Author: Jayashree Ravi

The Madras High Court has suggested that the Bar Councils of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry establish a minimum stipend to protect the livelihood of a young lawyer. Judges SM Subramaniam and C Kumarappan observed that junior attorneys often struggled to make ends meet due to the meager compensation received by their older counsel. Additionally, the court decided that it could not let junior attorneys be treated unfairly by more experienced attorneys by denying them work without providing a minimal stipend. This clearly violated the fundamental rights of the young attorneys. Madras High Court: “It is exploitative and obviously against the…

In a defamation action brought by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka court on the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail for releasing slanderous advertising alleging corruption in the BJP administration during the 2019–2023 term. In connection with a complaint filed by the Karnataka branch of the BJP for placing “defamatory” advertisements in major newspapers, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by a special court here on Friday. According to PTI, the advertisement released prior to the 2018 Assembly elections charged the state’s then-BJP government of wide spread corruption throughout its 2019–2023 administration. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy…

Prajwal Revanna’s SIT detention is extended by a Bengaluru court till June 10.  Prajwala Revanna, a suspended leader of the Janata Dal (S), was placed in police custody till June 10 by a Bengaluru court on Thursday in relation to allegations of sexual assault. Regarding the remand application that the SIT, which is investigating the matter, submitted, the 42nd Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge issued a ruling. Ashok Naik, the Special Public Prosecutor, requested an additional four days of confinement. In light of this, the court granted the application. When Prajwal arrived in Bengaluru from Germany on Thursday, May…

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that, in the absence of a clause requiring the donor to maintain his father, a gift deed executed by an elderly citizen in favor of his son who releases his property and later sells it cannot be revoked by the Assistant Commissioner of Senior Citizen Tribunal.  A petition filed in 2019 by a certain Vivek Jain, who bought the property from CS Harsha—who received it as a gift from his father Srinivas—was granted by a single judge panel of Justice M Nagaprasanna. In the year 2000, Srinivas first completed a gift deed in his…

Karnataka High Court: A man had filed an appeal with the High Court challenging a previous Family Court decision that had awarded his wife and daughter interim support payments of Rs 7,000 and Rs 3,000 per month, respectively.  The bench further stated that an acceptable amount had been awarded, taking into account inflation, the cost of living, and the wife’s need to support herself in addition to appearing in court. The Karnataka High Court has decided that a man’s inability to find work cannot absolve him of his duty to provide for his wife and kid. On May 27, a…

The mandatory one-year rural service requirement for MBBS students was lifted by the Karnataka High Court in 2012. Rule 11 of the 2006 Karnataka Selection of Candidates for Admission to Government Seats in Professional Educational Institutions Rules was amended to make this feasible. The Court made it clear that pupils are obligated to attend rural schools and that the rules’ legitimacy is maintained for the foreseeable future. Policy delay.  The court found that there was “illegality in the execution of bonds in terms of Amended Rule 11, insofar as it pertains to a period prior to the notification of the…

After altering the pictures of at least seven girls and sharing the lewd pictures in a Whatsapp group, four young lads from the city have been charged. A portion of the females whose images have been altered are pupils of one of the most established private schools in Pulakeshinagar, East Bengaluru, while the remaining girls are former students of that same institution. All four of the alleged lads attended the same school. On May 30, the 17-year-old girl’s father filed a complaint with the Bharatinagar police, requesting that those four guys be held accountable for the incident. As per his…

Bengaluru 18-year-old second PU student was detained by city police for sharing AI-morphed naked pictures of a 9th class female. The juvenile board took two other boys in custody who were a part of this. The trio were charged under IT and Pocso Acts. Police Officer said that the 18-year-old was identified as Jeevan Kumar from Bagalur, is said to have altered the girl’s photo using Al to produce the nude pictures. Two young boys, in class 9, attend the same school as the girl, and they shared the images which were morphed on social media platforms like Instagram. Two…

Accused Sex tape hero Prajwal Revanna who has evaded the law has finally decided to return. According to a PTI report, a ticket has been purchased from Munich, Germany to Bengaluru, India. Karnataka’s Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna , who is a fugitive facing charges of sexual harassment and kidnapping, is scheduled to return to Bengaluru on Thursday, according to a report by news agency PTI. A flight ticket has been booked for him from Munich, Germany, to Bengaluru, and he is expected to arrive at Kempegowda International Airport today around 12:30 post midnight. There is a blue corner notice issued…

Political leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Guarantee’: Modi’s Reign as PM to Conclude Before June 4. The leader of the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, declared on Tuesday that Narendra Modi will not become prime minister, calling it a “guarantee”. “I am giving you the guarantee that after June 4, Narendra Modi ji will not be the prime minister of this country,” said Gandhi. The Congress politician made a mockery of the prime minister for saying that Modi was “sent by God” when he was with Yadav at a rally in Bansgaon, Uttar Pradesh, claiming that God had sent Modi to aid Adani…