A policeman told the defendant to park his vehicle near the curb. He continued driving his vehicle right up to the constable’s foot. ‘Get off, you’re on my foot,’ the policeman replied.”‘Fuck you, you can wait,’ the defendant said, turning off the engine. He was found guilty of assaulting a constable in the course of…
INTRODUCTION In a recent judgment, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre which had stayed the deal between Future Group and Reliance Industries Limited. In August 2020, Future Retail had announced a business deal with Reliance Retail to which Amazon objected stating that the deal would…
“Nothing has changed for the survivors irrespective of the political party in power whether it’s in Madhya Pradesh or at the Centre. It’s always been the interest of the erstwhile Union Carbide and now Dow Chemical, and not the interest of the gas tragedy victims, which has dictated the policies of the governments,” said Rachna…
The House of Lords decided in R v R [1991] that it is illegal for a husband to rape his wife under English criminal law. The defendant, identified only as R in the decision to protect the name of the victim, was convicted of trying to rape his wife in 1990. He challenged his conviction…
INTRODUCTION: The Kesavananda Bharati case was popularly known as fundamental rights case and also the serious conflict between the Judiciary and the Government. Under this case Supreme Court of India outlined the Basic Structure doctrine of the constitution which forms and gives basic powers to the Indian Judiciary to review or to amend the provisions…
Introduction :- About AK Gopalan K. Gopalan was a communist leader who was detained in the Madras Jail under Preventive Detention Act,1950 and challenged his detention by stating that his civil liberty was being hampered as he had the right to equality of law. A.K. Gopalan vs State of Madras (1950)A K Gopalan v State…
INTRODUCTIONThe case Shyam Narayan Chouksey vs. Union of India is all about to respect the National Anthem. This is a landmark case which deals with the respect to the National Anthem. It mentions that what is done and what not to be done while playing National Anthem. In this the petitioner takes the case to…
Court: Madras High Court Full Case Name: Chinnaya V. Rammaya (1882) Date Decided: 21st October 1987 Judges: Innes J, Kindersley J Appellant: Venkata Chinnaya Respondent: Venkata RamayyaGaru Facts A lady transferred her property which consisted of certain lands to her daughter (defendant), by a deed of gift. Such deed was registered. One of the terms of the gift…
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION – SLP ( C ) NOs 33333-33335 COURT – THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA BENCH – J. Altamash Kabir, J. Cyriac Joseph HELD ON – 16/12/2010 PARTIES INVOLVED – D. N Jeevaraju & Anr ( Petitioner) D. Sudhakar & Ors (Respondent) BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE : The Writ Petitioners, D. Sudhakar, Venkataramanappa, Gulihatti D. Shekar, Shivaraj S. Thangadgi and P.M. Narendra Swamy,(Respondent No.1-5 ), were all elected as independent Members in the General Elections held to the 13th Karnataka Legislative Assembly. On 6th October,…
CORPORATION OF CITY OF GLASGOW V. TAYLOR- CASE STUDY This case is based on the tort of negligence, wherein due to the negligence by the corporation of the city of Glasgow, a 7-year-old boy died due to their breach of care towards all the citizens who are subjects of the city of Glasgow. This…
