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Supreme Court Examines Constitutionality of Prohibitory Orders Under Section 144 CrPC Restricting Public Assembly. Judgment Clarifies That Reasonable Restrictions on Speech and Assembly Must Be Just, Fair and Reasonable Under Articles 19 and 21.

The Supreme Court initiated a suo motu criminal writ petition regarding the incident at Ramlila Maidan on 4-5 June 2011, involving the imposition of p...

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Supreme Court Hears Batch of Writ Petitions Challenging Constitutional Validity of Criminal Defamation Laws. The Petitioners Contend that Sections 499 and 500 IPC and Section 199 CrPC Violate Fundamental Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression Under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India.

The Supreme Court heard a batch of writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, with Subramanian Swamy as the lead petitioner, challengi...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Ex-Husband's Petition in Execution of Maintenance Decree for Muslim Divorced Wife. Court Emphasizes Expeditious Execution of Maintenance Decrees and Lamented Two-Decade Delay.

The case involves a writ petition filed by Ezazur Rehman, the ex-husband, challenging an order on I.A.No.10 passed by the I Additional Principal Famil...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Contractual Employee for Maternity Benefit under Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. Denial of maternity benefit to a woman on contractual basis held unconstitutional and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Archana Dahifale, was employed as a Project Officer on a contractual basis with the respondent No.2 Institute since 2015. Her contract...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Husband's Petition Challenging Interim Maintenance Order Under Domestic Violence Act. Muslim Wife's Claim for Interim Maintenance Upheld Despite Husband's Talaq and Muslim Personal Law.

The case involved a challenge by the husband against an interim maintenance order passed by the Family Court at Bandra in favor of his wife and two mi...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Challenge to Conditions on Advocate-Prisoner Meetings, Directs Modernization of Jails. Prisoner's right to visits by family and friends under Article 21 of Constitution of India recognized, subject to reasonable restrictions, in line with Sunil Batra precedent.

The Public Interest Litigation was filed by a registered society and an under-trial prisoner challenging the communication dated 24th August 2015 issu...