Indian courts often prioritize equity and fairness over strict legality, especially in cases where rigid application of law would result in injustice. This reflects the Western philosophical emphasis ...

The core of the doctrine is that the ratio decidendi (the legal reasoning essential to the decision) of a higher court's ju ...

Since there was no specific legislation on sexual harassment at the time, the Court laid down a set of procedural guidelines known as the Vishaka Guidelines. These guidelines mandated employers to ...

Class, Bhusawal for the offences punishable under Section 4 of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”) and under Section 34 of Indian ...

Judicial activism in India gained momentum from the 1970s, with courts increasingly intervening in matters of public interest and governance. This trend is exemplified by the rise of Public Interest ...

In absence of the exercise of the Rule making power Under Section 176 of the 1988 Act by the State Governments, the respective High Courts can either frame Rules of procedure or issue practice ...

Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration (1978 AIR 1675, 1979 SCR (1) 392) is a landmark Supreme Court case concerning the rights of prisoners in India. The case originated from a letter written by Sunil ...

This article provides a case study analysis of Ankita Kailash Khandelwal & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors., focusing on the critical legal positions established regarding the rights of accused ...

Under the PMLA, criminal activity is not defined in isolation but is closely linked to the concept of scheduled offences or predicate offences. These are the underlying crimes that generate the ...

In Gramophone Company of India Ltd. v. Birendra Bahadur Pandey (1984), the Supreme Court of India addressed the relationship between international law and domestic law, particularly focusing on the ...

2. In view of the requisition raised by the Testamentary Registrar, Ms. Chavan, Learned AGP, on instructions, submits that the State Government has issued a notification dated 9th August, 2024, which ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, is a foundational international document that articulates the basic rights and ...