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BCI Amends Rules to Improve Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette for Advocates

Jun 29, 2021 Nargis Bano 6
After its meeting on June 3, 2021, the Bar Council of India (BCI) amended its rules to make ‘criticism' and ‘attack' of Bar Council decisions by members misconduct and grounds for disqualification, suspension, or removal of a member from the Bar Council. According to the Amended Rules, which were published in the Gazette on Friday (25th...
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Hong Kong Police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at the airport for ‘National Security Violation’

Jun 29, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 8
Hong Kong Police have arrested a senior journalist of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on Sunday (June 17, 2021) at the Hong Kong International Airport.Hong Kong Police said in a statement that the city’s national security department held a 57-year-old man at Hong Kong International Airport for conspiracy to collude...
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Plea in Supreme Court Seeks State Amendments for Making Road Accidents a Non Bailable Offence and Restricting People From Buying More Than Two Vehicles

Jul 14, 2021 Prachi Jain 2
A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking directions on the Centre as well as Union Territories for making road accidents as non-bailable offence, so as to create an apprehension in the mind of drivers, compelling them to drive cautiously. The plea additionally prays directions to reduce the vehicle density on roads by restricting...
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Bombay High Court's First Woman Judge, Sujata Manohar Awarded with the 'Ruth Bader Ginsberg Medal of Honour'

Jul 14, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
Justice (Retd) Sujata Manohar, former Supreme Court judge and the first female Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court in 1994, has been awarded the World Jurist Association and World Law Foundation's 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honour.'On July 5, 2021, Justice Manohar and seven other jurists from around the world were honoured at an...
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Delhi HC Allows Petition Filed by M/S Unity Builder through Advocate Ashish Chauhan; Sets Aside Order of Sole Arbitrator dismissing Application to Alter Amount of Claims

Jul 12, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 5
A single bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar, while hearing a petition filed by M/S Unity Builder through Advocate Ashish Chauhan under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 challenging the order of the sole arbitrator (that dismissed the application of the claimant to alter the amount of the claim),...
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“Non-availability of a Judge invades citizen’s liberty”: Allahabad High Court

Jul 08, 2021 Celin Sunil 194
Observing that the plea could not be filed before the lower court in Aligarh District because it was closed due to Covid-19, the Allahabad High Court entertained a bail plea by an applicant who approached the higher court in first instance. However, the bench of non-availability put its remark on the scenario by stating that however adverse...
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Delhi Riots: Court Allows Safoora Zargar to Visit Home Town in Kashmir, Directs Her to 'Drop a Pin' on Google Maps for Location Verification [READ ORDER]

Jul 15, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
Student activist, Safoora Zargar who is accused of the Delhi riots has been allowed to visit her hometown in Kashmir by Delhi Court.Zargar will be in her hometown in Kashmir for one month for performing one of the ceremonies ‘Aqiqah’ on the occasion of the festival of Eid-ul-Milad.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat granted Zargar's plea...
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FMGE 2021: Delhi High Court issues notice to NBE, NMC seeking Reply on Doctor's Plea Challenging Charges Imposed for Postponing Test

Jul 15, 2021 Nargis Bano 7
On Monday (July 12, 2021), the Delhi High Court sought the government's response to a petition filed by doctors challenging the imposition of costs and certain adverse observations made by the court while dismissing their petition seeking to postpone the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) screening test due to COVID-19.A bench of Chief...
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“Live-in Partner Cannot Have Better Claim Than Lawfully Married Wife”: Kerala High Court on Service Benefits

Jun 28, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
While deciding a matrimonial appeal, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court announced that when there is evidence of long cohabitation with two women simultaneously, one pursuant to a ceremonial marriage and the other not so, the presumption of valid marriage leans in favour of the former.Division Bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and...
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One Nation One Penal Code: PIL by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeks 'comprehensive and stringent law to replace outdated colonial-era IPC

Jul 19, 2021 Lawstreet News Network 69
A Public Interest Litigation has recently been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre for setting up a judicial panel or body of experts to draft a comprehensive and stringent legislation to replace and revamp the British-made Indian Penal Code as currently applicable.As per the plea filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, India...
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Delhi Bar Council Suspends 10 Advocates for Submitting Fake COVID Reports [READ NOTICE]

Jul 16, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 13
The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) on Wednesday (July 14, 2021) suspended the practice license of 10 advocates on the account of allegedly submitting fake COVID positive reports to avail monetary aid. While implementing its scheme to provide ex gratia relief to its member Advocates and their next of kin affected by COVID-19, the Delhi Bar Council...
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Delhi High Court Extends Benefit of Chief Minister's Advocate's Welfare Scheme to all Lawyers Registered with Bar Council of Delhi

Jul 14, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
The Delhi High Court recently ruled that the Chief Minister's Advocates' Welfare Scheme benefits all advocates registered with the Bar Council of Delhi, regardless of whether they are registered to vote in the national capital.According to Justice Pratibha Singh, due to the unique geographical conditions of Delhi and the Supreme Court of India's...
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Orissa High Court Announces the Launch of it's Telegram Channel for Providing Info on Cause Lists, Circulars, Notices, etc. [READ PRESS RELEASE]

Jul 16, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
The Orissa High Court announced the launch of an official Telegram channel on Wednesday( July, 14, 2021), which will allow Advocates and litigants to share information in real time. The Telegram channel is expected to go live on July 19, 2021.The Telegram channel can be found at https://t.me/OrissaHighCourt, and the app can be found in any Google...
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Legacy Media joins in as petitioner against Centre's IT Rules 2021

Jul 02, 2021 Prachi Jain 3
The country’s legacy media has joined the chorus against the government’s new digital media ethics code, petitioning Madras High Court to strike it down as it “opens the door to suppressing freedom of speech and independence of news media in the country”.A bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar...
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Civil Rights Group Sues for Records on Use of Facial Recognition at New York Prisons

Jul 09, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
A suit has been filed by a civil rights  group against the New York Corrections Department, for failing to turn over records on how it uses facial recognition technology on visitors at state prisons. According to the Manhattan Supreme Court suit filed Wednesday( July 7, 2021), the New York Civil Liberties Union requested records from the...
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World Youth Skills Day 2021: History, Details, and Significance of the UN Event

Jul 15, 2021 Lawstreet News Network 1
The World Youth Skills Day is a designated United Nations event that aims to mark the importance of equipping the youth across the globe with the required skills for employment, work, and entrepreneurship.   It aims to foster ‘a unique opportunity for dialogue between young people, technical and vocational education and training...
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"Hospitals have grown into a large industry that thrives on human suffering; they cannot be protected at the expense of citizens": Supreme Court

Jul 22, 2021 Kartikey Garg 6
Although the Supreme Court stressed that States have to offer necessary permissions for improved hospitals and health care centres, it observed on Monday (July 19, 2021) that hospitals are now a huge industry and cannot be safeguarded at the costs of citizens to which the organisations are supposed to provide. Justice Chandrachud said, "Let's...
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'Mediation Can Effectively Resolve Disputes Governing the LGBTQ Community; it Ensures Relationships are Preserved, Privacy is Guarded and Parties are Heard' : Justice Anand Venkatesh

Jun 29, 2021 Nargis Bano 3
On June 25, 2021, Justice Anand Venkatesh, Judge Madras High Court, spoke at a Lexidem Webinar organised by KD Lex Chambers LLP, ADR ODR International, and Indian Dispute Resolution Centre on the topic of Scope for Mediation in LGBTQ Issues.He shared his journey that he undertook while writing his 7th June judgment in which he issued a slew of...
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Punjab And Haryana High Court seeks reply from Sessions Judge regarding provision of bail to an accused in NDPS Case

Jul 12, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought an explanation from the judge of Sessions Court, Sirsa, as to how did he entertain and decide in a bail plea of an accused who has been booked under the Narcotics Drugs Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act, 1985), when a similar petition was pending before the High Court.The bench of Justice HS Madaan...
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SC refuses to hear plea seeking woman’s release from parents’ custody, refers to Britney Spears' case in the US where the pop singer is fighting a legal battle to end conservatorship by her father

Jul 07, 2021 Rashbana Thansi 5
On Tuesday (06/07/2021), the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea filed by a Kerala-based spiritual practitioner seeking the release of his 21-year-old live-in partner from the custody of her parents. The bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana also referred to the case of pop singer Britney Spears in the US court while hearing the plea.The...
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Uttarakhand High Court orders stay on Uttarakhand State Cabinet to hold Char Dham Yatra in the state [READ ORDER]

Jul 02, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 3
A division bench of Uttarakhand High Court comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma has ordered to stay the decision of the Uttarakhand State Cabinet to hold Chardham Yatra, calling the decision ‘arbitrary and unreasonable and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India’, directing the government...
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Allahabad HC to Resume Physical Hearing From July 14, 2021 [READ GUIDELINES]

Jul 12, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 6
The Allahabad High Court has decided to resume physical hearing in open court from Wednesday (July 14, 2021) after nearly four months of virtual hearing due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to hear in open court was taken by a committee of Justices headed by Acting Chief Justice, Munishwar Nath Bhandari. The Court...
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Arrested for Posting as CBI Official, Kolkata Lawyer Says he Was a Participant of the BRICS Summit with PM Modi

