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Allow VRS Application of the Doctor and Let Him Contest Election; If he Loses, VRS Will Stand Cancelled: Rajasthan HC to State [READ ORDER]
Bombay HC Asks Mumbai Police to First Issue Summons to Arnab Goswami if he is Proposed to be Added as Accused in TRP scam
Alibaba to Buy Controlling Stake in Hypermarket Chain Sun Art in $3.6 Billion Deal
TATA Motors Ties Up with HDFC Bank for Financing of Passenger Vehicles
Kerala HC Stays Decision of ESI Corporation to Cancel 'The Wards of Insured Persons Quota' in Medical/Dental Colleges [READ ORDER]
Chief Justice Vikram Nath Pays an Impromptu Visit to Central Filing Centre (CFC) at Gujarat HC [READ REPORT]
Integration Of 'Google Meet' With Gmail Abuse of Dominant Position: Law Student's Plea Before CCI [READ PETITION]
21 Years of Delay in Arresting Accused in Dowry Death Case at Hand, SC Seeks Clarification from Bihar DGP and HC Registrar General
Husband's Appeal Against the Order of Patna High Court to Pay Rs. 20,000 Monthly to His Wife Rejected by the Supreme Court as a Condition for Granting Anticipatory Bail
Supreme Court of India Cannot be a Place for the Governments to Walk in When they Choose to Ignore the Period of Limitation: SC [READ JUDGMENT]
Delhi HC Grants Time to Zee News to Disclose Source of Alleged Confessional Statement of Delhi Riots Accused
Plea Filed in Apex Court Seeking Direction for Formulation of Model Builder-Buyer & Agent-Buyer Agreement
Defamation case Against Rediff.com for Article on Jayalalithaa’s Health Dismissed by Madras High Court [READ ORDER]
Government to Soon Take a Decision on Minimum Age of Marriage for Girls: PM Modi
Kerala HC Admits Plea for Removal of Personal Details in Reported Court Orders from Search Engines
Union of India and State Government to Treat Public Interest Litigation Filed Against Online Gambling as a Representation: Delhi High Court [READ ORDER]
Law Students Move Delhi High Court Seeking Transparency in NLU- D’s Moot Court Competition; Seek Disclosure of Competition Records and Marks Secured [READ PETITION]
Accused can be convicted on the basis of Sole Testimony Of Victim if it is Reliable and Trustworthy: SC [Read Judgment]
SC Asks Republic Media to Approach Bombay High Court in TRP Scam Case
[SSR Case]: Mumbai Police Arrest Advocate Vibhor Anand for Spreading Fake Theories
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Criminal Appeal Cases to be Heard Physically from 1st October: Bombay HC [READ NOTICE]

Oct 02, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 23
As per a notice dated 29th September 2020 physical hearing of Criminal Appeal cases will be commenced on 1st October 2020by the Bombay High Court in all the benches including the High court at Goa. The cases will be heard only during the given time frame i.e., 11 am to 2 pm and 3 pm to 5 pm. The appeals will be heard by the following judges...
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Hathras Gang Rape: Activist Moves Allahabad High Court, Demands Narco Analysis Test on Victim’s Family

Oct 05, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 14
The brutal gang-rape incident that shook the nation has now become the cause of violence and protests among different cities in India. The incident took place on Monday (September 14, 2020) when a 19-year-old Dalit woman went to work in the fields, close to her home, in the Hathras district of western Uttar Pradesh. She was allegedly raped by four...
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Fringe elements are stated to be more active in Tamil Nadu and wearing the masks of NGO, Human Right organization and political groups to create political unrest: Justice Kirubakran Of Madras HC [READ JUDGMENT]

Sep 23, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 10
Justice N Kirubakran of the Madras High Court made some intense observations about the “extremists” and “fundamentalist” existing in our nation, while hearing out the bail plea of the accused member of the banned organization “Tamil Nadu Liberation Army”. He even stated that these extremists are acting against the very integrity of our...
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Mother Who Nurtured Child For 9 Months in Womb is Certainly Entitled to his Custody: MP HC in Child Custody Matter

