by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 30, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
The Supreme Court, on Oct 15, 2020, termed the 2005 law on protection of women from domestic violence as a milestone. Offences against women are rampant in India and most women face violence/cruelty in some form or the other on almost a daily basis. The judgement...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 11, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
Recently, Indian judiciary is witnessing an increase in judges choosing not to hear cases without providing any valid reasons, which has became a subject of criticism and concern. Judicial disqualification, referred to as recusal, is the act of abstaining from...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 8, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
On September 26, 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the right of minority institutions is not absolute, and is amenable to regulation. It also observed that the protection granted to minority educational institutions to admit students of their choice is subject to...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 8, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
Introduction In October 2019, ‘the India Justice Report 2019’ was released by the Tata Trusts, prepared in collaboration with the Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Daksh, Tiss Prayas, and Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy....
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 8, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts
Introduction On October 1, 2019, the Supreme Court recalled its directions in a March 20, 2018 verdict that had diluted provisions of arrest under the SCs and STs (Preventions of Atrocities Act, 1989). This was done after the Centre’s Plea serving a review of the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 31, 2020 | Judicial Matters/Verdicts, Polity
Introduction The functioning of Collegium: Issue of Transfer The issue at hand is related to the transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani, to the Meghalaya High Court. Justice Tahilramani resigned from the post on...
