Patna High Court upheld caste based survey by the State Government as valid since it is in furtherance of a ‘compelling public interest’ and does not violate the right to privacy quotient. Youth for Equality moves Supreme Court against the said verdict. Youth For Equality v. State of Bihar Hon’ble Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran & Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarthy Decided on 1st August, 2023 For full judgmentclick here

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Alexander Thomas appointed as Executive Chairman of the Lakshadweep State Legal Services Authority. For notificationclick here

Accused caused the death of the deceased using a stick while being deprived of the power of self-control, due to the provocation: Supreme classified the stick as not a deadly weapon and altered the conviction under Section 302 IPC to Part-I of Section 304 IPC. Nirmala Devi v. State of Himachal Pradesh Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai & Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.B. Pardiwala Decided on August 01, 2023 Reported by Preethi Anne Alex For full textclick here

Article 370 Abrogation: SC Constitution Bench commences hearing Live watch the proceedings at >> "Click Here"

Cheques, tendered over a period of time pertaining to supply of raw materials in several transactions were dishonoured : Supreme Court held that benefit out of the ratio in V.K. Bansal v. State of Haryana & Anr. cannot be claimed by accused and clarified that concurrent sentence would be merited only in conviction which arise out of the single transaction. K. Padamaja Rani v. The State of Telangana & Anr. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hrishikesh Roy & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Mitha...