Sep 22, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 10
On September 17th, 2020 when the matter related to custody of Child occurred before the High court at Madhya Pradesh Hon’ble Justice S.A. Dharmadhikari pronounced that the welfare of the child is of paramount importance and for that, it is to be noted that the custody of the child should be given to the one in whose womb the nurturing of the...
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The DHCBA Approaches Delhi HC Against Classification of Law Offices as Commercial Activity for Tax Purposes [READ PETITION]

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 9
In furtherance of the suit, DHCBA vs SDMC &Ors, the Delhi High Court Bar association approached the Delhi High Court. The petition filed by the Bar Association through Advocate Nikhil Mehta was against the classification of law offices as "commercial activity" for the purposes of calculation of property tax under the Delhi Municipal Act.The...
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Delhi High Court Approves Insurance Policy To Implement “CM Advocates Welfare Scheme”; 29077 Advocates Identified As Beneficiaries

Oct 09, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 7
Delhi High Court has finally approved the insurance policy as decided by the Delhi Government along with the assistance of the Bar Council of Delhi, to implement the “Chief Minister Advocates Welfare Scheme”. The Single Bench of Judge Prathiba M Singh heard the matter and gave her approval for the policy which was providing medical...
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Tribunals Do Not Have Jurisdiction to Entertain Plea of Anganwadi Workers : J&K HC

Sep 22, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 7
The Single Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey of Jammu & Kashmir High Court ruled on September 17, 2020, that Anganwadi workers do not come under the preview of Section 14 of the Central Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. The court ruled that they do not even hold a public position. The case was of Tasleem Jan V. State of Jammu & Kashmir &...
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Meet Acharya Shyam Upadhyay, the Lawyer Who Only Practices in Sanskrit

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 7
Varanasi based advocate Shyam Upadhyay Acharya is one of the most special lawyers in the country. Throughout the Indian courts, lawyers work in Hindi or English. In the 21st century, owing to the Western Impact, most lawyers opt for English. However, one lawyer in Varanasi chooses neither. With an experience of over 38 years, Acharya Upadhyay has...
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Bombay High Court Refuses To Allow Municipal Corporation To Remove Encroachments, Says Cannot Allow Anyone To Go Homeless During Pandemic [READ ORDER]

Oct 02, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 6
The Bombay High Court on 30th September 2020, Wednesday for the first time conducted a physical hearing in 6 months, and the advocates who were unable to attend did it virtually. While observing it the Court stated that it cannot permit anyone to go homeless in this Covid-19 situation. The Bench was led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta,...
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Hindu Dharma Parishad Moves Supreme Court Seeking Enforcement Of Farmers’ Acts And A Ban On Agitations Against Them

Oct 08, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 6
A plea was forwarded to the Supreme Court seeking the issuance of directions to the Centre and States so as to enforce the Farmers Act and to initiate rules and guidelines against the ongoing agitation and processions by the political parties and organizations. The plea was filed by the Hindu Dharma Parishad who basically demanded a ban...
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NDTV Spreading Fake News After Tanishq Withdraws Ad on Interfaith Marriage

Oct 15, 2020 Neha Bharti 5
There is a lot of controversy over a Tanishq ad on interfaith marriage. A jewelry store of the brand was reportedly attacked in Gujarat on October 12, 2020, in this regard. However, the news was denied by the BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya. According to the NDTV report, the store in Gujarat's Gandhidham was attacked on the night of October 12,...
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Net4 Registrar Suffers Bankruptcy Proceedings, Leaves Customers With No Support

Sep 25, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 5
Recently, many start-ups were facing the issue of not being able to access the business website and email address of their domain and were unable to communicate with their clients, thus bringing their business to a standstill. Some of the aggrieved ones are Ruchit Kapadia (DKK Exports), Naresh Gupta (ANR Glocal), Arjun Shah (Shark & Ink), and...
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Complainant in Sexual Abuse Case Against Former Union Minister Chinmayanand Turns Hostile, Says She Never Accused Him

Oct 14, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 5
Thehigh-profile case filed against Former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand accusing him of sexual abuse by a Shahjahapur Law student saw a turnabout in Court on Tuesday (October 13, 2020) where the complainant turned hostile and denied of making any such allegations against him.On October 13, 2020, in the MP-MLA Court in Lucknow, the LLM student...
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Denial of Access to Road to Residents of Hilly Areas Would Tantamount to Denial of Constitutionally Guaranteed Right to Life: HP HC [READ VERDICT]

