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01/11/2025

NEW ALIMONY RULE: FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT WIFE CANNOT DEMAND ALIMONY AFTER DIVORCE
Nov 01, 2025

In a landmark judgment, the Delhi High Court has recently redefined how alimony and maintenance should be viewed in divorce cases — bringing clarity, fairness, and balance to one of the most sensitive aspects of family law.

Under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the Court emphasized that:
➡️ Alimony is not an automatic right after separation.
➡️ Its true purpose is to prevent financial hardship, not to equalize incomes or serve as compensation.
➡️ If a spouse is financially independent and self-sufficient, they cannot claim alimony merely because the marriage has ended.
➡️ However, those who sacrificed their career or job to manage home or children deserve rightful support — their contribution holds equal value.

This progressive ruling strengthens the idea of equality before law, ensuring that:
✅ Genuine financial needs are protected.
🚫 Misuse of maintenance laws is discouraged.
⚖️ Every case is judged with sensitivity and fairness.

A step forward for gender-neutral justice and financial independence in India’s evolving legal system. 🌿

22/08/2025

SC MODIFIES EARLIER ORDER IN DELHI STRAY DOGS CASE
August 22, 2025

The Supreme Court today stayed the direction passed by a two-Judges bench on 11th August, 2025 that stray dogs, which are picked up from the Delhi NCR, must not be released.

A three-Judges bench modified the earlier order and directed that the picked up dogs must be released back to the same area, after proper vaccination, except the aggressive or Rabies-infected ones.

03/04/2025

WB SSC RECRUITMENT SCAM: A HUGE SETBACK FOR MAMATA BANERJEE GOVT. AS SUPREME COURT CANCELS APPOINTMENT OF 25,753 TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF
April 03, 2025

In a big setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government, the Supreme Court today upheld the Calcutta High Court order cancelling 25,753 appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016 in connection with the school jobs for cash scam.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjiv Kumar refused to interfere with the High Court decision after noting that the appointments were "vitiated by manipulation and fraud."

However, the Bench added that the candidates already appointed need not hand over the salary given so far and further ordered that fresh selection process should be completed within three months.

21/03/2025

"PAPA DRUM MEIN HAIN," SIX YEARS OLD DAUGHTER OF EX-MERCHANT NAVY OFFICER OF MEERUT TOLD NEIGHBOURS
March 21, 2025

Meerut: The six-year-old daughter of Meerut's Saurabh Rajput, Ex-Merchant Navy Officer, allegedly murdered by his wife Muskaan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla, kept telling neighbours, "Papa drum mein hai", Saurabh's mother Renu Devi has said. The claim chillingly suggests that the child was aware of the murder and what followed.

Saurabh Rajput, who worked in London and was in Meerut to celebrate his daughter's sixth birthday, was murdered on March 4. His wife Muskaan and her lover Sahil chopped up the body into 15 pieces and buried them under wet cement in a drum, police have said.

Struggling to cope with the horrifying death of her young son, Renu Devi shared how pieces of his body were recovered from the plastic drum. "They (Muskan and Sahil) murdered my son on March 4 and went for a trip. The house owner had earlier told her to vacate the room for renovation. When they came back, he sent labourers to vacate the room. They could not lift the drum. When they asked her (Muskaan) what was in it, she replied it was full of junk."

Renu Devi said a stench filled the air when the labourers opened the drum's lid. "They called the police. By the time the cops came, she (Muskaan) had reached her parents' place."

Earlier, Muskaan's mother Kavita Rastogi had told NDTV that Muskaan had confessed to them that she had killed Saurabh and that they immediately took her to the police.

Renu Devi, however, alleged that Muskaan's parents were trying to mislead and that her mother knew about the crime beforehand. "They must have consulted a lawyer, so they went to the police station."

The heartbroken mother said in an emotional outburst that besides Muskaan and Sahil, all her family members must be hanged to death.

Asked if Saurabh's six-year-old daughter knew about his death, "She might have seen something. Some people in the neighbourhood said she was saying, 'Papa is in the drum'. She must have seen something. That's why they removed her from there."

11/11/2024

16/10/2024

BCI RECOMMENDS RS.20K MONTHLY STIPEND FOR JUNIOR ADVOCATES IN URBAN AREAS AND RS.15K IN RURAL AREAS
October 16, 2024

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued a circular recommending that junior advocates be paid a minimum monthly stipend of Rs. 20,000 in urban areas and Rs.15,000 in rural areas.