Jul 09, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
Sanatan Ray Chowdhari, a Calcutta High Court lawyer who was arrested by the Kolkata Police on Tuesday ( July 6, 2021), revealed during interrogation, that he was a member of the Indian delegation that travelled to Johannesburg to attend the 10th BRICS summit. The summit was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Sanatan Ray Chowdhari...
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Disciplinary Proceedings Against Engagement of E-Filing Of Cases: KHCAA Warns Members [READ NOTICE]

Jul 14, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 2
On 9th July 2021 (Friday), the Kerala High Court Advocate's Association issued a notice warning its members that if they continue to utilise the e-filing technique in contravention of its ruling, they will face disciplinary actions.The KHCAA determined in its General Body Conferences on the 16th and 17th of May 2021 that it will not use the...
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'Dynamic, Bar Friendly, Well Acquainted With Ground Realities': BCI applauds CJI Ramana's letter to the Law Minister on the digital divide and other issues confronting advocates in the Pandemic

Jun 29, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
The Bar Council of India thanked the Chief Justice of India on Sunday( May 27, 2021) in a press release for emphasizing the difficulties faced by advocates during the Pandemic.The Council has acknowledged the letter written to the Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad requesting financial assistance for the Advocates-in-Need who have been...
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IndiaMart Moves Bombay High Court Claiming Just Dial Filed False Documents

Jul 20, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
In an ongoing copyright infringement dispute, IndiaMart has filed false and fabricated documents in court, following a request for investigation into the database firm.On Friday(July 16, 2021), a division bench of Justice Sunil Deshmukh and Justice Abhay Ahuja directed Just Dial, its founder VSS Mani, and other board members to file their response...
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Jewellers move Madras High Court against the compulsory hallmarking rule

Jul 08, 2021 Nancy Goyal 4
A Chennai jewellery Association has approached the Madras High Court challenging the rule of making hallmark mandatory gold jewellery and artefacts across the country.Gold hallmark is a certification of purity, now made mandatory by the Order for hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artifacts, 2020 and the Bureau of Indian Standards...
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Nokia sues Oppo for patent infringement in Asian and European Countries

Jul 15, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 2
Nokia, a Finnish multinational smartphone manufacturer and telecommunication giant, has sued Oppo for patent violation. For utilising copyrighted Nokia technology without legal licences, the Chinese telecoms brand will have to face litigation in many Asian and European nations, including India, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.Nokia’s...
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Supreme Court to hear Amazon- Future- Reliance case on July 20, 2021

Jul 12, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 5
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 8, 2021) adjourned till July 20, 2021 it’s hearing on a petition filed by American e-commerce firm Amazon against Kishore Biyan promoted- Future Groups after it was informed about an arbitration proceeding between the two companies at the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) from...
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Twitter Officials Say 'Available for Questioning by UP Police Via VC" Into MD's Investigation

Jul 21, 2021 Nargis Bano 1
Ghaziabad Police has received a response from Twitter officials, stating that they are ready to be available for questioning via video conferencing, according to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Ghaziabad Amit Pathak, days after a legal notice was sent to Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari regarding the viral video of the...
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Cochin Zone ED moves Kerala High Court challenging Judicial Inquiry, says 'it’s an attempt to prevent investigation'

Jun 28, 2021 Celin Sunil 4
The Cochin Zone Enforcement Directorate has moved the Kerala High Court against appointment of Judicial Commission by the State Government to inquire to various conduct of various Central Agencies in Kerala from July 2021.Chaired by Former Kerala High Court Judge VK Mohanan, the Kerala Government had constituted the Judicial Commission to examine...
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Manipur-based activist Erendro Leichombam who was Detained over controversial Facebook post released

Jul 21, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
On Monday, July 19, 2021, the Supreme Court directed the release of Erendro Leichombam, a Manipur-based activist, who was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) for his social media posts allegedly on the efficacy of cow dung & urine as cures for COVID-19 in the context of the death of a BJP leader due to the virus.A Bench of Justices...
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Gold Smuggling Case: State Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Single Judge Order Quashing FIR Against ED

Jul 12, 2021 Nancy Goyal 5
On Wednesday (July 7,2021) the Kerala government moved  the State High Court against the single–judge bench order that quashed the two FIRs against the ED (Enforcement Director) officials in connection with the Gold Smuggling case to implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.The case involves the seizure of gold worth Rs. 15 Crore from the...
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NHRC Issues Notice to Sukma DM & SSP over Adivasi Killings in Chhattisgarh

Jul 15, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 16
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday (July 13, 2021) issued notice to the District Magistrate, and the Superintendent of Police of Sukma District, Chhattisgarh, over the incidents of killing and injuring that took place in the district in May this year. This comes after a petition filed by human rights activist and Supreme...
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NGT issues directions to states to curb elephant killing on railway tracks, takes Suo Moto Cognizance of media report

Jul 14, 2021 Celin Sunil 3
The National Green Tribunal (NGT, Principal Bench, New Delhi) initiated Suo moto proceedings on the basis of a media report which is titled “Night, early morning trains cause most elephant deaths” published in the Hindu on May 29, 2021.The report enumerated the occurrence of frequent elephant accidents caused on railway tracks running between...
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Andhra Pradesh Government Moves Supreme Court Against Telangana Government in Dispute Over Sharing of Krishna River Water

Jul 16, 2021 Nargis Bano 4
The state of Andhra Pradesh has filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court regarding a water-sharing dispute with the state of Telangana.The writ petition requests that the Union of India notify the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) of its jurisdiction pursuant to Section 87 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. It also requested...
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Government opposes petitions in Gujarat High Court to end Liquor prohibition in State

Jun 26, 2021 Prachi Jain 4
The Gujarat Government has urged the Gujarat High Court to dismiss a batch of pleas which want to end liquor prohibition in India's westernmost state. The Gujarat HC has reserved its verdict on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Gujarat Prohibition Act 1949; which ban transportation, manufacture, sale & purchase of liquor in...
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Ministry of cooperation: Central Govt creates a new ministry to strengthen cooperative movement

Jul 08, 2021 Rashbana Thansi 2
On Tuesday (06/07/2021), the government created a Ministry of Cooperation to boost the Indian cooperative movement and encourage indigenous enterprises.India's first minister of cooperation will also be sworn in on Wednesday (07/07/2021)once the Union Cabinet reshuffle takes place and the new ministers take the oath of office at the Durbar Hall in...
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Govt. extends deadline for public comments on draft e-commerce rules till Aug 5, 2021

Jul 08, 2021 Rashbana Thansi 3
On Monday (05/06/2021), the Government once again delayed the implementation of new e-commerce rules after it accepted the request from some industry associations as well as e-commerce giants for an extension of the deadline for sending in their comments on the draft rules by  July 21. Earlier the last date for public comments on...
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UP Government considers Supreme Court’s directions, says ‘no Kanwar Yatra for this year as well’

Jul 21, 2021 Celin Sunil 5
On Monday, July 19, 2021, the State Government of Uttar Pradesh informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to completely cancel the ‘Kanwar Yatra’ this year and all the Kanwar Sanghs have agreed to this opinion keeping in view the current Covid-19 situations.The Uttar Pradesh Government came up with this decision after the Apex Court gave...
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Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay files PIL to make Poll Bribery a Cognizable Offence

Jul 06, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 12
India has the distinction of being the largest democracy in the world. Elections are the most important and integral part of politics in a democratic system of governance. While politics is the art and practice of dealing with political power, the election is a process of legitimizing such power. Democracy and free and fair elections are...
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Bombay High Court directs State Government and BMC to look into the Vaccine Scam

Jun 28, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni said that the BMC might first have to check the victims for antibodies and then work out the modalities to inoculate them as, in many cases, the victims were already given vaccine certificates. The Bombay High Court has asked the State and BMC to file separate affidavits...
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Plea in Karnataka High Court seeks cancellation of SSLC Exams in the state

Jul 08, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of the notification issued by the State Government which declares conduct of SSLC examination for the academic year 2020-21 on the July 19th and 20th, 2021.The petition filed by SV Singre Gowda states that the entire world is battling with the pandemic...
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CIC Stays RBI Order Directing Bank to Disclose RTI Information on NPAs and Top Defaulters [READ ORDER]

Jul 09, 2021 Nargis Bano 7
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has stayed the order of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) First Appellate Authority (FAA) directing the disclosure of information on Saraswat Co-operative Bank Limited's non-performing assets (NPAs) and top defaulters. CIC Suresh Chandra issued the order in response to Saraswat Bank's appeal of the RBI...
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‘Complainant not entitled to hearing in bail plea under Juvenile Justice Act’: Rajasthan HC

Jul 07, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
The Jodhpur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has stated that it is not obligated to provide the complainant with an opportunity of hearing while deciding upon a bail plea of juvenile accused under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. Justice Sandeep Mehta observed that the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act indicate that the legislation does...
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Covid- 19: Supreme Court refuses permission for Rath Yatra in places other than Puri in Odisha

Jul 07, 2021 Rashbana Thansi 3
On Tuesday(06/07/2021), the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Odisha government’s decision to limit the Rath Yatra this year to the Puri Jagannath temple. The court dismissed petitions that sought permission to hold Rath Yatras at other temples as well."This year more people died, and last year, lesser number of people died," the...
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Delhi High Court issues notice on plea alleging specific prohibition on reopening of spa centers

