Statutory bodies are the bodies which are established by laws that the parliament and state may adopt. Speaking fundamentally, a statutory body is a governmental organization which is not defined in the Constitution of India but, whose powers, rules of …
Through its judgment in the case – Ashok Kumar Mehra & Another v. The State of Punjab ETC., delivered on April 15, 2019, the Supreme Court has acquitted a juvenile, who with his father (Since deceased) was sentenced to life …
It has to be said right at the outset that in a significant and latest decision delivered on April 16, 2019, the Supreme Court in Bikash Ranjan Rout v. State through the Secretary (Home), Government of NCT of Delhi, New …
Should Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi have been part of the bench that heard the matter related to allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a woman? The question is being discussed by jurists even though the CJI opted out midway in the hearing and left …
The Supreme Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment of a convict of rape and murder of an 8-year-old. The bench comprising Justice S.A Bobde, R. Subhash Reddy and I. Rao stated that the appellant was charged under Section …
Abstract The vague dominance of one sex over others must be patronized as the dignity and liberty of an individual is important. The individuality of a woman must be respected, that’s the real gracefulness of our Constitution is Part III …
Very recently the Supreme Court had an occasion to take a critical look at the action of the West Bengal Govt. to ban the film, “Bhobishyoter Bhoot, while delivering the judgment on April 11, 2019, of the case – Indibility …
Through the judgment of the cases – Nagar Ayukt Nagar Nigam, Kanpur v. Sri Mujib Ullah Khan and Another and Nagar Nigam, Gorakhpur v. Ram Shanker Yadavand Another, delivered on April 2, 2019, Justice Mohan M. Shantanagouder and Justice Hemant …
Insider trading implies dealing in the securities of a company by a person who is connected to it on the basis of some undisclosed information which is price sensitive. Such acts of insider trading are prohibited. Therefore restrictions are imposed …
The answer of the Supreme Court in a recent judgment of the case – The Branch Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Smt. Mousumi Bhattacharjee & Others, delivered on March 26, 2019, is very emphatically negative. The quite interesting question …