Published on: 12th February 2026 Authored By: Asmit Priyadarshi Chanakya National Law University Introduction The Supreme Court’s decision in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma (2020) is one of those judgments that genuinely changed the landscape of Hindu succession law. For decades, daughters in a Mitakshara Hindu joint family lived with a quiet, inherited inequality: they […]
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Published on: 12th February 2026 Authored by: By:Rudrali Deshpande New Law College, BVDU INTRODUCTION The Delhi High Court’s ruling in Ritu Prasad v Union of India[1] on 9th October 2023, made by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula posed a key legal question about surrogacy and the regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology
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Published on: 12th February 2026 Authored By: Ritwaj Chaturvedi Law centre II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi Writ petition (C) No. 538 of 2023 Decided on January 15, 2025 Bench: Justice J.B. Pardiwal and Justice R. Mahadevan Facts Rajeeb Kalita, a lawyer from Northeast India, filed this petition as a Public Interest Litigation under
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Published on: 11th February 2026 Authored By: Divyanshi Mishra Shri Jai Narain Misra PG College Citation: (2007) 4 SCC 511 Bench: Three Judge Bench of Supreme Court–Justices B.N. Agrawal, P.P. Naolekar & Dalveer Bhandari Relevant law: Section 13 (1) (i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (ground of cruelty for divorce) FACTS OF THE CASE:
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Published on: 10th February 2026 Authored By: Harsh Vardhan Singh JECRC UNIVERSITY Citation: (1997) 6 SCC 241; AIR 1997 SC 3011Bench: Chief Justice J.S. Verma; Justices Sujata V. Manohar & B.N. KirpalDate of Judgment: 13 August 1997 Introduction Vishakha and Others v. State of Rajasthan (Writ Petition (Criminal) Nos. 666–70 of 1992) is a landmark
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