Category: Articles
A Court Deciding ‘Section 34’ Petition Has No Jurisdiction To Remand The Matter To Arbitrator For Fresh Decision, Reiterates SC
The Supreme Court has emphasized that the court while choosing a request of under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, has no locale to remand the issue to […]
Democracy at stake: as the religious politics takes power
India is a secular country, as enshrined in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. But with the actions of the state there had been case of misconduct while performance of […]
SC Questions: Why Advance Notice to Defaulters
On October 11 Supreme Court ordered a monitoring committee when it came to its notice that there are around 5,000 illegal industrial units still operating from the residential areas in […]
GENDER BIASES IN BAR AND BENCH
In April this year, name of Advocate Indu Malhotra was cleared by the collegium for appointment as a Supreme Court judge. She is the second sitting woman judge in the […]
What Is Rafale Deal Controversy?
In April 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that India will buy 36 French-manufactured Rafale fighter jets off-the-shelf from Dassault, the French aircraft builder and integrator. The Rafale was […]
A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE ON THE ERSTWHILE S.497 AND THE RECENT JUDGMENT
Adultery had been criminalised under the Indian Penal Code. The section read as “All sexual intercourse by a man, not amounting to rape, with a person whom he knows or […]
CJI RAJAN GOGOI: Changes for better Judicial System
With the changing times in the development in all spheres of democracy, the new Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, have taken command and as he has promised is set […]
IL&FS Breakdown
On 1st October, National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) directed the government to take charge of the Infrastructure Leasing and Finance group. Government superseded the IL & FS board under section […]
Live streaming of Supreme Court hearings: Favors the public or an imprudent decision?
Over time there have been a group of pleas filed in the apex court regarding the issue of live streaming of court proceedings. The notable ones include, a petition filed […]
Ban on hookah parlours across the state: Maharashtra Government
Maharashtra has become the second state to impose a blanket ban on hookah parlours across the state after the state of Gujarat. The Government has issued a notification regarding the […]