Oct 10, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 5
On Wednesday (October 7, 2020), the Himachal Pradesh HC observed that access to roads, with regard to the residents of hilly areas, is an integral component of the constitutionally guaranteed right to life, and any denial thereof, to the residents of hilly areas, would equal to the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental right to life, hence,...
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Kerala HC Dismisses Quo Warranto Plea Challenging Appointment of its Former Judge as Chairman of Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes

Oct 10, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 5
In the presence of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P.Chaly, a writ petition filed seeking to issue the writ of quo warranto declaring retired Judge G. Sasidharan as disqualified to hold the post of Chairman of the Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes has been dismissedThe petition was filed by S. Subramaniam, an activist and...
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Plea in SC seeks Directions to the Judiciary to “Use Simple English Language” in communications

Oct 12, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 5
Nowadays English is an important language that is a need in every field. Our legal system also mostly uses the English language for writing as well as speaking which is sometimes very difficult for a common man to understand. Taking this into a account, a writ petition is filed by a lawyer named Dr. Subhash Vijayran under Article 32 r/w Articles...
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Couple Signs Contract for Sharing Custody oftheir Dogs as Part of Divorce Deal

Oct 15, 2020 Parul Singhal 5
A Mumbai-based couple had a deal over the custody of their dogs as the 2 parted ways. The duo had filed for the divorce in Feb 2019 but as clarity as to how to share the custody of their 2 dogs. According to the divorce deal, the man has won the primary custody of the dogs, while the woman can take custody for a continuous period of 1 month thrice...
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Indiabulls Housing Finance raises Rs 630 Crores by Selling a Portion of its Stake in Oak North Holding

Oct 01, 2020 Neha Bharti 4
Indiabulls Housing Finance has raised about Rs 630 Crores by selling a part of its stake in OakNorth Holding, the wholly owned parent company of OakNorth Bank.In a recent stake sale, the company has raised a total of rupees 1, 832 crore as fresh equity in September 2020 adding to the regulatory equity capital of the company. The company raises Rs...
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Allegations of Malice False, Kangana Ranaut Made Substantial Alterations and Additions Contrary to Approved Plan: MCGM Tells Bombay HC

Sep 29, 2020 ROCKY DAS 4
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has submitted its response to the Bombay High Court stating that the act of demolishing actress Kangana Ranaut’s bungalow turned office was clinically justified according to the Section 354A under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act. The Corporation also submitted a report which clearly said the...
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Wanting Son, UP Man Rips Open Pregnant Wife's Stomach to Find Out Baby's Gender

Sep 22, 2020 Jishu 4
Badaun, Uttar Pradesh: In a hateful incident, a father of five daughters here allegedly ripped open the stomach of his pregnant wife on Saturday (September 19,2020) evening allegedly to find out if she was going to deliver a son this time. Pannalal slit the stomach of his wife, aged around 35, with a sharp-edged weapon in the Nekpur locality...
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Delhi Government to Soon Approve Tree Transplantation Policy

Oct 07, 2020 Neha Bharti 4
On October 5, 2020, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government will soon bring a new policy, under which agencies will have to transplant 80% of trees affected by their projects to a new location. Arvind Kejriwal said during a press conference that till now according to the government policy agencies will have to plant 10...
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‘Police Not Serious in Acting Against Kingpins; Gaps are Deliberately Left for Bigger Fish to Slip Out’: Calcutta HC on Drug Trade

Sep 28, 2020 M. V. Manasa 4
On Friday, Calcutta High Court observed that the hazards of drug trade cannot be controlled unless and until the investigation agency is active and serious in taking necessary steps against the big players. The Court rapped the State Police for presenting drug-related matters before in such a way that they are left with no option but to grant bail...
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Delhi HC Lays Down Significant Factors That Should Be Considered While Hearing an Application or Bail in POCSO Cases [READ JUDGMENT]

Oct 05, 2020 Meghna Mishra 4
The Delhi High Court laid down a landmark judgment on September 22, 2020, regarding the legislative intent and applicability of “reverse burden.” This was discussed with respect to Section 29 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.Section 29 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 reads, “where a...
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Kerala High Court Allows the Use of A4 Sheets with Double Side Printing from November 2, 2020 [READ NOTIFICATION]

