Criminal Procedure Act 2022 privacy concerns When the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, came into force on April 18, 2022, it marked one of the most significant overhauls of India’s criminal identification laws in a century. The new law replaced the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, and dramatically widened both the scope of data that…
NDPS Act and Drug Control in India Drug abuse in India has become a serious concern, affecting not just individuals but the nation’s health, economy, and social fabric. With an estimated three million drug users in the country, including hundreds of thousands who need medical intervention and rehabilitation, India faces an uphill battle against addiction…
Hindu Marriage: A Sacred Union, Not a Contract Marriage in Hindu law has always been more than a civil contract. It is a sacrament, or sanskara, a sacred union designed for the fulfillment of religious and moral duties. The Bombay High Court as early as 1908 recognized marriage among Hindus as a sanskara a purifying…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 14, restored the criminal case against former MLA Rajendra Singh and others accused of fraudulently obtaining a Scheduled Caste certificate to contest elections from the Guna (SC Reserved) constituency in Madhya Pradesh. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and K.V. Viswanathan set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s Gwalior…
In a major step toward transparency, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a series of petitions challenging the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) earlier “opaque” policy of withholding Civil Services Preliminary Examination answer keys. The ruling follows the Commission’s recent affidavit agreeing to release provisional answer keys immediately after the prelims, marking a key shift…
भारत में विवाह को जीवन का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बंधन माना जाता है। यह सिर्फ एक सामाजिक या धार्मिक संबंध नहीं, बल्कि जिम्मेदारी, भरोसा और साथ निभाने का वादा होता है। लेकिन जब यह रिश्ता आपसी समझ, भरोसे और सम्मान की नींव पर टिक नहीं पाता, तो कानून पति-पत्नी को अलग होने का अधिकार देता है।…
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a retired judge to investigate allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about large-scale voter roll manipulation in Karnataka ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and…
कलकत्ता हाईकोर्ट ने मंगलवार को दुर्गापुर स्थित निजी मेडिकल कॉलेज और अस्पताल में गैंगरेप पीड़िता के इलाज के दौरान सुरक्षा को लेकर कड़े निर्देश जारी किए। अदालत ने कहा कि किसी भी अनधिकृत व्यक्ति को बिना अनुमति अस्पताल या मेडिकल कॉलेज परिसर में प्रवेश की अनुमति नहीं दी जानी चाहिए। जस्टिस शम्पा दत्त (पॉल) की…
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Union Government to ensure that every state and union territory appoints a Nodal Officer to monitor and handle cases of missing children. The order came while hearing a petition filed by the NGO Guria Swayam Sevi Sansthan, which raised concerns about the increasing incidents of child kidnapping…
छत्तीसगढ़ उच्च न्यायालय, बिलासपुर ने एक मामले में कहा कि जिन मामलों में तलाक की समाप्ति पारित कर दी गई हो और पूर्व पत्नी के खिलाफ परकीय संबंधों पर फैसला हो चुका हो, वहां उस निर्णय का असर भरण-पोषण के दावे पर भी पड़ता है। यह आदेश CRR No. 1322/2024 और CRR No. 58/2025 में…