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"Supreme Court Affirms Need for Minority Establishment in AMU’s Minority Status Dispute" AMU’s Minority Status Under Scrutiny: Establishment by Legislature Versus Minority Founding Rights

The Supreme Court judgment in Aligarh Muslim University v. Naresh Agarwal & Ors. primarily deals with the issue of minority rights in education, f...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Supreme Court Validates Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes in Landmark Judgment. Upholding Equality Within Equality: Supreme Court Endorses State's Power to Sub-Classify Scheduled Castes for Targeted Reservation.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of sub-classifying Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservati...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Copyright Injunction Against Music Streaming Service in Interpretation of Section 31D of Copyright Act, 1957. The court held that a statutory license under Section 31D for radio broadcasting does not extend to internet streaming services like Wynk Music.

The case involves two appeals by Wynk Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd (defendants) against an order of the Bombay High Court (SJ Kathawalla J) dated 23rd Ap...

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Supreme Court Confirms Death Sentence for Rape and Murder of 7½-Year-Old Mentally Challenged Girl. Circumstantial Evidence Including Last Seen, Recovery, and Medical Reports Established Guilt Beyond Doubt; Aggravating Factors Outweighed Mitigating Factors.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Manoj Pratap Singh, upholding his conviction and death sentence for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a 7...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Upholds Conviction of Godfather for Rape of Mentally Retarded Woman Under Section 376(2)(l) IPC — Evidence of Mental Disability and Eyewitness Testimony Sufficient to Sustain Conviction

The appellant, Tiofilo Evangelio Moraes @ Mories, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Margao in Sessions Case No.20/2013 for an offence pu...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Learning Disabled Student Against CBSE Mid-Term Subject Change. Court Quashes Circular to the Extent It Affects Petitioner and Directs Acceptance of Corrected Registration Slip.

The petitioner, Master Siddhant Pankaj Manudhane, a minor represented by his father, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Mentally Challenged Person to Donate Kidney to Brother Under Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 — Natural Guardians Can Give Consent for Organ Donation by Mentally Incompetent Donor.

The petitioners, Ganpatrao Pawar and his wife Suman, are parents of two sons: Amol (petitioner no. 3), who is mentally challenged and represented by h...

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Bombay High Court Allows Termination of Pregnancy for Deaf-Dumb-Mentally Challenged Rape Victim Under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The court directed termination of pregnancy based on expert committee report that continuation would cause severe mental trauma and risk to life.

The petitioner, a minor deaf-dumb-mentally challenged girl, was raped by an unknown person, resulting in pregnancy of 18-19 weeks. Her mother filed a ...