Keeping Pace with Legal Change
The Supreme Court of India has cancelled in a landmark decision the selection process carried out by the State of…
The question that has been raised on several occasions but the answer to which has not been given on many…
The Supreme Court rejected civil appeals that were filed against setting up of a petrol pump, on the basis of the suppression of similar High Court proceedings and without bona fide. It is note that the Court stressed integrity during legal proceedings by awarding exemplary costs.
The Supreme Court dismissed Lalit Modi’s writ petition seeking indemnification from BCCI for a ₹10.65 crore FEMA penalty arising from the 2009 IPL shift to South Africa. It ruled that BCCI is not a “State” under Article 226 for internal financial disputes. While Modi can pursue civil remedies, writ jurisdiction is not applicable for private indemnity claims. The ruling reinforces the boundary between public and private functions of sporting bodies like BCCI.
The Supreme Court has upheld the 18-month prison sentence and conviction of a Delhi lawyer for making abusive and sexually insulting remarks about a woman judge in court. The judgment supports the judiciary’s stance to uphold decorum and dignity of judicial officials, particularly women, within the premises of the court.
The article is an analysis of the PUCL Supreme Court case concerning a challenge filed against Electorship roll revision by ECI in Bihar. It looks at questions of the rushed procedure, paperwork limitation, and possible disenfranchisement of the vulnerable populations. The article brings out the legal framework and also the vital role played by the Supreme Court in balancing between electoral integrity and electoral laws with the general rights of the democracies.
Through this article we discuss the opinion of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the Bhopal Nawab property succession case as it throws light on the complicated legal issues of the private property of former rulers. The case was remanded to the court to be tried once again, with stress on personal law, merger agreements and the clauses of the constitution especially in the case when a previous judgment on which the case had laid its relied-upon basis was being abridged by the Supreme Court.
According to a decision by the Supreme Court, the legal heirs can not demand insurance in case of death caused by rash driving of the deceased. This choice solidifies individual responsibility, blocks the possibility of generating revenue out of a wrong as well as encourages responsible driving, which affects the insurance policy holders and the scrutiny of insurance claims, as well.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 2 July 2025 suggested five senior judicial officers namely Rajesh Kumar Gupta, Alok Awasthi, Ratnesh Chandra Singh Bisen, Bhagwati Prasad Sharma and Pradeep Mittal as Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
In this article, we are going to examine the Abdul Hameed v. State case, a landmark judgment explaining anticipatory bail under the new BNSS in India. It focuses on the maintenance of consecutive bail applications, the retrospective effect of procedural legislations such as BNSS and principle of beneficial law in the sense that the evolution of the law legally deserves reconsideration of bail considering the new legal considerations.