Jul 07, 2021 Celin Sunil 3
Justice Rekha Palli sought response of the Delhi Government and the Centre in a plea filed by two licensed spa centers located in Delhi and has listed the matter for further hearing on July 20, 2021.The Delhi High Court on Monday, July 05, 2021, issued a notice on a plea alleging delay by the Government to issue guidelines for opening up spa...
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Evidence of Approximate Age of Prosecutrix Cannot Take the Place of Proof of Exact Age: Patna High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case [READ ORDER]

Jul 10, 2021 Nancy Goyal 5
While acquitting an accused in a POCSO (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case the Patna High Court pointed out that the proof of the prosecutrix’s approximate age cannot replace the proof of exact age.BackgroundThe accused Arjun was convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl. He was convicted by the Trial Court for offenses under...
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Plea in Kerala High Court against societies’ decisions barring pets

Jul 21, 2021 Celin Sunil 3
Many housing societies and apartment associations have passed a decision to bar residents from keeping pets in their homes, which has been challenged in the Kerala High Court by an animal welfare organisation, which contended that banning pets was “illegal, arbitrary and unfair”.A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved by People for...
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Kerala High Court stays Notice to Demolish Buildings in Lakshadweep for Alleged Encroachment of Public Land

Jul 13, 2021 Nargis Bano 3
On Saturday ( July 10, 2021) the Kerala High Court  stayed the show-cause notices issued to Lakshadweep residents ordering them to demolish their buildings within two days because they were built on government land.During the special sitting, Justice Sunil Thomas issued an interim order suspending the operation of the aforementioned notices...
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Madras High Court Refuses to Quash IT Department Notices Issued against Karti Chidambaram

Jul 09, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
On Monday (5th July 2021), the Madras High Court refused to vacate the Income Tax Department's show-cause notice issued to Karti Chidambaram and others for the fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16.The charge against Karti Chidambaram, P Chidambaram's son, is that he sold 5.11 acres to Agni Estates and Foundations Private Limited and avoided paying tax...
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NEET 2021:Madras High Court To Hear All Petitions on July 13, 2021

Jul 09, 2021 Nargis Bano 3
The Madras High Court has ordered that all petitioners in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) case be heard in the afternoon session on July 13, 2021.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and justice Senthikumar Ramamoorthly was informed the Additional Solicitor General R. Sankaranarayanan that the Centre would file it's...
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Man accused of posting WhatsApp message urging people to assault former CJI for refusing Rath Yatra granted bail by Orissa High Court

Jul 09, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
The Orissa High Court has granted bail to Mukesh Jain, who was accused of posting a message in WhatsApp Group provoking people to join him on a mission to assault the former Chief Justice of India with shoes for refusing permission to observe Rath Yatra. Mukesh Jain, is said to be the National Chairman of Dharma Rakshyak Shri Dara Sena, who...
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Non-Consideration of Reply Filed by Assessee Amounts to Violation of Natural Justice: Kerala HC [READ JUDGMENT]

Jun 26, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 10
The Kerala High Court, while allowing an appeal has observed that non-consideration of a reply filed by the Assessee amounts to a violation of the principles of natural justice when the existence of such reply is within the knowledge of the Assessing Officer. (M/S Euro Business System v. the State of Kerala)These observations were made by a...
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Passport renewal cannot be refused if the applicant barred from leaving the country: High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Jul 08, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
Recently, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana has ruled that the passport authority cannot refuse to renew the passport because the person has not been authorized to leave the country.This remark came when the high court was dealing with a case of refusal of passport renewal by the Regional Passport Office, Amritsar, in the matter of a Harjit...
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Patna HC sets aside death sentence in dowry death case [READ JUDGMENT]

Jun 26, 2021 Athira Nair 8
The Patna HC has set aside the reference order of the trial court which was regarding the confirmation of death sentence in connection to a dowry death case. Patna HC states that one must learn how to not write judgements. This particular judgement from the trial court is an example. The HC observed that the trial court should have avoided...
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Problem of Poverty Can Be Addressed Through Law as its Solution to Achieve Development: Madhya Pradesh HC [READ ORDER]

Jul 12, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued guidelines about the effective implementation of the NALSA (The National Legal Services Authority) Scheme, 2015, and issued directions for completion of inquiry relating to a complaint filed regarding the construction of toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission.Facts of the MatterThe petitioner Ramu Chaudhary,...
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Punjab & Haryana High Court provides protection to 21- & 19-year-old couple for living together in a live-in relationship

Jul 14, 2021 Celin Sunil 3
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted protection to a 21-year-old lady and a 19-year-old man after observing that the two, being major, are entitled to live together in a live-in relationship.A single judge bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi stated, “In the present case the petitioners being major are entitled to live together in...
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Bombay High Court directs state government to resolve contractual disputes within 15 days

Jul 08, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has observed that the act of a maintenance agency stopping Police access to CCTV cameras that are installed in public places for monitoring criminal activities, interferes in performance of public duty. The Court therefore asked the State of Maharashtra and Larsen and Tourbo (maintenance agency in...
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Legal recognition of same-sex marriage, Delhi HC issues notice to Centre

Jul 07, 2021 Rashbana Thansi 2
On Tuesday(06/7/2021) The Delhi High Court issued notice to the Centre in a petition seeking a declaration that the right to legal recognition of same-sex marriage is a fundamental right under Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21 irrespective of a person’s gender, sex or sexual orientation.The petition also sought to declare that a spouse of foreign...
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Supreme Court denies man’s request for pre-arrest bail after he was accused of making an offensive Facebook post on Smriti Irani [READ ORDER]

Jul 13, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
The Hon’ble Supreme Court earlier this week on July 9, 2021, Friday dismissed a petition filed by a man seeking anticipatory bail in an FIR filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police Department over a Facebook post allegedly containing objectionable statements directed against the hon’ble Union minister Smriti Irani.A bench of Justice Sanjat Kishan...
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Supreme Court grants bail to 13 prisoners languishing in Agra jail for over two decades

Jul 09, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 4
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 8, 2021) granted interim bail to 13 prisoners who have languished in Agra Jail for 14-22 years despite proving their juvenility at the time of the commission of the offense. “It is not in dispute that 13 petitioners have been held by Juvenile Justice Boards as juveniles. Let interim bail be granted to them by...
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Supreme Court to Hear Ramdev Baba's Plea on His Allopathy Remarks Next Week

Jul 07, 2021 Nargis Bano 5
On Monday(5th June 2021), the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on Yoga guru Ramdev Baba's petition against the filing of multiple FIR's against him in various states in connection with his alleged remarks on the efficacy of allopathy in COVID-19 treatment until next week.A Bench led by CJI NV Ramana stated that it received a large volume of...
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SC Seeks Attorney General's response on plea challenging constitutional validity of Sec. 124-A, IPC which penalises sedition; Hearing to take place on July 27, 2021

Jul 14, 2021 Rashbana Thansi 3
On Monday(12/07/2021), the Supreme Court deferred the hearing on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860, which penalises the crime of “sedition,” to July 27, 2021.A bench of the top court, headed by Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, adjourned the matter after it was informed that...
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Special Bench of Allahabad HC Hears Habeas Corpus Petition alleging abduction and illegal detention by Police [READ ORDER]

Jul 13, 2021 Nargis Bano 4
According to an order of the Acting Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, a Special Bench was formed on July 11, 2021 to hear a Habeas Corpus petition filed by a boy, through his mother, alleging that he was abducted from his home and held in illegal detention in a Police Station torture room.Taking the Government Counsel's position into...
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'Are you willing to put student’s lives in danger?' Supreme Court warns the government of Andhra Pradesh not to hold Class XII exams in the face of COVID

Jun 25, 2021 Kartikey Garg 3
On Tuesday (June 22nd, 2021), the Supreme Court ordered state boards to notify their respective schemes for assessing the cancelled Class 12 physical exams within 10 days of June 24th, 2021.The Court also ordered the state boards to release the results of their internal assessments by July 31. "We've issued a General Order to all boards. We direct...
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Supreme Court to Examine Whether Magistrate Can Extend Time to File Chargesheet Under Section 43D of UAPA

Jul 12, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 6
The Supreme Court will examine whether a Magistrate is competent to grant a chargesheet extension under Section 43D of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 (hereinafter referred to as UAPA).The issue came up before Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Justice Ajay Rastogi, and Justice Aniruddha Bose while hearing a special leave petition challenging...
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Uttarakhand HC orders online tuition course for juvenile in children’s home as an example of Right to Education [READ ORDER]

Jun 26, 2021 Athira Nair 14
Elucidating the importance of Right to Education, the Uttarakhand HC has directed the SI of children’s home in Haridwar to arrange for online tutorials for the juveniles who are willing to enroll for graduation.The bench consisted of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Alok Kumar Verma.This decision followed after the bench heard a...
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Uttarakhand High Court Takes Cognizance After Advocate Makes Repeated Calls to Woman Judicial Officer

Jul 09, 2021 Nargis Bano 7
The High Court of Uttarakhand has taken suo motu cognizance of a case in which the secretary of the Laksar Bar Association, Navneet Tomar, allegedly made repeated phone calls and sent messages to a Woman Judicial Officer.The Court has filed a criminal contempt petition against Tomar and has scheduled the next hearing for July 28, 2021.A division...
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Delhi District Courts should Consider Resuming Physical Hearing of Cases

