The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025, comes into effect on August 1, bringing key changes to bank capital norms, governance, and auditor rules. Here’s a detailed explanation.
The Chhattisgarh government has amended adoption laws by replacing “adopted son” with “adopted child,” promoting gender equality. This change reflects a shift from patriarchal language and honors progressive figures like Teejan Bai and Phoolbasan Bai. Activists support this move while acknowledging further efforts are needed to eliminate gender bias in official language.
New Delhi, 3rd February 2025: The Supreme Court of India has ordered the Central and State governments not to take any action that would decrease forest areas. This decision will remain in place until further notice.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran was hearing multiple petitions challenging the changes made to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 2023.
The Gauhati High Court has instructed the Assam government to respond within four weeks to a petition challenging the constitutionality of the Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriages and Divorces Act, 2024. The petitioner seeks the restoration of the repealed 1935 Act, claiming the new law violates constitutional rights and negatively impacts the Muslim community’s marriage practices.
The Supreme Court overturned a Madras High Court ruling that viewing child pornography in private isn’t an offence under the POCSO Act. It ruled that intentions to gain from such acts are crucial in deciding violations. The Court also urged a terminology change to ‘child sexually abusive and exploitative material’ for legal clarity.
Yesterday(on18th March),The Kerala High Court upheld a protocol mandating that only gynaecologists conduct examinations of sexual assault survivors, dismissing a petition filed by government hospital gynaecologists. The decision was made in response to a petition challenging the protocol’s requirement, which mandates only gynaecologists to conduct examinations on survivors of sexual offences. The petitioners argued that this requirement contradicts existing laws and international guidelines and called for a modification of the protocol to extend the responsibility of medical examinations to all registered medical practitioners. Despite their petition being dismissed, the court granted the petitioner-gynaecologists the liberty to approach the appropriate State authorities with their grievances.
Previously, Rule 7, established under the Act concerning the ‘Consent of the Surrogate Mother and Agreement for Surrogacy,’ addressed the fertilization process involving donor oocytes with the husband’s sperm. However, the recent amendment to this rule has prompted several women to petition the Supreme Court seeking redress. Many of these women successfully obtained exemptions from […]
In a recent hearing of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) case, the Solicitor General of India voiced opposition to a 1981 parliamentary amendment granting minority status to AMU. This led to astonishment from the Chief Justice and a broader discussion on the role of law officers in supporting parliamentary amendments, raising complex constitutional law questions in India.