Keeping Pace with Legal Change
Supreme Court of India has advertised the post of Consultant (Research) and Research Assistant for short-term contractual appointment. Graduates of law who have been involved in research and who have a good command of laws and IT are welcome to the authorities appointment until June 29, 2025. It is done through resume and interaction with pleasant consolidated remuneration.
This paper discusses constitutional provisions and elections of the Panchayati Raj especially 73rd Amendment based on panchayat series. It cuts across the functions and responsibilities of the Pradhan/Sarpanch revealing the intricacies and truths of grassroots governance.
The Supreme Court of India in a cheating case has stayed criminal charges against Anupam Mittal, founder of Shaadi.com. The intervention of the apex court is relief enough in a case that raised the eyebrows of the masses and in the legal circles.
The chief executive officer of HDFC entitled as Abhishek Verma appeared before Bombay High Court in the case of HDFC CEO and related to Lilavati Trust FIR where the three judges of Bombay high court have recused themselves as a major development. This is an unprecedented series, which has become a legal matter of concern, questioning the job of judicial neutrality and confrontation.
On a petition by Ananth Kumar Hegde, a former Union Minister and Karnataka state BJP President, the High Court of Karnataka has stayed coercive action pursuant to a road rage case against him. The order has given short-term relief at a time when there is a legal case against the assault and abuse of power claims.
This article examines a recent judgement of the Madras high court which indicates the importance of giving rights to mentally incompetent dependents to obtain their family pension without any undue obstacles. It focuses on how the court has interpreted the rules on pensions, its very tough stand against bureaucratic delays in the delivery of goods and services and its demand of a humane nature as directed by the constitution. The case brings out the importance of the judiciary in supporting social welfare provisions for vulnerable groups in society.
The present article evaluates an important Madras High Court ruling which approached various controversies involving Thiruparankundram Hill, which is a holy place for people of different religions. The court discussed matters of religious practices, land rights and civic facilities, with a strong focus on the historic judicial precedents and the constitutional right to religious freedom and ensuring interfaith harmony.
This paper discusses a ruling of the Bombay High Court in Chetan Chandrakant Ahire against. Union of India, rejected a writ petition, which objected to the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Court stressed upon the legislative prohibition against intervention by the Court on the subject of an election, the lack of locus standi of the petitioner and a dearth of any demand for justice, recreating the orderly nature of the legal system of election disputes.
The given article examines an important judgement of the Orissa High Court on the matter of the unlawful destruction of a communal building, and points to how the court admonished the disregard of procedure and an abuse of authority by the executive particularly closely. Cruciality of following guideline by Supreme Court on demolition, protection of constitutional right of people and getting confidence of people in governance has been stressed by the ruling. It is a grave cautioning that the action taken by the state can never be out of line with the postulates of natural justice and the rule of law.
The paper under consideration considers the legal nuances regarding the possibility of Khula divorce as the right of a Muslim woman living in India with reference to a recent case in a High Court. It examines the character of Khula, the significance of religious and judicial institutions as well as the judicial practices of validating such divorces especially on the absolute right of the wife to seek u Khula and the limited importance of the consent of the husband or the fatwa of the Mufti. This discussion has shown that there has been a move towards judicial ratification of the breaking up of marriage.