Jun 25, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 17
With a decline in daily COVID-19 cases in India, things have started appearing somewhat normal after weeks of turmoil and tragedy caused by the second wave of the pandemic.The Kerala High Court has permitted limited physical hearing in District Courts from June 21, 2021, as the Kerala Government has begun easing lockdown restrictions in the...
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Delhi High Court extends insurance benefit under CM Advocates' Welfare Scheme to lawyers residing in National Capital Region [READ JUDGMENT]

Jul 14, 2021 Rashbana Thansi 3
On Monday (12/07/2021, the Delhi High Court ruled that the Delhi government's Chief Minister Advocates’ Welfare Scheme must be extended to all lawyers registered with the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) irrespective of whether their place of residence is in Delhi or the surrounding National Capital Region (NCR). (Govind Swaroop Chaturvedi and ors v....
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Delhi HC Judge, Justice Bhambhani recuses himself from hearing petition filed by Digital Media Platforms Challenging the Constitutionality of New IT Rules, 2021

Jun 26, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 2
Delhi High Court Justice Anup Bhambhani recused himself from the hearing in the matter dealing with petitions filed by Digital Media Platforms challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.The petitioner, Quintillion Digital Media MD & CEO...
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Justice U.U. Lalit Reiterates the Importance of Lok Adalat to Shed the Unwanted Burden on Courts with Respect To Cases That Can Be Easily Disposed Of

Jun 29, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 4
Justice U.U. Lalit, during a National-level webinar on ‘National Lok Adalat: Challenges and way forward’, organized by the National Legal Service Authority on June 26th, 2021, observed the importance of the Lok Adalat and stressed on the tremendous amount of burden on Courts caused due to the Covid Pandemic on the Supreme Court.Justice U.U....
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Karnataka Judiciary Contributes Towards Covid-19 CM Relief Fund.

Jul 07, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
The Karnataka judiciary recently contributed an amount of Rs.3.38 crore towards the Chief Minister’s Covid-19 Relief Fund in the state.Judges of the High Court as well as the District and Taluk Judiciary and the staff working in all types of courts have combinedly contributed to provide monetary support for the Relief Fund. The High Court...
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Only one woman amongst 16 lawyers receives senior designation from the Patna High Court [READ NOTICE]

Jul 22, 2021 Kartikey Garg 4
On Monday (July 19th, 2021), in a Full Court meeting, the Patna High Court conferred senior designation on 16 advocates. Advocate Nivedita Nirvikar is the only woman on the list who has been named a Senior Advocate. According to the High Court of Judicature of Patna (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2019, the designations were thus...
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Rajasthan HC to commence hybrid hearing of cases from 28th of June, 2021 [READ NOTIFICATION]

Jun 26, 2021 Athira Nair 6
The Rajasthan HC on Thursday, 24th June 2021, issued a notice that it would resume the regular hearing of cases from 28th June, 2021 in a hybrid manner by giving the liberty of choice to parties to choose whether they would like to appear physically or virtually. The entry can be permitted to only those who follow the 14days gap after their 2nd...
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Due To Non-Compliance with IT Rules 2021 Twitter's Safe Harbour Immunity under the IT Act removed : GOI to Delhi HC

Jul 07, 2021 Kartikey Garg 5
In an affidavit to the Delhi High Court, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) of the Government of India stated that Twitter's Safe Harbour Immunity under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) is no longer available because it has not "fully" complied with the IT Rules, 2021. "An intermediary shall not be...
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Recognition of emergency arbitration in India – Analysing the Future Ltd. v Amazon. com judgement

Jul 08, 2021 Namah Bose 41
ABSTRACTThe article discusses the ambiguity in the enforceability of foreign seated emergency arbitral awards. It also talks about the global scenario and acceptability of emergency arbitration. Lastly, it analyses the Future Ltd. vs. Amazon.com judgement in thorough detail.WHAT IS EMERGENCY ARBITRATION? The judgement of Delhi High court in...
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Facebook rejects talks with Australian publisher, may test online law

Jun 29, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 5
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating a claim that Facebook refused a publisher’s request to negotiate a licensing deal, setting the stage for the first test of the world’s toughest online content law.The Conversation, an Australian media outlet, had asked Facebook to begin talks as required under the new...
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Rs. 100 crore defamation suit filed against Manu Rishi Guptha for blog post by ITC

Jul 15, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 4
The ITC has taken a defamation action worth Rs 100 crore toward portfolio manager and blogger Manu Rishi Guptha, as well as two senior executives of the financial blog site FinMedium. Guptha, CEO of SEBI-registered investment advisory firm MRG Capital Partners, they had published a blog post titled “Magic, illusion, or just trickery - The saga...
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'Voluntarily putting new Privacy Policy on hold': WhatsApp tells Delhi HC

Jul 13, 2021 Prachi Jain 2
On July 9th 2021, WhatsApp told the Delhi High Court that it has voluntarily put its updated privacy policy on hold, and that users in India will not be affected by the move.This was said during a hearing in the Delhi HC about WhatsApp and FB's plea challenging CCI's enquiry into the updated privacy policy of WhatsApp.WhatsApp had initially...
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Paytm to file draft prospectus next week for $2.3-bn IPO: Report

Jul 08, 2021 Prachi Jain 6
One97 Communications Ltd, the parent of Indian payments firm Paytm, will file a draft prospectus as early as July 12th 2021, for a domestic initial public offering (IPO) that seeks to raise $2.3 billion, two sources close to the matter said on July 5th 2021, Monday. The money will be raised via sale of new Paytm stock as well as a secondary...
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Social Media Companies to shut fake Accounts within 24 hours of Complaint

Jun 26, 2021 Prachi Jain 4
In a major decision that is likely to end the menace of impersonation on social media in India, the Government has mandated that top companies such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & YouTube have to remove accounts with fake profile pictures of known personalities and businesses, & even the general subscriber, within 24 hours of being...
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In a Ghaziabad FIR, the Karnataka High Court protects Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari from UP police coercion

Jun 25, 2021 Kartikey Garg 2
On Thursday (June 24th, 2021) the Karnataka High Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh police not to take coercive action against Manish Maheshwari, Managing Director of Twitter Communications India Private Ltd (TCIPL), in response to the notice issued to him under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the Ghaziabad FIR.The UP Police have...
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Twitter’s Interim Grievance Officer for India Steps Down

Jun 29, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 4
Amid the ongoing row between Twitter and the Union Government, Twitter’s interim resident grievance officer for India, Dharmendra Chatur, has stepped down.This leaves Twitter without any local officer while keeping a local officer for grievance redressal is mandated under the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media...
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Justice Sanjeev Narula of Delhi High Court recuses himself from hearing concerning Juhi Chawla's Appeal for Waiver of Rs. 20 Lakh's Costs in 5G Case

Jul 14, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 2
The Delhi High Court's Justice Sanjeev Narula on 12th July, 2021, Monday exempted himself from hearing Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla's request for a relief of costs of Rs.20 lakhs imposed on her after the rejection of her suit challenging the country's adoption of 5G technology. In view of several technical flaws in the case, including...
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Pay tax promptly and punctually for etterment of nation: Madras High Court to film stars

Jul 14, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 3
The Madras High Court recently slammed top film star Vijay for contesting the assessment of Entry Tax on his imported luxury automobile, Rolls Royce Ghost, stating that such a renowned actor is “expected to pay the tax quickly and punctually,” and should not be limited to being a mere screen hero. In addition to dismissing the appeal over...
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Raj Kundra placed in police custody until July 23 in connection to involvement in creation of pornographic films

Jul 21, 2021 Saakshi Singh Rawat 4
In conjunction with the Mumbai Crime Branch's ongoing investigation further into the suspected creation and distribution of pornographic movies, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court in Mumbai detained businessman Raj Kundra and his accomplice Ryan Tharp in police custody until 23rd July, Friday.Sections 354(C) (Voyeurism), 292 (selling of...
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Amaravati Land Scam: CID Seeks AP High Court Permission to Question Former Minister Narayana

Jul 07, 2021 Nargis Bano 2
The CID is looking into allegations of irregularities in a land deal in Amaravati, the state capital. Former CRDA commissioner Cherukuri Sridhar was questioned in the case by CID officials, who provided an explanation to authorities regarding the disappearance of revenue records.During the CID investigation, he appears to have revealed key facts....
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Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh moves SC for protection in money laundering case

Jul 07, 2021 Prachi Jain 3
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on July 4th 2021, moved the Supreme Court seeking protection from any coercive action in a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate had, on July 3rd 2021 Saturday, issued fresh summons to the 71-year-old NCP leader seeking his appearance on July 5th 2021, in the case.The ED has, so far,...
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Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court to Hear Former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain's Bail Pleas on August 6, 2021

Jul 15, 2021 Prachi Jain 3
The Delhi High Court will be hearing on August 6 the bail pleas filed by former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in the two FIRs registered against him in connection with the northeast Delhi riots case.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notice in the bail application and had sought Delhi Police's status report...
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Prime Accused in Gold Smuggling Case- Swapna Suresh moves Kerala High Court for Bail