Sep 24, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 4
Through a notification issued on Tuesday (September 22, 2020), the Kerala High Court has paved way for the use of A4 sheets for filing petitions, affidavits, memoranda of appeal, and other proceedings before it. The High Court has said that all filings before it from November 2 onwards shall be mandatory be typewritten/printed on both sides...
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Bombay High Court Passes Interim Order Against Future Group to Restrain it from Infringing Parle’s Trademark in the Packaging of its products [READ ORDER]

Oct 14, 2020 Neha Bharti 4
On October 13, 2020, Justice K R Shriram off Bombay High Court past and interim order of injunction restraining Future Consumer Ltd. from infringing Parle's intellectual property right in the packaging of its products. Parle came before this Court for claiming the infringement of copyright by Future Consumer Ltd. in respect of its product...
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PIL filed before the SC for Strict legal action against Former SC Justice Katju

Sep 22, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 4
On Thursday (September 17, 2020) a Public Interest Litigation has been presented before the Hon’ble Supreme Court seeking strict legal action to be taken against former Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju for allegedly tarnishing the Image by bringing the disrepute to the Indian Judicial System. The PIL was filed by Nand Kishor before the...
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Flights Booked Before Lockdown Eligible for Refund; Director-General of Civil Aviation Clarifies to the SC in Affidavit [READ AFFIDAVIT]

Sep 24, 2020 Neha Bharti 3
The Director-General of Civil Aviation has clarified that it would be requisite for domestic carriers to give a full refund on air tickets which were booked prior to the lockdown and which are for the travel up to May 24, 2020, on all the domestic and international routes. The affidavit was filed by the Director-General of Civil Aviation...
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'Let Us Show Confidence in The Process': Says Justice Chandrachud in Sudarshan TV case

Oct 07, 2020 Richa Shah 3
 On Monday (5th October 2020), the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing which was related to the matter of Sudarshan TV to October 26. Due to the outset, SG Tushar Mehta sought a deferment of this hearing. He said that on the 23rd of September, a show-cause notice was issued to Sudarshan TV and a reply was given by the TV channel on 28th...
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Wipro To Acquire Eximius Design for USD 80 Million

Oct 15, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 3
Wipro Limited, the leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company on October 13, 2020, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Eximius Design, a leading engineering services company with strong expertise in semiconductor, software, and systems design for USD 80 million (about Rs...
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Pronouncement Of Verdict Of Bail Application Filed By Rhea Chakraborty & Four Others Tomorrow By Bombay HC

Oct 06, 2020 Meghna Mishra 3
The Bombay High Court has announced that the verdict in the bail applications that were filed by Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik, Chakraborty, Dipesh Sawant, Samuel Miranda, and Abdel Pariha will be pronounced tomorrow, i.e. October 7th, 2020.The case that was filed against the aforementioned accused was filed by the Narcotics Control Bureau...
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Rhea Chakraborty Plea’s States That From The Evidence Available It Is Clear That Sushant Was The Only Consumer Of Drugs

Sep 25, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 3
Rhea Chakraborty has made new allegations against the deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s family members before the Bombay High Court, while she was seeking for bail in the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) case and it was claimed by her that as per the evidence recovered by the agencies, it was clear that Sushant was the only...
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Plea in Supreme Court seeking Action Against Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for falsely accusing Justice NV Ramana

Oct 15, 2020 Neha Bharti 3
Two practicing Advocates have filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking action against Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Reddy, as he falsely accused the second most senior Judge of the court Justice NV Ramana, of interfering with the administration of Justice. The petitioner Advocates GS Mani and Pradeep Kumar Yadav demanded that...
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Delhi Police to continue issuing challans to those violating COVID-19 Norms

Sep 27, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 3
The Delhi Police has issued more than three lakh Challans between June 15 and September 23, 2020, for violation of Pandemic norms in the National Capital, A total of 3, 54,944 challans have been issued within the said period. It happened after the Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal had empowered health, revenue, and police officials to impose...
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Hathras Gangrape Case: PIL in SC Seeks CBI/SIT Probe, Transfer of Trial from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi

Oct 01, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 3
A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking for an investigation into the brutal Hathras rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who died in Delhi on Tuesday (September 29, 2020) two weeks after she was gang-raped and tortured, there was blood flowing out of her mouth when the mother of the rape victim found her naked body in the...
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MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani Transferred to Another District and Session Judge

