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Mother's Employment Is No Defence To Father's Duty To Maintain Children: Karnataka High Court
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Mother's Employment Is No Defence To Father's Duty To Maintain Children: Karnataka High Court

Karnataka High Court holds a Muslim father's duty to maintain minor children under Mohammedan law and Section 125 CrPC continues despite the mother's income.

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Sympathy Or Equitable Considerations Cannot Override The Mandatory Academic Rules: Telangana High Court Refuses Relief Judiciary
Sympathy Or Equitable Considerations Cannot Override The Mandatory Academic Rules: Telangana High Court Refuses Relief

Telangana High Court dismisses a student's plea to write NALSAR supplementary exams, holding mandatory attendance rules can't be relaxed even for genuine illness.

Is There A Difference Between Non-Service Of Arrest Grounds And Inadequate Reasons? Supreme Court Answers Judiciary
Is There A Difference Between Non-Service Of Arrest Grounds And Inadequate Reasons? Supreme Court Answers

Supreme Court cancels Sonam Raghuvanshi's bail in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case, distinguishing non-service of arrest grounds from inadequate reasons.

Section 38 BNSS Doesn't Mandate Continuous Presence Of Advocate: Supreme Court Judiciary
Section 38 BNSS Doesn't Mandate Continuous Presence Of Advocate: Supreme Court

Supreme Court clarifies Section 38 BNSS doesn't entitle continuous advocate presence during interrogation, and eases police custody conditions in a custodial death case.

Kapil Sibal Announces ₹1 Crore Legal Aid Fund for NEET Protesters, Urges Lawyers to Defend Students Legal Insiders
Kapil Sibal Announces ₹1 Crore Legal Aid Fund for NEET Protesters, Urges Lawyers to Defend Students

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal announces a ₹1 crore legal aid fund for students booked during the NEET protest movement, urging lawyers nationwide to provide legal assistance as CJP launches a support platform.

'Mere Agitation Cannot Justify Lathi-Charge': CJI Surya Kant Reaffirms Constitutional Right to Peaceful Protest

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has observed that the right to peaceful protest is constitutionally guaranteed and that "mere agitation" cannot be a ground for police excesses or lathi-charges. Whil...

One Consumer Forum Member Got Not Even A Single Penny: Supreme Court Asks Up To Explain

Supreme Court asks UP to explain why a retired Consumer Forum member got no pay at all, as it pushes states to comply with last-pay-drawn protection directions.

NEET Controversy: Centre Constitutes Nandan Nilekani-Led Panel to Overhaul Examination System

The Centre has constituted a high-powered task force headed by Nandan Nilekani to recommend reforms to the national examination system following the NEET controversy.

Duty Of Police Is To Enforce Law, Not To Negotiate Its Dilution: Madras High Court

Madras High Court directs two women police officers to pay Rs.1 lakh each to a dowry complainant, holding police cannot convert cognizable offences into private settlements.

Supreme Court Quashes POCSO FIR Against Aunt, Calls It A Counterblast In Matrimonial Dispute

The Supreme Court quashed a POCSO FIR against a woman accused of molesting her nephew, holding that the complaint appeared to be a counterblast to an earlier FIR filed by the child's father.

'There Is No Law Prohibiting Chicken on the Ganga': Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan raises concerns over shrinking dissent, questions arrests over consuming chicken near the Ganga, defends the Basic Structure doctrine, and stresses judicial independence and const...

Supreme Court Explains Factors Courts Must Consider While Sentencing a Convict

Supreme Court commutes life sentence to 20 years' RI in a gang-rape case, laying down the factors courts must weigh proportionality, age, antecedents, gravity while sentencing a convict.

SC Law Clerk Exam: The Complete Guide to Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Selection Process and Preparation Strategy

Supreme Court Law Clerk Exam 2026 explained in detail. Learn about eligibility, syllabus, exam pattern, selection process, interview, salary, tenure, preparation strategy, important dates and career p...

Cabinet Approves Bill to Raise Paper Leak Fine to ₹10 Crore, Expand Anti-Cheating Law

The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to strengthen the anti-paper leak law by raising fines to ₹10 crore, enhancing minimum jail terms, expanding coverage to state exams, and introducing fast-track...

Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage Amounts to Cruelty, Grounds for Divorce: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court held that an irretrievable breakdown of marriage amounts to cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act and granted divorce after finding the parties had lived apart for nearly two de...


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