Jul 08, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 3
Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the gold smuggling case, has approached the Kerala High Court for bail in the FIR registered against her by the National Investigation Agency for smuggling gold via diplomatic channels and for illegal smuggling of large quantities of gold from foreign countries.Swapna Suresh was taken into custody by the...
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Lawyer Attacked With Sword; 3 Arrested

Jul 21, 2021 Nargis Bano 8
A lawyer was allegedly assaulted in broad daylight by a gang of goons who surrounded him and thrashed him with sticks and swords in Mumbai's Borivali neighborhood. Three people were arrested in this case by the Mumbai Police.The shocking incident occurred on Sunday(July 18, 2021), when the lawyer Satyadev Joshi and his associate Ankit Tandon went...
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Leakage of sensitive information to Chinese Intelligence Officials: Delhi HC sends Rajeev Sharma to judicial custody

Jul 16, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 2
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (July 14, 2021) sent Rajeev Sharma to judicial custody for 14 days at the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Rajeev Sharma, a Delhi-based freelance journalist was arrested earlier this month in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to alleged leakage and supply of sensitive information to...
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‘Toxic' Madan imprisoned under the Goondas Act after being arrested for posting offensive material on YouTube

Jul 09, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 2
YouTuber 'Toxic' Madan, who was apprehended by Chennai police on 18th June for making disparaging remarks about women in his videos, was held under the Goondas Act,1982 (The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Forest Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum-Grabbers, and Video...
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Maharashtra Police Arrests Engineer Running Thop TV App for Circulating Pirated OTT Content

Jul 16, 2021 Nancy Goyal 6
Maharashtra Cyber Police have arrested a Hyderabad-based IT engineer for allegedly streaming pirated content from various over-the-top (OTT) platforms and satellite channels on an Android app called Thop TV. He was arrested from his residence in Gurramguda, a residential locality in Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad, on Monday, July 12, 2021.The...
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Mehul Choksi applies for bail in Dominica High Court in illegal entry case

Jul 07, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi accused of Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank fraud has applied for bail once again in the Dominica High Court in connection with his illegal entry into the country. Choksi has been denied relief in the same matter on two prior occasions.In early June, Choksi's request for bail was rejected by the Dominican...
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Special NIA Court Rejects bail appliaction of Professor Anand Teltumbde: Bhima Koregaon Case

Jul 14, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 2
On 12th July, 2021 (Monday), a Special NIA Court denied former IIT professor and academic Anand Teltumbde's bail appeal in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, which was filed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.On 6th July, 2021, Special Judge DE Kothalikar reserved the application for orders. Teltumbde, 70, was apprehended by...
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Spouse of late Union minister P. Rangarajan Kumaramangalam found dead in Delhi

Jul 08, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 3
Kitty Kumaramangalam, the wife of deceased former Union minister P Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, was discovered dead at her residence in Vasant Vihar in Southwest Delhi on 7th July, Wednesday, police confirmed. They further stated that she was 67 years old. Between 1998 and 2001, P Rangarajan Kumarmanglam was a Union minister in the government...
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Tribal Rights Activist, Father Stan Swamy succumbs to COVID at Holy Family Hospital on July 5, 2021 while seeking interim bail under the UAPA, 1967

Jul 08, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 2
Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Jesuit priest and human rights activist working for the marginalized communities in Jharkhand, passed away at the Holy Family hospital on Monday, July 5th, 2021 while still seeking interim bail after his arrest under the anti-terrorism law, UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967) by National Investigation...
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'Didn't violate any Law': Varun Gandhi challenges Twitter over Notice

Jul 02, 2021 Prachi Jain 3
On 24th June 2021, Thursday, BJP MP Varun Gandhi challenged Twitter to reveal the legal notice that it said it had received from "Indian law enforcement" against violations by his account on the social media platform."I am certain I have violated no law and that no law agency would have found anything offensive in my tweets. Twitter should clarify...
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NGT pulls up Delhi Jal Board for shirking its responsibility to control bad odor from Kondli Sewage Treatment Plant, fines Rs. 5 lakh Per Month till Compliance [READ ORDER]

Jul 14, 2021 Nancy Goyal 2
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up Delhi Jal Board (DJB) after noticing that it has failed to control the “bad odor” emanating from a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in the Kondli area of Delhi. Tribunal said that DJB is held to be liable to pay a cost of 5 lakhs per month from June 1 till compliance.A bench headed by NGT chairperson...
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BCI gets Goa Government’s nod to establish a new law school in the State

Jun 26, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 6
The Goa Cabinet on Wednesday (June 23, 2021) approved the setting up of an international university for legal education and research in the state.Addressing a press conference, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who chaired the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, said that the institute will be funded and run by the Bar Council of India and that 20%...
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CAIT urges govt. not to dilute draft e-commerce rules

Jun 29, 2021 Prachi Jain 3
Domestic traders' body Confederation of All India Traders CAIT on June 27th 2021, Sunday urged the government not to dilute the draft of e-commerce rules under any pressure of foreign-funded online firms. In a communication to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said it has been observed that voices of...
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Drop Cases Filed Under Repealed Section 66A of IT Act: MHA to States & Uts [READ NOTIFICATION]

Jul 16, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 4
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday (July 14, 2021) asked the States and the Union Territories to withdraw immediately the cases registered under the repealed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, days after the Supreme Court expressed shock that it was being invoked even six years after it struck down the...
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Government creates a new Ministry of Cooperation, calls it a historic move [READ PRESS NOTE]

Jul 07, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 10
Ahead of the much-awaited cabinet expansion, the Central Government has created a new Ministry of Cooperation with an aim to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country.Late Tuesday evening (July 6, 2021), the government informed that in a historic move it had created a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ to realize the vision of...
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Govt. defers mandatory installation of front seat airbags in existing car models till December 31

Jun 29, 2021 Prachi Jain 2
The road transport ministry has deferred by four months the mandatory installation of dual airbags for front seats in the existing car models, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior government official said on 27th June 2021, Sunday. In view of the prevailing pandemic situation, the ministry has decided to defer mandatory installation of...
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States, UTs Directed to Strictly Follow National Directives for Covid-19 Management Throughout Country: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

Jul 13, 2021 Nancy Goyal 5
The Centre on Saturday (July,10,2021) informed the Delhi High Court that it has asked all states and Union territories (UT) to strictly follow the National Directives for COVID-19 management and take required action under the Disaster Management Act,2005.It has also stated that the Centre has also shared the framework for implementation of prompt...
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Truth behind the rumors on the new Farm Laws in India

Jul 21, 2021 Vivek Kumar 4
Introduction:On the morning of 17 September 2020, three Farm Laws were passed in the Lok Sabha, and the country has been in a big debate ever since. The argument over whether the farm laws will empower farmers or destroy the agriculture sector of India in ongoing since then. As the 8-month long dispute continues, let’s take a look at some...
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Twitter failed to fully comply with IT rules 2021 despite 3 months’ time: Centre tells Delhi HC

Jul 07, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
On July 5,2021, the Central Government told the Delhi High Court that despite the three months granted to all-important Social Media Intermediaries (SSMI), Twitter Inc has not fully complied with the 2021 IT (Information technology) rules.The deadline for compliance with the new regulations was May 26, 2021.In an affidavit filed before the Delhi...
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WB Govt. Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking Recall of Contempt Notice to DCP Due to NHRC Obstruction

Jul 08, 2021 Kartikey Garg 3
The West Bengal administration has petitioned the Calcutta High Court to vacate its July 2 judgement directing the police to register cases in all instances reported to it or referred to the NHRC or any other entity in connection with post-poll violence in the state. The order was issued by a five-judge bench led by Acting Chief Justice...
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Brazil Supreme Court opens investigation into President Bolsonaro’s role in Covaxin scandal

Jul 07, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
A Supreme Court Judge in Brazil late on Friday (July 2,2021) opened a criminal investigation into President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to allegations of potential corruption in a Health Ministry contract to buy 20 million (2 crores) doses of the coronavirus vaccine produced by India’s Bharat Biotech.Although it failed to obtain regulatory...
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Security Software Pioneer, John McAfee, found dead in jail cell near Barcelona after Spanish Court ordered Extradition to the USA

Jun 26, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 5
John McAfee, security software pioneer, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 after his body was discovered at the Brians 2 Penitentiary Centre near Barcelona in north-eastern Spain. A hedonist, McAfee, who was a cryptocurrency promoter, tax opponent, U.S. presidential candidate and...
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Mehul Choksi reaches Dominica High Court to appeal proceedings

Jul 08, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 3
According to local media, absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi has filed a lawsuit in the high court of Roseau, seeking to dismiss the proceedings against him, claiming that his detention in Dominica for unlawful entry was dictated by officials of the Indian government. The complaint was brought against by the Caribbean nation's immigration...
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A second FIR based on the very same allegations cannot be registered when the first FIR has been quashed on merits: Kerala High Court

Jun 29, 2021 Nancy Goyal 5
Recently, a Single Bench of Kerala High Court comprising Justice VG Arun while dismissing a petition stated that a second FIR based on the very same allegations cannot be registered, more so when the first FIR has been quashed on merits.BackgroundFormer Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan had approached the Kerala High Court challenging...
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Amaravati land scam: Supreme Court to hear Andhra Pradesh Government appeal against High Court order on July 22, 2021