Oct 14, 2020 Neha Bharti 3
On October 14, 2020, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja refused to hear the arguments in MJ Akbar's defamation case against Priya Ramani by citing the Supreme Court’s directions on MP/MLA courts. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja transferred the case for an appropriate order to another District &...
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Farmers Get Freedom to Sell Agriculture Produce Anywhere but it Would Lead to Corporatization of Agriculture: MP Farmers Leader to SC on New Farmers’ Legislations [READ PETITION]

Oct 06, 2020 Neha Bharti 3
 A Public Interest Litigation has been filled in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Fascination) Act, 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020. MP Congress leader D.P. Dhakad, in his plea, said...
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Compound Interest during Moratorium Can Be Waived for MSME & Personal Loans Up to Rs. 2 Crore: Centre Tells SC

Oct 05, 2020 Richa Shah 3
On Friday (2nd October 2020), The Central Government informed the Supreme Court about its decision to waive the compound interest which was levied during the six-month moratorium period for MSME loans and personal loans up to Rs.2 Crore.The government's decision is beneficial for all those who clear their dues on a variety of loans between March...
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Devyani Khobragade Appointed India's Next Ambassador to Cambodia

Oct 05, 2020 -Arundhuti Deshmukh 3
New Delhi, (PTI) Indian Foreign Service officer Devyani Uttam Khobragade has been appointed as India's next ambassador to Cambodia, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday (October 1, 2020).Khobragade, a 1999-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as a joint secretary in the ministry at its headquarters in Delhi."She...
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US Judge Blocks Trump’s H-1B Visa Ban

Oct 05, 2020 Parul Singhal 3
A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of the H-1B visa ban issued by President Donald Trump this year, saying the president exceeded his constitutional authority. The order was issued on Thursday (1st Oct 2020) by District Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California. The lawsuit against the Department of Commerce and...
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Bombay High Court Refuses To Allow Municipal Corporation To Remove Encroachments, Says Cannot Allow Anyone To Go Homeless During Pandemic [READ ORDER]

Oct 02, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 3
The Bombay High Court on 30th September 2020, Wednesday for the first time conducted a physical hearing in 6 months, and the advocates who were unable to attend did it virtually. While observing it the Court stated that it cannot permit anyone to go homeless in this Covid-19 situation. The Bench was led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta,...
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Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence is a Factor in Favor of the Accused: SC

Oct 13, 2020 Parul Singhal 3
Supreme Court reinstated in Anwar Ali case, that if the motive of the accused is not established in a case that is to be assessed on the parameter of circumstantial evidence, then the same is taken in the favor of the accused. In the present case, the accusers were accused of murder. The charges against the accused were confirmed by...
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Customs / DRI Officers Power to Arrest Person on the Suspicion of Smuggling Need not Comply with the Provision of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 for Making Arrest: Gujarat High Court

Sep 23, 2020 Neha Bharti 3
The Gujarat High Court has held that any person who is arrested for any offences under the Customs Act, 1962 by the customs officer and if such officer has reason to believe that such person has committed the offence punishable under Section 132 ( False declaration, false document, etc. ) or Section 133( Obstruction of an officer of customs) or...
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"It Was A Case of Fence Eating into the Crop"; Bombay HC Upholds Conviction & Life Sentence of Father who Raped Minor Daughter Repeatedly [READ JUDGMENT]

Oct 10, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 3
A case came before the Bombay High court of a minor girl who was sexually exploited by her father. The victim was a 15-year old girl who lived with her father (the accused) at Anandnagar slum, Vasai. Her mother left her by marrying another man. The girl was exploited by her father since 2014. He tortured her in various ways and threatened her by...
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Arms Licenses Cannot be Granted to be Used as a Status Symbol: Himachal Pradesh HC

Oct 08, 2020 Richa Shah 3
The Himachal Pradesh High Court said that arms licenses cannot be granted to be used as a status symbol. This statement came while directing the authorities to review all the Arms Licenses granted by them.This was heard by a bench of two judges: Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua. They dismissed the petition which was filed...
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Parle’s Product Packaging Copied by Future Group, Bombay HC Passes Injunction Against Violation [READ ORDER]

