Justice denied

By Sujit Bhar When a law is drafted by the legislature, it goes through several instalments of change, rewrite and further change and rewrite. This follows debate and suggestions from…

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Supreme Court overrules Gauhati HC order, allows Doloi Samaj to continue managing Kamakhya Devi temple affairs

Holding an order passed by the Gauhati High Court in 2017 as inoperative, the Supreme Court recently permitted the prevailing arrangement of the Doloi (head priest) Samaj managing the affairs…

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Jharkhand High Court dismisses petition challenging rule 13 of Jharkhand Primary School Teachers appointment rules

The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a Petition filed challenging Rule 13 of Chapter-III of Jharkhand Primary School Teachers Appointment Rules, 2012, on the ground of ultra vires of the Constitution…

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Karnataka court rejects complaint accusing former CM HD Kumaraswamy of hiding information in election affidavit

A local court in Karnataka has rejected a private complaint, which accused former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy of hiding information about his second wife and children in the affidavit submitted…

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Woman has to be subjected to cruelty continuously in close proximity to time of lodging complaint under Section 498A: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that in order to prove an offence under Section 498A, a woman has to be subjected to cruelty continuously in close proximity to the…

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