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Supreme Court Acquits Author and Publisher in Obscenity Case Under Section 292 IPC, Finding Story Not Obscene as Moral Element Predominated. Conviction Quashed After Court Applies Overall View Test, Holding Story Did Not Deprave or Corrupt Readers.

The appellant, author Chandrakant Kalyandas Kakodar, and the printer-publisher were convicted under Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code for publishin...

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Supreme Court Overrules PV Narasimha Rao, Holds Bribery Not Protected by Parliamentary Privilege — Legislators Who Accept Bribes for Speech or Vote Are Not Immune from Prosecution Under Articles 105(2) and 194(2) of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court of India, in a seven-judge bench decision, overruled its earlier majority judgment in PV Narasimha Rao v. State (CBI/SPE) (1998) 4 S...

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Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Trafficking Victims, Issues Guidelines for Rescue and Rehabilitation. Court Holds That State Must Take Reasonable Measures to Safeguard Right to Rehabilitation Under Article 21.

This Miscellaneous Application arose from a prior disposed Public Interest Litigation regarding human trafficking. The petitioner sought enforcement o...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rejection of Application to Register 'Rashtriya Swayansevak Sangh' as a Society. Section 3A of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 Bars Registration of a Society with a Name Identical to an Existing Registered Society.

The petitioner, Janardan Moon, filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 4 October 2017 passed by the Assistant Registrar of Societies, Nagpur...

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Supreme Court examines legality of appointing persons with criminal background as Ministers. Interpretation of Articles 75 and 164 of the Constitution to uphold democratic integrity and combat criminalisation of politics.

The present writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution was filed as a public interest litigation by the petitioner, Manoj Narula, challenging ...

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Bombay High Court on its Own Motion Proceeds Against Individual for Scandalous Facebook Posts Targeting Judges. Court Stresses That Such Vicious Attacks on Judiciary Constitute Gross Criminal Contempt Undermining Rule of Law.

Suo-motu criminal contempt proceedings were initiated by the Bombay High Court against an individual who, through his Facebook profile, published a se...

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Supreme Court Upholds Licensing Conditions on Orchestra Bars Under Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. Gender-Based Numerical Restrictions on Performers Held Valid as Reasonable Restrictions in Public Interest Under Article 19(6) of the Constitution.

The appeals arose from a judgment of the High Court of Bombay that upheld conditions imposed by the Commissioner of Police, Brihan Mumbai, on orchestr...