Oct 14, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 3
The Bombay High Court observed that the Future Consumer Limited has blatantly copied the packaging of the plaintiff Parle Products and thus passed an ad- interim Injunction order against them for infringement of trademarks and seizure of the existing packaged products.The above observation was made by the court by referring to this comparative...
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No Petition Related to Industrial Disputes Will Be Listed if Exceptional Circumstances Are Not Disclosed: Delhi High Court Registry [READ ORDER]

Sep 25, 2020 Neha Bharti 3
The Registry of Delhi High Court has issued an office order states that no petition which is related to the industrial dispute will be listed only if the exceptional circumstances under which the petitioner seeks relief are not disclosed in the petition. The office order by the Registry has been issued to give effect to the judicial order...
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Renewal of Passport Cannot be Refused Because Of Criminal Case Pending Against Applicant: Karnataka HC [READ ORDER]

Oct 14, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 3
The Karnataka High Court recently held that while passport authorities can refuse issuance of a fresh passport to a person against whom a criminal case is pending in India, the same rule would not apply for renewal of passport.While interpreting Section 6(2)(f) of the Passport Act, the Bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar held,"A reading of...
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Supreme Court Stays the Demolition of Patna’s famous Collectorate building

Sep 22, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 3
The apex court stayed the demolition of Patna’s famous Collectorate building also known as “Afim Ka Bhandar”. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A.Bobde issued notice and directed the Bihar government to maintain the status quo regarding the aforesaid building till the plea against its demolition is decided by the apex court. The...
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Wakf Board Can't Judge Disputes Among Muslims: Kerala High Court

Sep 22, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 3
Wakf board does not have the power to act as a judge in disputes regarding the religious rights of Muslims, the Kerala High Court has held. It is the Waqf tribunal that has adjudicatory powers and the wakf board can only act regarding maintenance of waqf properties, the court said. A division bench comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and T R...
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Meet Acharya Shyam Upadhyay, the Lawyer Who Only Practices in Sanskrit

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 3
Varanasi based advocate Shyam Upadhyay Acharya is one of the most special lawyers in the country. Throughout the Indian courts, lawyers work in Hindi or English. In the 21st century, owing to the Western Impact, most lawyers opt for English. However, one lawyer in Varanasi chooses neither. With an experience of over 38 years, Acharya Upadhyay has...
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BCI Extends Deadline to Furnish Details of Advocated Registered with District Bar Associations Till November 15,2020 [Read Order]

Oct 01, 2020 Parul Singhal 3
Bar Council of India has further extended the deadline for submission of details of advocates enrolled with all State Bar Councils in India across the country till November 15, 2020.Earlier, the period was extended till November, 30, but after the general meeting held on 28.09.2020, through video conferencing, the council has considered the...
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District Court To reopen In A Phased Manner in Karnataka [READ OPERATING PROCEDURE]

Sep 23, 2020 Neha Bharti 3
District Courts in Karnataka to reopen in a phased manner from September 28, 2020. The Karnataka High Court on September 19, 2020, issued the modified Standard Operating Procedure for the district courts to be followed after the reopening to prevent the spread of Covid-19. As per the revised Standard Operating Procedure that is starting from...
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Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 Explained by Adv. Ravi Drall, Delhi High Court

Sep 29, 2020 Adv. Ravi Drall 3
 INTRODUCTIONThe Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 was a law enacted by the state of Maharashtra in India to combat organized crime and terrorism. The Act provides the State Government with special powers to tackle these issues, including powers of surveillance, relaxed evidentiary standards, and procedural...
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Allahabad High Court Refuses to Quash FIR Filed Against Skoda Auto Volkswagen [READ ORDER]

Oct 08, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 2
A Bench comprising of Justice B. Amit Sthlekar and Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court refused to quash FIR filed against Skoda Auto Volkswagen alleging that that the automobile giant has installed cheat devices in the vehicles to show lower emission. The HC said that it is a matter of investigation that whether or not there...
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Facebook To Reject Political Ads Prematurely Claiming US Election Victory

Sep 25, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 2
On Wednesday (September 23, 2020), Facebook said that it would not allow users to run ads on its services declaring victory in the November elections before the news channels have declared a winner.The rules have been fine tuned for politicians, campaigns and potentially others can say on Facebook out of concern that people could try to manipulate...
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Film city project near Jewar airport likely to boost property prices in Noida region