Jul 15, 2021 Nancy Goyal 4
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 13,2021), adjourned the hearing in a petition filed by the Andhra Pradesh Government challenging the High Court order staying a probe into the case registered against a former Advocate General and others for alleged irregularities in the Amaravati land distribution during the erstwhile TDP (The Telugu Desam...
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'Arbitrators like Courts, are legally bound to resolve disputes in accordance with law': Bombay High Court [READ JUDGMENT]

Jun 26, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 17
In a remarkable judgment, the Bombay High Court has held that Arbitral Tribunals like Courts are legally bound to resolve disputes in accordance with the public policy of the law. The Court observed that Arbitral Tribunals do not lack the inherent jurisdiction in considering a claim for specific performance of the MOUs. They have the...
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"Due to the clear link between the Kumbh Mela and subsequent deaths, COVID should not be re-invited by allowing large gatherings at shrines": Uttarakhand HC [READ ORDER]

Jun 26, 2021 Kartikey Garg 5
On Wednesday (June 23rd, 2021), the Uttarakhand High Court ruled that the COVID epidemic should not be re-invited by the State Government's permission to hold and authorise massive gatherings at religious locations, as well as the Char Dham Yatra. The government has been requested to reconsider its plan to begin the Char Dham Yatra on July 1,...
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Bombay HC asks state government to come up with regulations to avoid deaths from building collapses

Jul 08, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 2
The Bombay High Court on Monday (July 5, 2021) asked the state government to come up with a policy to ensure that no lives are lost from the collapse of illegally constructed structures. It appears the state’s property was the paternal property of the executive, the court remarked. A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni...
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Bombay High Court Seeks Minister Nitin Raut's Response on Alleged Illegal Use of Chartered Flights During Lockdown [READ ORDER]

Jul 16, 2021 Nargis Bano 1
On Wednesday (July 14, 2021), the Bombay High Court directed Maharashtra's Energy Minister Nitin Raut, among others, to respond to a PIL filed by the state BJP media cell chief - Vishwas Pathak - seeking orders directing Raut to reimburse the state power companies for Rs 43.55 lakh allegedly spent on his "illegal" use of chartered flights during...
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Calcutta High Court Dismisses plea of Gour Chandra Mandal seeking to withhold the motion of no-confidence by members of district council [READ ORDER]

Jul 09, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 2
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed the plea of Gour Chandra Mandal, President of the Malda Zilla Parishad on Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 seeking to withhold the motion of no confidence that was served to the Gour Chandra by 23- members of the 38 strong district council.The petitioner, Gour Chandra Mandal had joined the Malda Zilla Parishad as...
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Calcutta HC explains whether ‘Interim Relief’ granted would constitute ‘Interim Award’ within the meaning of Arbitration and Conciliation Act: Lindsay International Private Limited v. IFGL Refractories Limited

Jul 02, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 4
The Calcutta High Court while hearing a petition that sought setting aside an alleged ‘interim award’ dated October 15th, 2020 and deciding whether an interim relief granted by an Arbitrator would constitute ‘an interim award, thereby allowing it to be set aside under Article 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, observed that...
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Can Airline Transport Pilot License be denied on grounds that the applicant’s experience is with a foreign operator? Delhi High Court to consider issue [READ ORDER]

Jul 14, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 4
A writ petition before the Delhi High Court has raised an interesting question as to whether a person having flying experience from a foreign operator and holding a valid commercial pilot license issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) can be denied issuance of an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) on the ground that his...
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‘Cannot permit to give a purely contractual dispute the colour of a public function’ : Twitter to Delhi High Court in writ petition filed by Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde for restoration of Twitter account

Jul 09, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 6
Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde filed a writ petition under Article 226 before the Delhi High Court seeking the restoration of his suspended Twitter account, invoking the High Court’s writ jurisdiction on the grounds that twitter imparts a public function and the nature of activities undertaken by Twitter is in furtherance of a Fundamental Right...
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Corruption is society’s deadliest enemy, says Gujarat High Court

Jul 14, 2021 Celin Sunil 2
The Gujarat High Court recently observed that society has become a victim to the rampant corrupt practices of civil servants. ‘Corruption is the deadliest enemy of every free civilized society’, stressed the Court. The bench of Justice Gita Gopi remarked that private citizen’s right to file complaint against a public servant and to...
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'Delay affects the future of students, Supreme Court to Centre; notify counselling within one week': Supreme Court to Centre on NEET MDS 2021

Jul 15, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 3
The Supreme Court of India, instructed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 12th July, Monday to disclose the NEET-MDS 2021 counselling sessions, within a week. A panel of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy, noted that the delay in counselling may have significant repercussions for the students who have been waiting, since...
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Delhi court directs fresh verification of address furnished by Asif Iqbal Tanha in Delhi riots case [READ ORDER]

Jun 26, 2021 Nancy Goyal 6
On June 23, 2021, a Delhi High Court accepted the bail bonds of Delhi Riots accused Asif Iqbal Tanha but directed a fresh verification of the new address at Delhi’s Jamia Nagar provided by him.The order was passed by Additional Session Judge Amitabh Rawat after Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad took objection to the address stated...
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Delhi court dismisses plea to Sudhir Chaudhary's summons in the Mahua Moitra case

Jul 07, 2021 Kartikey Garg 3
Sudhir Chaudhary of Zee News filed a revision appeal in Delhi, challenging an order summoning him in an alleged defamation case brought by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra. On Monday (July 5th, 2021).Additional Sessions Judge Anil Antil issued a judgement stating that the metropolitan magistrate's summons order did not "suffer from illegality or...
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Vacation Bench of Delhi High Court Refuses to Grant Interim Relief to Digital News Portals, Re-Notifies Application for Roster Bench

Jun 29, 2021 AISHWARYA GAIROLA 2
The vacation bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices C Hari Shankar and Subramonium Prasad, refused a stay on the implementation of the IT Rules sought in applications by the Quint and the Wire, stating that it was prima facie not inclined to grant any interim relief for actions against non-compliance with the IT rules.The bench said,...
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Can’t take as long as you want: Delhi High Court slams Twitter over non-compliance of IT Rules

Jul 08, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 2
The Delhi High Court on Monday (July 5, 2021) gave an earful to the social media giant Twitter after it failed to appoint a Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) in compliance with the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. “If Twitter thinks that they can take as much time as it wants in our...
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State can't dictate what we eat, drink: Gujarat HC argues on Gujarat Prohibition Law

Jul 02, 2021 Prachi Jain 5
On June 23rd 2021 Wednesday, the Gujarat High Court reserved its order on maintainability of a batch of petitions challenging provisions of the state's Prohibition Act as contrary to the citizen's rights to privacy, life and personal liberty as enshrined in the Constitution.The division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav...
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Effort to Shield Real Culprits': Calcutta HC Initiates Departmental Proceedings Against Investigating Officer, Orders De Novo Probe [READ ORDER]

Jul 13, 2021 Nancy Goyal 2
On Friday (July,9,2021), the Calcutta High Court, when hearing a petition for quashing of the charge sheet, condemned the investigators for conducting a “biased, completely misleading and completely tainted” investigation to protect the actual criminals.Therefore, a departmental proceeding was filed against the investigating officer, and the...
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Extension of Interim Orders Shall Not Continue Beyond July 15: Madras High Court

Jul 14, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
On Monday (July 12, 2021), the Madras High Court clarified that due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, its previous order to extend the validity of the interim order will not continue beyond July 15, 2021. These orders were passed under the initiation of Suo Moto proceedings by the Court in Re: Extension of Return and Interim Orders.A Division...
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Filing common charge-sheet in case of same accused impermissible: Karnataka High Court

Jun 29, 2021 Nancy Goyal 4
The Karnataka High Court has said that filing of a common charge-sheet for complaints filed by the individual investors against the same accused in different police stations is against the law and filing amalgamated charge-sheet is impermissible under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).A Single Bench of Karnataka High Court comprising Justice K...
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Forced Religious Conversions Under the Shroud of Superstition and Black Magic: Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay files PIL stating Dire Need to Implement Law in the matter [Read PIL]

Jul 07, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 10
The present century is considered an age of technology and development. With the advancement of science, there have been radical developments, globally, in the fields of Medicine, Space, Communication, Agriculture, etc. Information and knowledge, today, are just a click away. However, despite the indispensable role of scientific thinking in the...
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Gujarat High Court Directs Parents of 18 Y/O Girl to Not Harass Her for Wanting to Marry Boy Aged 19 After Attaining Marriageable Age [READ ORDER]

Jul 14, 2021 Nancy Goyal 2
The Gujarat High Court has ordered the parents of an 18-year-old girl not to harass her because she wants to marry a boy when she attains the age of marriage.A division bench of Gujarat high court comprising Justice RM Chhaya and Justice Nirzar S Desai stated that,"We appreciate the decision taken by corpus- Divyaben, though she is hardly 18...
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'Act Poses Serious Threat to National Security': Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Man Accused of Operating Illegal International Telecom Setup [READ ORDER]

Jul 14, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 4
The Allahabad High Court on Friday (July 9, 2021) denied granting bail to a man accused of running an illegal international telecom set up and illegally routing calls from foreign countries to India. [Karam Allahi v. State of U.P]Emphasizing the threat such an act posed to national security Justice Samit Gopal rejected the bail application while...
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'Act Poses Serious Threat to National Security': Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Man Accused of Operating Illegal International Telecom Setup [READ ORDER]

