Author: Aishwarya Lakhe

TITLE OF THE CASE: Narendra vs K.Meena on 6 October, 2016 CITATION: Civil Appeal No. 3253 Of 2008 COURT: The Supreme Court Of India BENCH: Anil R. Dave, L. Nageswara Rao PARTIES- APPELLANTS:  NARENDRA RESPONDENTS: K. MEENA  BRIEF FACTS: This appeal has been filed by the Appellant husband, whose decree for divorce passed by the trial Court has been set aside by the impugned judgment by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore. The appellant husband had married the respondent wife on 1992. Out of the wedlock, a female child named Ranjitha was born on 1993. Though the appellant had…

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Title of the case: Faheema Shirin R.K vs State of Kerala and others on 19 September, 2019 Citation:   WP(C)No.19716 OF 2019(L) Court: THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA Bench: THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE P.V. ASHA Parties: Petitioner: FAHEEMA SHIRIN R.K Respondent:  STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS Brief Facts: This writ petition was filed by a 3rd semester BA Student aggrieved by her expulsion from the hostel. She has been staying in the hostel run by the college which is an aided college affiliated to University of Calicut. Inmates of the hostel were not allowed to use their mobile phones from 10…

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Title of the case: The Chairman, Railway Board & Others vs Mrs. Chandrima Das & Others Citation: 28 January, 2000- 2 SCC 465 Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: R.P. Sethi, S. Saghir Ahmad Parties: Petitioner: The Chairman, Railway Board & Others. Respondent: Mrs. Chandrima Das & Others.  Brief Facts: Mrs. Chandrima Das, a practicing advocate of the Calcutta High Court, filed a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution against the Chairman, claiming compensation for victim Smt. Hanuufa khatoon, a Bangladeshi national who was gang-raped by employees of the Railways. Smt. Hanuufa Khatoon arrived at Calcutta and was said…

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Title of the case:  Federation of Hotel And Restaurant Associations Of India vs Union Of India And Others.  on 12 December, 2017 Citation: Civil Appeal No.21791 OF 2017 (Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No. 27629/2015) Court: The Supreme Court of India Bench: R.F. Nariman Parties: Appellant: FEDERATION OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONS OF INDIA    Respondents: UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS  Brief Facts: Writ petition was filed by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associates of India to seek a declaration of the Controller of Weights and Measures to proceed against the hotels and restaurants of the appellant association for charging…

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Title of the case: Anil Kumar vs Roop Kumar Sharma & Another on 13 November, 2017 Citation: FAO No.152 of 2017 Court: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajbir Sehrawat Parties- Appellant: Anil Kumar Respondent: Roop Kumar Sharma and another                                            Brief Facts:                 Kamal Sharma, along with 54 other pilgrims, left Kurukshetra to go to Haridwar, Ayodhya, Nepal and Jaga Nath Puri etc. They were in the Bus bearing registration No. UP-10B-0939, which was being driven by one Raju Karki, resident of Delhi. The bus was taken for journey after getting permission from 1 of 10…

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Title of the case: Amardeep Singh v, Harveen Kaur on 12 September, 2017 Citation: Civil Appeal NO. 11158 OF 2017 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil)No. 20184 of 2017) Court: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Bench: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Parties: Appellant: Amardeep Singh Respondent: Harveen Kaur   Brief Facts: The Appellant and the Respondent got married on 16th January 1994 at Delhi. They subsequently had two children in 1995 and 2003 respectively. The parties started living separately since 2008 which also lead to civil and criminal proceedings between the two. The dispute was finally settled with a decision to seek divorce…

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Title of Case: Vishaka & Ors v. State of Rajasthan & Ors on 13 August, 1997 Citation:  (1997) 6 SCC 241 Court: Supreme court of India Bench: Cji, Sujata V. Manohar, B. N. Kirpal Parties Petitioner: VISHAKA & ORS Respondent: STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ORS.  Brief Facts: Bhanwari Devi was a social worker in a programme to stop child marriages initiated by state government of Rajasthan. As her part of work, she tried to stop a child marriage in one Gujjar family which was successful even though after widespread protest. Ramkant Gujjar on of the member of the gujjar family…

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