Sep 27, 2020 Jishu 2
Noida, Sep 24, The setting up of a Film City along the Yamuna Expressway in western Uttar Pradesh along with the proposed airport in Jewar will give a fillip to the real estate sector in 3-4 years, developers said Thursday. this week, the UP government gave its nod to a proposal from the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA)...
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General Atlantic to Invest ₹ 3,675 Crore in Reliance Retail Ventures

Oct 01, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
Mumbai, Reliance Industries Limited (“Reliance Industries”) and Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (“RRVL”) announced today that General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, will invest ₹ 3,675 crores into RRVL, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. This investment values Reliance Retail at a pre-money equity value of ₹ 4.285...
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International Arbitration Case Worth Rs. 20,000 Crore Won by Vodafone

Sep 29, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 2
Vodafone wins Rs.20,000 Crore retrospective tax case against the Indian Government in the Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague, Netherland. The Court ruled that the Government’s demand is a breach of the investment treaty agreement signed between India and the Netherland. The Income Tax Department of India was demanding a sum of Rs. 12,000...
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Kalrock Capital of London Announces victory in its Bid for Jet Airways

Oct 08, 2020 Meghna Mishra 2
A London Based asset management company, Kalrock Capital recently announced that the company alongside a UAE investor, Murari Lal Jalan have been accorded the position of new owners of Jet Airways after the airline giant recently went bankrupt. Managing partner at Kalrock, Igor Starha said, “Our consortium was chosen by the committee of...
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Net4 Registrar Suffers Bankruptcy Proceedings, Leaves Customers With No Support

Sep 25, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 2
Recently, many start-ups were facing the issue of not being able to access the business website and email address of their domain and were unable to communicate with their clients, thus bringing their business to a standstill. Some of the aggrieved ones are Ruchit Kapadia (DKK Exports), Naresh Gupta (ANR Glocal), Arjun Shah (Shark & Ink), and...
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Bombay High Court To Extensively Hear Bail Application of Abdel Parihar, Dipesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda On September 29 in SSR case

Sep 22, 2020 Neha Bharti 2
The Bombay High Court on September 18, 2020, adjourned the bail application filed by the Abdel Parihar, Samuel Miranda, and Dipesh Sawant who are accused in the drug case taken in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. The High Court observed that the narcotics control bureau case is an unusual one and an important question of law is...
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Payal Ghosh Ready to Apologize and Withdraw Comments Against Richa Chadha: Lawyer Tells Bombay HC

Oct 09, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (October 7, 2020) directed an actor and Richa Chadha to explore a settlement in the defamation suit filed by Chadha seeking compensation from the actor for making defamatory remarks against her while alleging sexual assault against film director Anurag Kashyap. The directions were issued after the actor informed...
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Deepika Padukone’s WhatsApp conversations allegedly discussing drugs go viral; photos of her leaving Restaurant named Koko surface on the Internet soon after

Sep 24, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
NCB sources told PTI (Press Trust of India Ltd.) that some WhatsApp conversation purportedly discussing drugs is on the radar of the agency. Some of these chats were purportedly between Padukone's manager Karishma Prakash and one "D" they said. NCB on Wednesday sent a summons to actors Rakul Preet Singh, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan,...
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Designer Ritu Beri, Tribal Body get Court notice for showcasing Naga Shawls Sans permission

Sep 28, 2020 Rocky Das 2
An event was organized on February 7 in Nagaland under the theme of Naturally North-East: the Naga narrative. Fashion designer Ritu Beri has showcased the Chakhesang traditional shawls at Suraj Kund Crafts Mela. The 2 shawls were Rira and Rura of the Naga tradition where Rira being a men’s shawl and the latter being women had been showcased in...
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FIR Filed Against Kangana’s Tweet on Farmers Opposing the new Farmer’s Bill

Oct 10, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 2
Kangana Ranaut sees another trouble coming towards her after a lawyer namely Ramesh Naik from Karnataka filed a FIR against her under section 156(3) of C.r.P.C on her tweet on farmers opposing the farm bill. Kangana posted a tweet on 21st September which read "People who spread misinformation and rumors about CAA that caused riots are the...
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All you need to know about the bail granted to Rhea Chakraborty in the NDPS case related to SSR’s demise [Read Order]