The recommendation was made in a communication made by the BCI to all State Bar Councils and Bar Associations on Tuesday (October 15) following the direction issued by the Delhi High Court on July 25 to take a decision on the monthly stipend for junior lawyers.

The BCI said that it has issued the circular recognizing the financial difficulties faced by junior lawyers in the early years of their profession.

The minimum stipend shall be provided for a period of at least three years from the date of engagement of the junior advocate.

Acknowledging that there are considerable differences in the financial situations of advocates, the BCI said that it cannot make the guideline mandatory across the board.

13/08/2024

BREAKING:
KOLKATA LADY DOCTOR BRUTAL R**E AND MURDER CASE - HIGH COURT TRANSFERS PROBE TO CBI SAYING STATE POLICE'S INVESTIGATION DID NOT INSPIRE CONFIDENCE AND ALSO DIRECTS PRINCIPAL TO GO ON LONG LEAVE
August 13, 2024

01/08/2024

UPSC CANCELS PUJA KHEDKAR'S CANDIDATURE AND BARS HER FROM FUTURE EXAMS
August 01, 2024

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday
cancelled probationary IAS officer Puja Manorama Dilip Khedkar’s provisional candidature of the Civil Services Examination (CSE)-2022 and debarred her from all future exams or selections of the commission.

The decision was taken by UPSC after carefully examining the
available records and finding her guilty of acting in contravention of provisions of the CSE-2022 rules.

03/01/2024

ADANI HIDENBURG CASE LIVE UPDATES: SC DIRECTS SEBI TO COMPLETE PROBE WITHIN THREE MONTHS
January 03, 2024

The Supreme Court today delivered its judgment on a bunch of petitions seeking an investigation into allegations of accounting fraud and stock manipulation against Adani group companies, published in a research report by US short-seller Hindenburg Research in January 2023.

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud pronounced the verdict in the case that was reserved on November 24 after the conclusion of the arguments.

The top court said that cannot enter into the domain of the regulatory regime and that the report by Hindenburg “or anything like that” cannot become the basis of a separate probe.

It also directed the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to go ahead, continue its probe as per the law, and deliver its report within three months.

29/12/2023

APPOINTMENT OF FIVE NEW CHIEF JUSTICES RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPREME COURT COLLEGIUM FOR THE HIGH COURTS
December 29, 2023

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the names of 5 new Chief Justices to the Union Government for appointment in the High Courts of the States. The names are as follows:

1. Justice Arun Bhansali, Judge Rajasthan High Court as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.

2. Justice Vijay Bishnoi, Judge Rajasthan High Court as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.

3. Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, Judge of Rajasthan High Court as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.

4. Justice BR Sarangi, Judge Orissa High Court as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.

5. Justice Sheel Nagu, Judge Madhya Pradesh High Court as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

11/01/2023

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT JUSTICE RAJASEKHAR MANTHA INITIATES CRIMINAL CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SOME LAWYERS FOR 'RUCKUS IN COURTROOM'
January 11, 2023

Ruckus occurred inside the courtroom on Monday after a section of the ruling government lawyers prevented Justice Mantha from discharging his duties.

The ruckus had stopped the proceedings in Justice Mantha's courtroom.

Several posters describing Justice Mantha as a "disgrace in the name of judiciary' were spotted.

As per media reports, subsequently Justice Rajasekhar Mantha has initiated criminal contempt proceedings against those lawyers.

Justice Mantha had earlier stayed around 20-odd FIRs against West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari.

Also, the judge had removed Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir's shield from arrest in a money laundering case.

14/10/2022

CONTRASTING VIEWS RECEIVED FROM JUDGES IN HIJAB VERDICT REGARDING FRATERNITY AND DISCIPLINE
October 14, 2022

An interesting aspect of the hijab case judgment of the Supreme Court is the contrasting, if not diametrically opposite, views expressed by Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia regarding the concepts of fraternity, diversity and discipline.

While Justice Gupta is of the opinion that allowing religious headscarf in the classroom will fragment the concept of fraternity, Justice Dhulia expressed that it can expose students to diversity and enable them to inculcate tolerance towards religious and cultural differences.