FACTS OF THE CASE In the case of Abhimeet Sinha & Ors. v. High Court of Judicature at Patna & Ors., the petitioners, comprising 46 unsuccessful candidates, challenged the 2015 recruitment process for District Judges (Direct from Bar) in Bihar. The Bihar Superior Judicial Service Rules, 1951, as amended in 2013, mandated a selection process involving a screening test, a main written examin…
FACTS OF THE CASE :- In 1983, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) issued an advertisement inviting applications for housing units, with specific reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Tarsem Lal, originally from Rajasthan and recognized as an ST there, applied under the ST category, citing his long-term residence in Chandigarh. However, his application was rejec…
Facts of the Case Petitioner Shama Sharma filed a transfer petition under Section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, requesting the transfer of a petition for restitution of conjugal rights filed by the respondent, Kishan Kumar, under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The original petition, “Kishan Kumar v. Shama Sharma” (CM No. 136 of 2023), was pending consideration of…
Facts The Government of India introduced the Electoral Bonds Scheme in 2018, allowing individuals and corporate entities to anonymously donate funds to political parties through bonds purchased from designated banks. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and other petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of the scheme, arguing that it violated the right to informa…
Facts: 1. The Order was in the context of the ongoing writ proceedings before the Supreme Court filed against Patanjali Ayurved for publishing misleading claims and advertisements about ayurvedic products as a complete cure for certain diseases while trivializing the modern systems of medicine like allopathy, particularly during the COVID pandemic 1 . 2. The petition was filed by the In…
FACTS Within the dark corridors of matrimonial unions, where the vows of love sometimes belie greater conspiracies, a saga of claimed deceit and revenge ensued between Achin Gupta and his spouse. Their marriage, in 2008, became in quick order a stage of allegation. The wife had painted a bleak picture: incessant dowry demands, physical violence by a drunken husband, financial control, and …
FACTS: The present Appeal is arisen from denial of Bail in the High Court of Jharkhand (Ranchi), where a FIR was filed against the appellant under Section 302,120- B/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 25(1-B) A of Arms Act, 1959 Read with Section 26, 27 and 35 which was filed by the Sukhdeonagar police station Case No. 238/2022 and the case was filed in High Court seeking Bail under…
FACTS OF THE CASE A significant decline in investor wealth and market volatility after a January 24, 2023, Hindenburg Research report accusing the Adani Group of share price manipulation and regulatory misconduct sparked the case. The document claims that after it was found that Hindenburg was underutilized at the Adani Group, things got worse. The petitioners requested the creation of a c…
FACTS The petition pertained to the brutal gang rape of the petitioner, Bilkis Yakub Rasool, who was pregnant at the time. Additionally, the petitioner’s mother was subjected to gang rape and subsequently murdered, while her cousin, who had recently given birth, faced a similar fate. Among the victims were eight minors, including the petitioner’s cousin’s newborn, who was just two d…
Facts:- In this case, both individuals were trained commercial pilots who got engaged on 7 th March 2021. They claimed to have solemnized their marriage on 7 th July 2021 and obtained a marriage certificate from Vadik Jankalyan Samiti and a Certificate of Registration under UP Marriage Registration Rules, 2017. However, they had planned to conduct a formal marriage ceremony accor…