Jul 14, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 4
The Allahabad High Court on Friday (July 9, 2021) denied granting bail to a man accused of running an illegal international telecom set up and illegally routing calls from foreign countries to India. [Karam Allahi v. State of U.P]Emphasizing the threat such an act posed to national security Justice Samit Gopal rejected the bail application while...
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Jagannath Rath Yatra 2021: Orissa High Court dismisses petitions seeking permission to hold festival in places other than Puri

Jun 26, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 11
The Orissa High Court, on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021, rejected five petitions that sought permissions to hold the festival of Rath yatra in Kendrapara and Bargarh districts in the light of the pandemic.  The petitions were filed by the servitors of the Sidhha Baladevjew temple in Kendrapara district as well as the one in Bhatli area of...
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Jammu and Kashmir Court denies anticipatory bail to accused for obstructing vaccination drive [READ ORDER]

Jul 06, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 4
On 2.7.2021, Friday, a Jammu and Kashmir Court refused anticipatory release to a person accused of disseminating misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine and hindering the government’s immunisation programme, stating that giving him bail would be like “putting a value on his criminality.”The Court remarked that a few rumour-mongers are serving...
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Karnataka High Court Directs Restoration Possession of 354 Acres to Bajaj Trust Discarding Land Tribunal Order

Jul 15, 2021 Nargis Bano 3
The Karnataka High Court has ordered the authorities to hand over 354 acres and 10 guntas of land held by Jamnalal Bajaj Seva Trust off Magadi Road immediately, calling the Land Tribunal's (Bengaluru North) position "reprehensible."The chief secretary has also been directed to take appropriate corrective action and ensure that revenue officers...
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Madhya Pradesh High Court Declares Strike by Nurses as illegal, Asks Govt. to Consider their Demands 'Sympathetically'

Jul 15, 2021 Prachi Jain 2
Condemning the action of nurses to go on strike at a time when the country has still not been able to come out of the ill effects of the second wave of COVID-19, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has declared the strike of nurses in the State as illegal.This direction comes on the plea filed by Nagrik Upbhokta Margdarshak Manch inter alia with a...
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Madras High Court Directs Tamil Nadu Government To Vaccinate Mentally Ill Patients On Priority Across State

Jul 02, 2021 AISHWARYA GAIROLA 3
A bench of the Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthikumar Ramamoorthy, while hearing a plea seeking direction on the effective implementation of the State mental health policy, directed the Tamil Nadu Government to ensure special vaccination drive with the aim to priorities the vaccination of mentally ill...
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Madras High Court Orders 5 Lakhs Compensation to Man Who Lost Wife Due to Non-Availability of Ambulance at Health Centre [READ ORDER]

Jul 08, 2021 Nancy Goyal 2
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the State Government to pay Rs. 5,00,000/- compensation to the husband of a woman who died due to the non-availability of an ambulance at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) and the resultant delay in shifting her to the Medical College for proper treatment.A bench by Judge N. Anand Venkatesh held...
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Judgement in Election Petition filed by Mamta Banerjee seeking recusal of Justice Kaushik Chanda to be Pronounced by Calcutta High Court on July 7th, 2021

Jul 07, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 5
In an application filed by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamta Banerjee seeking the recusal of Justice Kaushik Chandra from hearing her election petition challenging the election of BJP candidate Suvendhu Adhikari from the Nandigram Constituency in the West Bengal assembly polls, the Calcutta High Court will pronounce its judgement on July...
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Can't go Beyond Medical Advice to Allow Lawyers to Use Local Trains: Bombay High Court

Jul 15, 2021 Nargis Bano 5
On Tuesday (July 13, 2021) , the Bombay High Court said that, while it was aware of the difficulties that lawyers in Mumbai face, it could not go beyond medical advice and allow them to use local train services to get to work.However, a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni directed the Maharashtra government to notify the...
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Narada Case: Supreme Court Asks WB Govt, CM Mamata Banerjee & Law Minister to File Applications Before Calcutta High Court to Accept Their Affidavits

Jun 28, 2021 Nancy Goyal 2
On June 25,2021, the Supreme Court asked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Law Minister Moloy Ghatak to file fresh applications before the Calcutta High Court giving reasons for their late filing of affidavits in the Narada scam case.A Vacation Bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari allowed the Chief Minister, Mr....
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NEET MDS 2021- 'Delay affects the future of students; notify on counselling sessions within one week' : Supreme Court to Centre

Jul 13, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 5
The Supreme Court instructed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 12th July, Monday to disclose the NEET-MDS 2021 counselling sessions within a week. A panel of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy noted that the delay in counselling may have significant repercussions for the students who have been waiting since the test...
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Non-Consideration of Reply Filed by Assessee Amounts to Violation of Natural Justice: Kerala HC [READ JUDGMENT]

Jun 26, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 10
The Kerala High Court, while allowing an appeal has observed that non-consideration of a reply filed by the Assessee amounts to a violation of the principles of natural justice when the existence of such reply is within the knowledge of the Assessing Officer. (M/S Euro Business System v. the State of Kerala)These observations were made by a...
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No Pensioner Required To Visit Offices And Banks Or File Life-Certificates: Karnataka State Government Apprises Karnataka High Court

Jul 02, 2021 AISHWARYA GAIROLA 4
The Karnataka State Government apprised the Karnataka High Court that pensioners receiving pension from the government are not required to visit any banks or offices to procure pensions during the pandemic.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindraj was additionally informed by the government that the state will...
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Plea in Bombay High Court challenges the exclusion of Lawyers with 10 years experience from Consumer Forums as per new rules

Jun 26, 2021 Prachi Jain 9
A Lawyer recently knocked on the Bombay High Court's door challenging the validity of the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020 that govern the appointment of presidents and members of State and District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions.Quoting the new rules, petitioner Mahendra Limaye through counsel Tushar Mandlekar assisted by Rohan Malviya,...
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Punjab & Haryana High Court grants protection to Muslim woman who converted to Hinduism to marry [READ ORDER]

Jul 06, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 3
On 2 July 2021, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the senior superintendent of police in Sangrur to safeguard a Muslim lady (and her husband) who converted to Hinduism in order to get married to a Hindu man.The case of Rajina Aka Jyoti and her husband Jaspal Sharma was being heard by Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill's bench.Fearing threats...
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Rajasthan High Court Directs State Govt. to Conduct Training of Principal Magistrates in Juvenile Justice Boards for Sensitizing Them with Juvenile Justice Act,2015 [READ ORDER]

Jul 16, 2021 Nancy Goyal 5
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Child Rights Department of the State Government to conduct training of Principal Magistrates in Juvenile Justice Boards for sensitizing them with the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.The Division Bench comprising Justice Manoj Kumar Garg and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed these directions on July 13,2021, during...
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Minor Rape Victim Can’t Be Handed Over To Accused’s Kin: Gauhati HC Stays Arunachal Court’s Order [READ ORDER]

Jul 14, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 3
The Gauhati High Court has put on hold a controversial order by a sessions court in Arunachal Pradesh that ordered a childcare home to hand over custody of a minor rape survivor to a relative of the rape victim. In a letter to the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary, the Director-General of Police, and other officials concerned on June 30, the...
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Relief for transgenders without ration cards: Madras HC takes up issue, seeks govt response [READ ORDER]

Jun 29, 2021 Nancy Goyal 4
The Madras High Court has sought a response from the Tamil Nadu government on considering persons who have applied to the transgender board to be entitled to receive the cash relief announced by the government, despite not having ration cards.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy noted,...
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Delhi High Court directs Saket Gokhale to delete tweets defaming Lakshmi Puri [READ JUDGMENT]

Jul 14, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 5
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (July 13, 2021) directed journalist Saketh Gokhale to take down his tweets alleging that former Assistant Secretary to the United Nations Lakshmi Puri had purchased a certain property in Switzerland disproportionate to her income. Gokhale has also been barred from posting any defamatory content against Puri and her...
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SC refuses to hear spiritual guru’s plea to release his 21-year-old live-in partner from her parent’s custody

Jul 08, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 5
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 7, 2021) refused to hear a petition filed by a man from Kerala, challenging the High Court’s dismissal of his request to release his spiritual live-in partner. The man alleged that his partner had been illegally detained by her parents. The petitioner is a doctor by profession who had renounced worldly life...
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Supreme Court rules that recovering a weapon used in the commission of an offence is not a sine qua non for conviction [READ JUDGMENT]

Jul 08, 2021 Kartikey Garg 3
On Tuesday (July 6th, 2021), the Supreme Court upheld a murder defendant's conviction, stating that recovering the weapon used in the commission of the crime is not a necessary condition for convicting an accused. According to the ballistic reports, the bullet found does not match the firearm/gun recovered, implying that the use of the gun as...
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SC seeks response of Centre, RBI on plea of PNB against disclosure of info under RTI

Jul 08, 2021 Prachi Jain 2
The Supreme Court has refused to grant interim stay on the RBI's notice asking Punjab National Bank to disclose information such as the defaulters list and its inspection reports under the RTI Act 2005, and sought responses from the Centre, Federal Bank and its central public information officer.The apex court tagged the plea of the Punjab...
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Supreme Court sets deadline for the Calcutta High Court to rule on the Lodha Dispute and Birla Dispute [READ ORDER]

