Introduction April 2026 has produced a cluster of significant judicial pronouncements under the ...
The India MNC Sexual Harassment & Religious Conversion Case: A Legal Analysis
Disclaimer:1. This analysis has been prepared solely based on information currently available i ...
Mumbai Police sets up Nirbhaya Squad
As per Circular No. 7 (S. No./C.P/Reader/Circular/241/2021 - Circular on Nirbhaya Squad and Project ...
Smearing The Head Of The Prosecutrix With Vermilion Is An Intention To Show That The Person Has Accepted The Other Person As His Spouse: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court in the matter of Vikki v. State of U.P. & Anr. on August 11, 2021, dis ...
Abusive Language Must Be Understood In The Environment In Which That Person Is Situated: Apex Court
The Supreme Court in Ram Kishan v. Union of India & Ors. on 1st September 1995, had observed th ...
The Very Act Of Throwing A Chit At A Married Woman And Professing Love For Her Constitutes Outraging The Modesty Of A Woman: Bombay High Court
In the matter of Shrikrushna v. State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on 4th August 2021,&nbs ...
The Consent Given In Consequence Of Any Misconception Or Fear Cannot Be Said To Be A Free Consent: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court in the matter of Rajkishore Shrivastava vs. State of MP & Anr. on ...
Marital Rape Is A Good Ground To Claim Divorce: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court in XXX v. XXX (names kept confidential) on July 30, 2021, observed that “trea ...
The Desire Of The Respondent To Settle In Canada Cannot Be Branded As An Act Of Selfishness And It Is No Ground For ‘Cruelty’: Bombay High Court
In Prakashchandra Joshi v. Kuntal Prakashchandra Joshi and others, the Bombay High Court on 24th Ju ...
The Unsubstantiated Accusation And Character Assassination By One Spouse Against The Other Would Constitute Mental Cruelty: Kerala High Court
In Sabitha Unnikrishnan vs. Vineet Das, the Kerala High Court on 28th June, 2021 observed that leve ...
Compelling A Married Women To Live In Her Parental Home Amounts To Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court
In the matter of Amar Singh v. Smt. Vimla, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 22nd June 2021 observed ...
Findings such as, it was an accidental touch made by the workman and not a case of molestation and there was no prior incident regarding same, a clear case of perversity: Madras High Court
In the matter of The Management of Hirsch Watch Straps (P) Ltd. and Ors. v. The Presiding Officer L ...
Prohibition Of Child Marriage Act, 2006 Does Not Differentiate On The Basis Of Religion: Punjab And Haryana High Court
In the matter of Jaspreet Begum & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Ors., the Punjab and Haryana Hi ...
Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Inquiry Process under POSH Law – Part 1
This article analyses the meaning of force majeure, evaluates whether COVID-19 is a force majeure e ...
Kerala High Court says that for adoption child born to live-in couple is same as being born to a married couple
In a recent writ petition at the High Court of Kerala, the Hon’ble Judges A.MUHAMED MUSTAQUE & ...
Marital Rape: An Oxymoron or an Evil?
Justice Verma Committee Report, 2013 stated that according to the common law of coverture, a wife w ...
There Is No Reason For Denying Appointment To A Qualified Woman Only On The Ground That She Is A Woman And The Work Includes Work During Night Hours: Kerala High Court
In Treasa Josfine v. State of Kerala & Ors., the Kerala High Court on April 9, 2021, set aside ...
An Order Without Reasons Is Fundamentally Contrary To The Norms Which Guide The Judicial Process: Supreme Court
In the matter of Sonu v. Sonu Yadav & Anr., the Supreme Court on April 5, 2021, set aside the A ...
Imposing A Major Penalty Of Removal From Service Is Contrary To Regulation 30 Of The Rules, 1986: Telangana High Court
In the matter of Duraisamy Baskaran v. GAIL (India) Limited and Ors., the Telangana High Court on M ...
Celebrating International Women’s Day – 15 Recent Updates Women should Know
Fixing Notional Income of Homemakers, January 5, 2021 The Supreme Court in the case of Kirti &am ...
IT Guidelines – Digital Media & Intermediaries: Provisions for Parents to Keep in Mind
Under the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rule ...
IT Guidelines – Digital Media & Intermediaries: Provisions on discrimination, online safety from sexual violations & more
Here is a quick summary of the key points under the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermed ...
BUDGET 2021 – Highlights in relation to women and children
"The proposals in Part A will further strengthen the Sankalp of Nation First, Doubling Farmer’s Inc ...
Have A Noose, Need A Neck!
After the brutal gang rape and murder of Dr. Reddy, Hyderabad's Nirbhaya, society is up in arms. Fro ...