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THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KAMINENI HOSPITALS Vs. PEDDI NARAYAN SWAMI AND ANOTHER

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Published on 1st July 2025 Authored By: Ankit Narendra Kumar Saxena NGLC JURISDICTION: SUPREME COURT CASE CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SLP (Civil) No. 2948-2949 of 2023 Decision date : 22nd April 2025 Overview of the Case The case is about the hospital being an applicant held responsible for vicarious liability by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of […]

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VISHAKA V. STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ORS.

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Published on 27th June 2025 Authored By: Ashna Mangilal Palresha DES Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune. CITATION: (1997) 6 SCC 241[1] JUDGEMENT DATE: 13th August 1997 BENCH FOR THE CASE: CJI J S Verma, Sujata V. Manohar, B. N. Kirpal LAWS APLLICABLE: The Constitution of India, 1950: Article 14 – “The State shall not

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Case Comment: In Re: Alarming Rise in the Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents (Suo Motu Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 1 of 2019; MANU/SC/1204/2019)

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Published on 27th June 2025 Authored By: Rishika Mishra SVKM’S NMIMS Kirit .P. Mehta School of Law, Mumbai. Introduction India’s Supreme Court on 25 July 2019 handed a landmark judgment in suo motu writ petition with case no. In Re: Alarming Rise in the Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents[1]. The court rendered the decision

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Naruto v. Slater No. 16-15469 (9th Cir. 2018)

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Published on 27th June 2025 Authored By: Vedha Hiren Daga Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur The Naruto v. Slater case, an unusual legal muddle also referred to as the “Monkey Selfie Case,” revolves around a series of fascinating photographs snapped by Naruto, a crested black macaque monkey, and the ensuing copyright dispute that followed. In 2011,

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TUKARAM V. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA (1979): THE MATHURA RAPE CASE

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Published on 27th June 2025 Authored By: S. Lavanya Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology ABSTRACT: The case of Tukaram V. State of Maharashtra (1979), widely known as the Mathura Rape Case, is one of the most controversial and consequential decisions in Indian criminal law. It involved the alleged custodial rape of a 16-year-old tribal

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