The Supreme Court of India stayed all ongoing and upcoming State judicial service examinations pending review of the controversial three-year legal practice requirement for entry-level judges, while hearing proceedings in Bhumika Trust v. Union of India mentioned urgently by petitioner Jayant Singh Yadav.
The Allahabad High Court quashed rape and assault proceedings, observing that long-standing consensual relationships cannot automatically be treated as rape after breakdown, while Justice Vivek Kumar Singh warned against misuse of criminal law and continuation of futile trials lacking evidence of deception from inception.
