The ‘Shocking’ Statistics Behind an Allahabad HC Judge’s Dowry Death Orders

The Allahabad High Court judge who requested the Chief Justice not to assign him the bail roster recently — after one of his bail orders was described as “most shocking and disappointing” by the Supreme Court — has overwhelmingly ordered bail in the dowry death cases heard by his Bench. An analysis by The Indian … Read more

Collegium recommends elevation of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan as Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice

Justice Chauhan is the seniormost judge at the Himachal Pradesh High Court after the Chief Justice. He did his schooling from Shimla and studied law at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh in 1989 and practiced in all branches of law. He was elevated as additional … Read more

How can court be so touchy? Supreme Court on Delhi HC order to takedown ANI v Wikipedia page

The issue arose after ANI sued Wikipedia for defamation alleging that the platform allowed defamatory edits by certain users which referred to the news agency as a “propaganda tool” for the present Central government. The High Court issued summons to Wikipedia on July 9, 2024 and ordered it to disclose information about three people who made the … Read more

Supreme Court allows accused-wife to retain child’s custody

Subhash, a 34-year-old software engineer, had died by suicide in Bengaluru. He left behind an elaborate suicide note and also made a video blaming his estranged wife Nikita Singhania and her family of harassing him and filing false cases against him, driving him to take his life. His video and suicide note sparked a debate … Read more