Jul 14, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 4
The Supreme Court of India, set a deadline till 31st March, 2022 for the Calcutta High Court to rule on the petitions filed by Birla family members challenging Harsh Vardhan Lodha's continued role as director and chairman of four MP Birla group entities.The Court issued the directive while declining to intervene with a Calcutta High Court...
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SEBI has to be Heard by Courts in Compounding Offences- Supreme Court

Jul 13, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 5
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 7, 2021) observed that the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the custodian of the investors’ interest and importance needs to be accorded to its consent in compounding offenses. “The SEBI is not a regular complainant, it is the custodian of the investor’s interests, it is a regulatory...
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Single Bench Of Karnataka High Court Observes That No Proceeding Can Be Initiated Against Husband’s Extra Marital Partner Under Section 12 Of Domestic Violence Act

Jul 02, 2021 AISHWARYA GAIROLA 5
A single bench of the Karnataka High Court of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar has held that husband’s extra- marital partner cannot be made a respondent under proceedings initiated by the wife under Section 12 Domestic Violence Act, 2005.The petitioner, represented by Advocate M.H. Prakash, submitted that the he has been unnecessarily made a...
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Sri Krishna Janmabhumi Dispute: "Demolish Mosque in Return of Larger Piece of Land": Sri Krishna Janmabhumi Mukti Aandolan Samiti to Mathura Court

Jun 26, 2021 Nancy Goyal 8
The application has been moved by a Hindu Religion outfit named “Sri Krishna Janmabhumi Mukti Aandolan Samiti” before the Mathura Court to offer a piece of land to the Muslim Mosque’s Management Committee which is larger than the one on which 17th century Shahi Masjid allegedly stands inside the Katra Keshav Dev temple complex.The offer made...
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Telangana High Court Issues Practice Direction Pursuant to the Directions Issued By the Supreme Court in Cheque Dishonouring Cases [Read Circular]

Jun 29, 2021 AISHWARYA GAIROLA 2
The Telangana High Court, pursuant to the direction issued by a constitutional bench of the Supreme court to expediate the trial in Re Expeditious Trial of Cases under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act in matter dealing with the cheque dishonour cases, has issued practice directions dated June 21st, 2021 enumerating that all the cases tried...
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USPC Aspirant files petition in the Supreme Court Against the Cancellation of her Candidature for not submitting requisite proof of educational qualification.

Jul 02, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 2
A plea has been filed by a Civil Services Aspirant in the Supreme Court of India against the UPSC cancelling her candidature for not submitting requisite proof of educational qualification under Rule 7 and Rule 11 of the Civil Services Examination Rules, 2021.The plea filed through Advocate Tanya Shree, submits that the cancellation of the...
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'Can officers who reinstated Sachin Vaze claim impunity?': Bombay HC to CBI on Anil Deshmukh’s plea

Jul 15, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 3
The Bombay High Court said on Monday (July 12, 2021) that one would have to get to the root of the corruption allegations made against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and wondered if those behind reinstating police inspector Sachin Vaze could claim impunity. Mr. Vaze was reinstated last year after being on suspension for 17...
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West Bengal Post Poll Violence: Calcutta High Court Takes on Record NHRC Committee's Final Report; Adjourns Case to July 22 for Arguments [READ ORDER]

Jul 15, 2021 Nancy Goyal 3
The seven-member committee set up by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to probe alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal on Tuesday (July 13,2021) submitted its report to Calcutta High Court.According to the committee's interim report, the High Court observed on July 2,2021 that the 2021 assembly elections were violent, leading to several...
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Calcutta HC Orders DNA Test on Victim Abhijit Sarkar in West Bengal Post Poll Violence

Jul 15, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 3
While hearing a plea in the West Bengal post-poll violence, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (July 13, 2021) has ordered a DNA test on the body of Abhijit Sarkar after his brother Biswajit Sarkar reportedly could not identify the body. Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani told a five-judge bench of the High Court that his client, Biswajit...
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'More than 50% Women Reservation in Nursing Attendants Posts Permissible?': Supreme Court to Examine Issue in plea challenging AIIMS decision

Jul 15, 2021 Prachi Jain 2
The Supreme Court on Friday, 9th July 2021, issued notice in a plea filed challenging the decision taken by AIIMS to provide 80% reservation to women with regard to direct recruitment to post of Nursing Attendants. A three- Judge Bench of Justices UU Lalit, Ajay Rastogi and Aniruddha Bose issued notice returnable on 6th September 2021.Heard Mr....
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Writ Petition Filed in The Kerala High Court Challenging The Constitutional Validity of Section V And Section VI of The New BCI Rules

Jun 29, 2021 AISHWARYA GAIROLA 4
A petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court by Advocate Rajesh Vijayan, through Advocate Santosh Mathew, against the Bar Council of India, challenging the constitutional validity of Sections V and V-A of Chapter II of Part VI of the BCI Rules, calling the impugned provisions as being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(a), and 21 of the...
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'Non-Serious in Arguments': Allahabad High Court Declines to Hear Advocate Standing in 'Noisy & Hustling Area'

Jul 14, 2021 Prachi Jain 2
The Allahabad High Court last week 'consciously' declined to hear an advocate appearing for the complainant in a bail hearing who was standing in "some noisy and hustling area" and thus, the Court was finding it extremely difficult to gather anything as to what he was arguing.The Bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi, however, went ahead to hear the...
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Bar Council Of West Bengal Writes Letter To Chief Justice Of India Seeking Removal Of Acting Chief Justice Of Calcutta High Court Over His Partial, Unfair And Biased Judgements

Jun 29, 2021 AISHWARYA GAIROLA 4
The Bar Council of West Bengal has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana seeking the removal of Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Rajesh Bindal, because of this partial, unfair and biased judgements.The letter states that Rajesh Bindal’s continuance at High Court interferes with the fair and impartial dispensation...
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Bombay High Court decides to allow use of A4 size paper for filing pleadings

Jul 15, 2021 Prachi Jain 2
A notification to that effect had been issued amending the Bombay High Court (Appellate Side) Rules, 1960 and Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980 so as to implement the use of A4 paper printed on both sides.The Bombay High Court has decided to allow use of A4 size paper printed on both sides for filing of pleadings in the High Court...
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Delhi High Court Bar Association Implements Pandemic Relief Scheme to Provide Financial Aid to COVID-19 Affected Members [READ SCHEME]

Jul 02, 2021 Pariyal Gupta 11
The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) has decided to implement the Delhi High Court Bar Association Pandemic Relief Scheme 2021 to provide ex gratia relief to its member Advocates and their relatives who have been hit by COVID-19. The Delhi High Court Bar Association Pandemic Relief Scheme 2021 will come into effect from July 1, 2021,...
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New VC Platform for Supreme Court with 1000 MBPS internet connection - best tender to be awarded soon: Justice Chandrachud

Jul 15, 2021 Saakshi S. Rawat 4
Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on 12th July, Monday, announced that the Supreme Court of India has granted a tender to a platform that would begin operations shortly for efficiency of virtual hearing.The problem arose when the bench of Justice Chandrachud and Justice Hrishikesh Roy resumed after lunch, Justice Roy was unable to join immediately...
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Supreme Court issues circular allowing for the physical mention of new matters [READ CIRCULAR]

Jun 26, 2021 Kartikey Garg 4
The  Supreme Court has recently issued a circular permitting Advocates-on-Record/Parties-in-Person to state their new matters physically.It stated that on Mondays through Fridays, from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m., and on Saturdays, from 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m., the concerns may be discussed. Before the Mentioning Officer, the same can be...
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Supreme Court issues circular allowing for the physical mention of new matters [READ CIRCULAR]

Jun 26, 2021 Kartikey Garg 4
The  Supreme Court has recently issued a circular permitting Advocates-on-Record/Parties-in-Person to state their new matters physically.It stated that on Mondays through Fridays, from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m., and on Saturdays, from 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m., the concerns may be discussed. Before the Mentioning Officer, the same can be...
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Kerala High Court Advocates’ Associations files two reports highlighting the legal and technical problems with the new e-filing rules introduced by the Kerala High Court [READ REPORTS]

Jul 09, 2021 Aishwarya Gairola 2
Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association (KHCAA) has filed two reports highlighting the legal and technical problems with the new e-filing rules introduced by the Kerala High Court. The letter addressed by the KHCAA to the Chief Justice and other judges of the Kerala High Court apprised  how the sudden introduction and implementation...
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Time Limit on hearing of cases- Boon or Bane?: Supreme Court suggests making arguments time-bound in a bid to achieve faster dispenstion of justice

Jul 22, 2021 Lawstreet News Network 2
Recently, the Supreme Court suggested that there should be a time limit applied on the oral hearing of cases by lawyers. It was also proposed that written submissions, as well as judgments, should be to the point and not very long.As per the Apex Court, these changes will help in saving the time of the judiciary and also aid the timely...
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TMC MPs write to the President requesting Tushar Mehta removal from his position as Solicitor General [READ LETTER]

Jul 08, 2021 Kartikey Garg 4
On Monday (July 5th, 2021) In New Delhi, a two-member Trinomial Congress (TMC) delegation met with President Ram Nath Kovind and requested that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta be removed for alleged misconduct and impropriety, the party said during a news conference. TMC had previously written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the same...

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