India’s free legal aid services lack infrastructure for the disabled. The lack of trust among those living in rural areas has been making the work of legal aid in Karnataka harder. This can be seen in the case of legal aids like Bhaskar B S who have been trying to provide services under the National […]
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Out of 8029 cases registered till Oct 15, 1423 cases were resolved through mediation till date. Divorce cases in Bengaluru are substantially increasing in the past few years. The data from Bangalore Mediation Centre (BMC) shows the number of cases referred from family court to mediation centre were 5,821 in 2018 which has increased to […]
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The controversial ordinance will stay in effect till the next assembly session. By Souptik Dutta, Mrunmayee Kulkarni, and Supriya Mehta The Karnataka cabinet has enacted the controversial anti-conversion law through an ordinance on Thursday. The bill was passed by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in December 2021. However, the government could not pass the bill in the Legislative […]
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Until the review of the Section 124A of Indian Penal Code is complete, the Supreme Court (SC) has asked centre and states not to exercise any provision of the law. The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed an order to pause the usage of the sedition law. The states and central government are not to register […]
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Victims of heinous crimes and their families wait a long time to receive any relief Harish Mallani’s father, a farmer, went missing one day in Chamarajanagar district. The family filed a missing report with the police. After 10 days, they received an answer. “My father’s throat had been slit. The body had been burned almost […]
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Tele-law service was launched as a part of Digital India campaign in 2017. Tele-law services are still not available at Common Service Centres (CSC) across Bengaluru although it has been operational across the country since December 2019. There are 51,434 CSCs in the country and 753 of these centers are in Karnataka. Out of these, […]
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Despite the increase in number of law graduates, the enrollment in bar council has decreased. Law students are exploring career opportunities in corporate firms rather than litigation. Enrollment of new advocates in the Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) has decreased by almost 51 percent since 2019. Akash Agarwal, a recent law graduate, said that a […]
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