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Supreme Court orders nationwide accessibility guidelines including wheelchair-friendly spaces, accessible toilets for disabled prisoners

Supreme Court orders nationwide accessibility guidelines including wheelchair-friendly spaces, accessible toilets for disabled prisoners The order aims to address systemic neglect in prisons, pro...

Guidelines set for appointment of government pleaders, public prosecutors: State to Kerala High Court

Guidelines set for appointment of government pleaders, public prosecutors: State to Kerala High CourtA circular was issued following a Public Interest Litigation petition raising concerns regarding op...

Calcutta High Court refuses to stay foundation stone event for Babri Masjid-inspired mosque

Calcutta High Court refuses to stay foundation stone event for Babri Masjid-inspired mosque A petition had been filed for orders to halt a foundation-stone event announced by suspended MLA Humayu...

Supreme Court Justice Manmohan: The Kesavananda Bharati decision made sure that India's Constitution would live on.

Supreme Court Justice Manmohan: The Kesavananda Bharati decision made sure that India's Constitution would live on. At the first-ever IBA India Litigation and ADR Symposium, he spoke about India'...

Virtual services by foreign law firms not taxed under India–Singapore DTAA: Delhi High Court rules in favour of Clifford Chance

Virtual services by foreign law firms not taxed under India–Singapore DTAA: Delhi High Court rules in favour of Clifford Chance The Court rejected the Income Tax Department’s move to tax Clifford...

Subramanian Swamy is someone who always makes false claims about others. Tajinder Bagga went to the Delhi High Court.

Subramanian Swamy is someone who always makes false claims about others. Tajinder Bagga went to the Delhi High Court.Swamy claimed that Bagga had been sent to jail several times by the Mandir Magar po...

Bombay High Court suggests changes to rules on listing quashing petitions; all petitions to go before single-judges

Bombay High Court suggests changes to rules on listing quashing petitions; all petitions to go before single-judgesThe proposed amendment says that pleas to quash FIRs and criminal proceedings will be...

The Allahabad High Court rejected a plea to stop Rahul Gandhi from running for the Lok Sabha.

The Allahabad High Court rejected a plea to stop Rahul Gandhi from running for the Lok Sabha. The Bench decided that Gandhi's sentence had "no operative effect" after the Supreme Court stay, whic...

Divorced Muslim woman can recover gifts given by her parents during marriage from her husband: Supreme Court

Divorced Muslim woman can recover gifts given by her parents during marriage from her husband: Supreme Court The Court highlighted that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act is d...

"Discrimination writ large": Delhi High Court questions Rule allowing hereditary allotment of lawyers' rooms

"Discrimination writ large": Delhi High Court questions Rule allowing hereditary allotment of lawyers' rooms The Court ordered the High Court, the BCI, the BCD and the DHCBA to explain how the Ru...