Category Archives: Current Affairs

At 21:00 hrs, on January 17, 2014, the Personal Secretary (Mr. Abhinav Kumar, IPS)to the then Minister of State of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor made a phone call to the then SHO of PS Sarojini Nagar, Insp. Atul Sood alleging that the wife of Dr. Tharoor had done something to herself in […]

In the petition presented by Senior Advocate Chinmoy Pradip Sharma and Advocates Mohit Paul, Sunaina Phul and Irfan Hasieb for the petitioners and the Additional Solicitor General of India Aishwarya Bhati (ASG) for the respondent (the Union of India), Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy held that the policy of the central government […]

On September 18, 2000, a representation agreement was entered between a company based in Hong Kong, Integrated Sales Services (through its director Mr Terry Peteete of ISS), and a company based in Nagpur, India, DMC Management Consultants Ltd. (through it managing director Mr Rattan Pathak), wherein the agreement was meant for assistance by the former to sell […]

In a single day, August 10, 2021, the apex court of the country passed three judgements in the context of the political machinery in the country; the first being a decision by a three-judge divisional bench of Justice N. V. Ramana, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Surya Kant in a petition filed by Mr Ashwini […]

Justice B. Veerappa and Justice V. Srishananda of the Karnataka High Court upheld the sentence of life imprisonment awarded by the Sessions Court against the accused Mahesha who plead not guilty. The accused had proposed to the victim for marriage; however, the latter refused the proposal since her parents did not consent for the same. […]

Justice R. F. Nariman and Justice B. R. Gavai of the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognisance of the affirmative decision taken by the government of Uttar Pradesh to conduct the Kanwar Yatra between July 25 and August 6 even though the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand had decided to cancel the Kanwar Yatra […]

Manipur-based activist Erendro Leichombam had written a Facebook post on May 13, 2021, wherein he wrote, “The cure for Corona is Not cow dung & cow urine. The cure is science & common sense Professor ji RIP.” This post followed the death of the BJP Chief of Manipur, Prof. Tikendra Singh; consequently, the BJP Vice-President […]

28th April 2021 Amid the Covid outbreak, the Punjab and Haryana High Court allowed registration of marriages through videoconferencing. Overruling a Single-Bench Judgment, the Punjab & Haryana High Court allowed the registration of marriage of a couple through video-conference.  A Single-Bench judgment refused to permit the e-registration of marriage on the ground that the parties could not […]

28th April, 2021 Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (April 27, 2021) was dealing with a plea seeking the strict enforcement of Section 126(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 amid the West Bengal Assembly elections. The High Court remarked, “Sensationalism is anathema to responsible and responsive journalism.” The observation was made by a Bench […]

20th April, 2021. The Central Government on Wednesday (April 28) notified the appointment of Justice Vimla Singh Kapoor of the Chhattisgarh High Court as Permanent Judge. Justice Kapoor was elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court on June 18, 2018. On April 5 this year, the Supreme Court Collegium had approved the proposal for appointment of […]