Law Today

The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to fill vacancies in the State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA) at the earliest.

Tibetan activists staged a protest in McLeodganj urging the G20 leaders gathered in Delhi to discuss China's alleged attempts at erasing Tibetan culture.

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of colonial-era provision of sedition on September 12.

The founding member of the Shri Jarandeshwar Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana (SSK), Shalini Patil, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking that the Cooperative Sugar Factory be returned to its founders by the ED.

The Bombay High Court has temporarily stayed Maharashtra government's decision to allot the office space of Janata Dal (Secular) to Bacchu Kadu's Prahar Janshakti Party.

The campaigns are highlighting the issue of repatriation of children and child protection systems in other countries, and are trying to attract attention from world leaders meeting in India for the G20 Summit.  

The case was initiated by a Nagpur-based lawyer, who alleged that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had failed to disclose two criminal cases of cheating and forgery registered against him in 1996 and 1998.

The court will further hear the confirmation of the death sentence and appeals from October 5 on a day-to-day basis.

The Bombay High Court dismissed Ravindra Waikar’s petition, but stayed its order for four weeks to enable the Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA to approach the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court, while condemning the Ladakh administration's refusal to grant the 'plough' symbol to the National Conference for upcoming local elections, warned that the court has the power to "turn the clock back and restore the status quo".

The discharge of Tamil Nadu minister I Periyasamy of the DMK, and former AIADMK minister B Valarmathi, from corruption cases will be reviewed by Madras High Court judge Anand Venkatesh.

The Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by a retired Maharashtra police official opposing the order appointing IPS officer Subodh Jaiswal as the director of probe agency CBI.

Section 13(1) and 13(1A) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, provide various grounds for granting divorce, including, cruelty.

The Bombay High Court said building a Haj house is a "secular activity, not religious" while hearing a plea by Hindutva leader, Milind Ekbote, seeking to demolish the building.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court defending the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) systems.