it he gave[…..]
Yesterday, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Vineet Saran, came out with a Judgment on an important issue – Sedition. Before I take you to the substance of the Judgment, I would like to give you a brief idea on Journalism and Journalist! How many of us[…..]
This Editorial relate to a small write-up published by The Hindu today with a headline “Accused denied anticipatory bail can be given protection.” In fact this catchy headline kindled curiosity in me to read the whole text and I am surprised by its contents as this piece of news item was part of the judgment[…..]
Many of us have such question in our minds! Perhaps, such question came to occupy our mind [very recently] as we started seeing, reading and hearing in the media that vaccine would do no good and its side effects are enormous. Though such stories are floating around us and put us in a state of[…..]
Lately a message is in circulation, with a link to an Order passed by Mr. Justice P. N. Prakash, in the social media. The message reads as follows; “You can file a criminal case [Private Complaint] in the Court on a returned Cheque under Sections 420, 406 and 417 of IPC. No need of 138[…..]
The Madras High Court in a recent hearing came forward to give an answer to this vexing question which is pending for so long now. Justice Mr. N. Anand Venkatesh on 18-01-2021 pronounced his Order in a batch of cases filed for the purpose of Quash and he said “No” to Quash. In fact the[…..]
On 18th May 1949, at the Constituent Assembly, Ms. Srimathi G. Durgabai moved an Amendment regarding the qualification to be elected to Legislature, and spoke as follows; Sir, I beg to move that in the new Article 68A [qualifications proposed for insertion of Article 68 in Clause B for the word [thirty five] be substituted[…..]