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    Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, C.J. and S. Kumar, J. declared Bihar Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2021

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Supreme Court: In a case where a detenu was provided with the illegible copy of documents relating to his detention, the bench

Kerala High Court
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    Kerala High Court: In a case relating to a complaint for offences under Sections 143, 147, 149 and 283 of

Madras High Court
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Madras High Court directed the State to treat a transgender person seeking admission in Nursing College as a special candidate in light of Supreme Court’s 2014 NALSA verdict

Allahabad High Court
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    Allahabad High Court: In an appeal filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 for setting aside the

Allahabad High Court
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    Allahabad High Court: In a bail application filed by the applicant for committing offence under Section 302 of Penal Code,

Madras High Court
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    Madras High Court: In a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ

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“When the legislature acts within its power to usher in a valid law and rectify a legal error, even after a court ruling, the legislature exercises its constitutional power to enact the law and does not overrule an earlier court decision.”

Gauhati High Court
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Gauhati High Court:In a case relating to suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the police atrocities, which took place at Paltan

Punjab and Haryana High Court
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Punjab and Haryana High Court: A writ petition was filed seeking the relief of protection of life and liberty at the hands

Supreme Court of The United States
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“After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had”.

Supreme Court of The United States
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Supreme Court of The United States: In a far-reaching decision concerning an American woman’s right to abortion, the Court held that the

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Patna High Court
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United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.6 explicitly recognises sanitation rights. Delay in providing sanitation facilities, in particular reference to women impedes in achieving SDG No.5 that talks about gender equality, and thereof pulling back all other associated goals.

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Supreme Court: In a significant case, the 4-judges Bench comprising of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, P.S. Narasimha and Sudhanshu Dhulia,

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Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Vivek Kumar Birla and Vikas Budhwar, JJ., held that the law has been settled, that use

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“The allegations of bureaucrats deviating from strict norms of political neutrality with a view to obtaining party tickets to contest elections, is vague, devoid of particulars and unsupported by any materials which could justify intervention of this Court.”

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Supreme Court: While addressing an appeal alleging solitary confinement of a death row convict, the 3-Judge Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, S.

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Madras High Court: C.V. Karthikeyan, J., expressed that, “One of the basic tenets to be followed by every Hindu is tolerance. Tolerance

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Madras High Court: Expressing that, a convict cannot enjoy all the liberties as are available to a common person, otherwise there would