Guidelines on Death Sentence & Mercy Petition
Ipsita Mishra The Supreme Court, while deciding three recent cases, held that seven of its judgments awarding the death sentence were rendered per and contrary to the binding dictum of…
Legal Update
Science triumphs over law: New era for scientific evidence
Aastha Mehta It is not new for Supreme Court to face novel questions of its citizens for adjudications, however on 6th January, 2014, bench of Justice Chandramauli Prasad and Justice…
No Government sanction required to probe public servants: SC
Shruti Sethi The question whether Central Government’s prior sanction under section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act was necessary before a public servant could be proceeded against on…
No infringement in using similar prefixes by registered owners
Shatrunjay Bose, Student of law UPES, Dehradun The Bombay High Court stated that if two parties have registrated their trademarks using identical prefix, those parties can use the same for…
GOING BACK TO SQUARE ONE: SC shows red signal to Gay rights
Aastha Mehta In a thought-provoking judgment on Wednesday, Supreme Court of India describes homosexuals as “miniscule fraction” of the population, a term which has not gone too well with those…
No infringement in using similar prefixes by registered owners
Bombay High Court: Use of women-driven cabs at airport can ensure safety
Shruti Sethi The division bench of Justices V M Kanade and M S Sonak while hearing a petition filed by Stri Shakti Kendra, on 10th December 2013 remarked that encouraging…
Married daughter receives job after her father’s expiry
Shatrunjay Bose, Student of law UPES, Dehradun The Bombay High court passed an important judgment regarding a married daughter’s equality for receiving a government job on the event of her…
Supreme Court: Red beacon on cars only for ‘high dignitaries’
Shruti Sethi The Supreme Court on 10th December 2013 while hearing a petition related to withdrawal of VIP security of a person, which was later converted into a PIL by…
Analysis of the National Identification Authority of India Bill, 2010: Move for Better India
Aastha Mehta In a country like ours, wherein the citizens face plethora of problems in getting the benefits to which they are entitled to, Unique Identification Authority of India which…