Digital Courts and access to justice

May 10, 2023

“Access to justice is indeed a facet of right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. We need only add that access to justice may as well be the facet of the right guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitution, which guarantees equality before law and equal protection...

Right to dignity and reproductive autonomy

October 24, 2022

The inviolable nature of the human personality is manifested in the ability to make decisions on matters intimate to human life. The autonomy of the individual is associated over matters which can be kept private. These are concerns over which there is a legitimate expectation of privacy. The body and...

Significant Supreme Court judgements of May 2021

June 11, 2021

The Supreme Court of India has pronounced numerous judgments in the month of May, 2021. In this write-up, the important pronouncements are briefly discussed. RAJKUMAR SABU V. M/S SABU TRADE PRIVATE LIMITED, TRANSFER PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 17 OF 2021 The transfer of a criminal case under Section 406 of the...

SIGNIFICANT SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENTS PASSED RECENTLY

May 21, 2021

The Supreme Court of India has pronounced numerous judgments from January, 2021 to May, 2021. In this write-up, some of the important pronouncements are briefly discussed. BHAVEN CONSTRUCTION V. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER SARDAR SAROVAR NARMADA NIGAM LTD. & ANR., CIVIL APPEAL NO. 14665 OF 2015 A Bench of Justices N.V. Ramana,...

Institutional arbitration: Spreading wings?

March 17, 2021

“Arbitration is now the principal method of resolving international disputes involving states, individuals, and corporations. This is one of the consequences of the increased globalisation of world trade and investment. It has resulted in increasingly harmonised arbitration practices by specialised international arbitration practitioners who speak a common procedural language.’ —Redfern...

72nd Republic Day: Our living Constitution

January 26, 2021

“The objective of our Republic is to secure justice, liberty and equality for its citizens and to promote fraternity among the people who inhabit its extensive territories and follow different religions, speak various languages and observe their peculiar customs……Our Constitution is a democratic instrument seeking to ensure to the individual...

CONSTITUTION BENCH JUDGEMENTS: 2020

December 24, 2020

The Supreme Court of India has pronounced numerous Constitution Bench Judgements in the year 2020. In this write-up, the Constitution Bench Judgments pronounced in the year 2020 are briefly discussed. MUKESH V. STATE (NARCOTIC BRANCH OF DELHI), SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) DIARY NO. 39528/2018 (DECIDED ON 31/08/2020) A Constitution Bench...

71st birthday of Indian Constitution

November 27, 2020

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 19th November, 2015, notified the decision of the Government of India to celebrate the 26th day of November every year as the Constitution Day to promote constitutional values among citizens. Before the issuance of the notification, November 26th was celebrated as the...

Judicial ethics: An Indian perspective

November 17, 2020

‘Some standards can be prescribed by law, but the spirit of, and the quality of the service rendered by; a profession depends far more on its observance of ethical standards. These are far more rigorous than legal standards.... They are learnt not by precept but by the example and influence...

Decoding Sec 87 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

August 31, 2020

The Hon’ble Supreme in the judgment pronounced in the case of BCCI v. Kochi Cricket (P) Ltd., had caught sight of the fact that the Government was propounding to insert Section 87 in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The press release, dated 7-3-2018, stated that the Union Cabinet under...