On December 17, the Centre appointed Supreme Court Advocate Madhavi Divan to serve as the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) in the court till June 30, 2020, thus making her the third woman to hold...

On December 15, the Supreme Court bid farewell to Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur, who is set to retire on December 31. However, owing to the winter vacations during which time the court remains closed,...

On December 13, Justice Vibhu Bakhru of the Delhi High Court refused to grant any immediate relief to Johnson and Johnson (J&J), which had challenged at the court a central government directive to...

As an exception, a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Prateek Jalan of the Delhi High Court asked the Centre whether a man suffering from a rare skin disorder can be allowed to use solar control...

Buying medicines online is the latest trend among Indian patients and consumers as online pharmacies allow people to buy medicines conveniently and privately. However, in addition to the convenience...

On December 14, a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla of the Delhi High Court quashed and set aside the Centre’s decision to ban the manufacture and distribution of Oxytocin—a medication...

On December 12, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), constituted “The Unlawful...

The Supreme Court on December 12 issued a Circular stating that in all criminal appeals wherever translation is required to be done into English, the same shall be done at the Registry of the...

On December 11, the Supreme Court ruled that the name and identity of victims of rape and sexual assault, including those who have died, should not be disclosed "even in a remote manner" to "arouse...

In Pelham GmbH, Moses Pelham, Martin Haas v Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider-Esleben, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar proposed his opinion to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that “the...

The Court of Justice of the European Union, in a Press Release issued on December 10, ruled in Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union that “the United Kingdom is free...

On December 12, in a move that is said to benefit employers, Hungarian Lawmakers, voting 130-52, passed certain amendments to the nation’s labor laws. The amendments, proposed by Prime Minister Viktor...