Oct 08, 2020 Meghna Mishra 2
A single-judge bench of Hon’ble Justice SV Kotwal of the Bombay High Court has granted bail to Rhea Chakraborty, Dipesh Sawant, and Samuel Miranda in the case that was registered under various sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act,1985 by the NCB. This case by the NCB was in relation to the demise of late actor...
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'Agencies pressured in Sushant Case before Bihar poll': Rhea Chakraborty’s Lawyer

Sep 29, 2020 ROCKY DAS 2
A battle of words is going on and off between Actor Rhea Charkraborty’s advocate Satish Maneshinde and Sushant Singh Rajput’s family counsel and senior advocate Vikas Singh over the investigation procedure of the Late actor Sushant Singh’s death mystery. Advocate Singh has questioned regarding the facts about why CBI is delaying the case to...
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Rhea & Showik Chakraborty Move Bombay HC Seeking Bail; Rhea's Judicial Custody Extended by Special Court till October 6, 2020

Sep 24, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik on Tuesday (September 22, 2020) moved bail applications in the Bombay High Court in connection with the drug case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.According to Rhea's lawyer Satish Manshinde, the matter will come up for hearing on September 23, 2020 and the details of the...
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Only Role Is Purchase of Small Quantity of Drugs for Sushant Singh Rajput, Offence is Bailable: Rhea Chakraborty’s Lawyers in Bail plea before Bombay HC

Sep 24, 2020 Jishu 2
After the special NDPS Court rejected their bail pleas on September 11, 2020, Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik have filed an individual bail application before the Bombay High Court in the ongoing drug case against them. The application filed by the Bollywood actress through advocates Anandini Fernandes and Namita Maneshinde enlists 51...
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Nine held for betting on IPL Match

Sep 28, 2020 Jishu 2
Nine persons have been arrested for allegedly betting in an Indian Premier League match played between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Night Riders, police said. On a tip-off, a Crime Branch police team led by Inspector Sanjiv Kumar Yadav went to Sarai village where the accused persons were betting on the match which took place in Kolkata. On...
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Allegations Against Ex-CJI Could Be True Since the Complaint Was Reinstated, Says Dave

Sep 23, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 2
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave made some sparkling remarks on the current status of the judiciary and also on the sexual harassment allegations against ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi. Dushyant Dave was speaking at Justice Hosbet Suresh Memorial Lecture on the topic “The Supreme Court in Decline: Forgotten Freedoms & Eroded Rights”. “We as citizens...
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Main Accused in Hathras Case Claims in his Letter to UP Police that Victim's Brother and Mother Killed Her

Oct 09, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
As the brutal Hathras rape case is further investigated, it is found that the four accused in Hathras' alleged gang-rape and murder case have written a letter to the Superintendent of Police claiming that they are innocent and are being framed in a false case. The accused identified as Sandeep, Ramu, Lavkush, and Ravi sent the letter, which bears...
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Odisha Minor Girl Mercilessly Thrashed Over Love Affair; 3 Arrested

Oct 09, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
Days after a minor girl from a remote village in Nabarangpur district was brutally thrashed, police on Wednesday (7 October 2020) arrested three persons in this connection.The arrests were made after a video of the incident went viral on social media. In the viral video, some youths were seen mercilessly beating and kicking the minor girl as while...
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Plea claims UP Govt's Affidavit is an Eyewash to Divert Attention of Court in Hathras case, Suggests Names of Judges for constituting one more SIT in the matter

Oct 14, 2020 Richa Shah 2
Activist Satyama Dubey has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court in response to UP Government’s affidavit seeking a court-monitored probe into the Hathras Case. He said that the UP State’s affidavit is just “eyewash” and it was filed before even issuing the notices in order to divert the attention of the court. This was done in a bid to show...
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TRP Scam: Mumbai Police Suspects Scam Involving Manipulation Of TRP’s, Arrests 4 Accused In The Matter

Oct 12, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 2
The Mumbai Police Commissioner, Param Bir Singh has mentioned that the police are predicting a scam that involves the manipulation of TRPs in three television channels. The Commissioner informed the reporters that a national TV news channel, was facing a lot of criticism for attacking over Mumbai police and Maharashtra government for the...
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[LSJ Fact Check]: Wrong Girl Goes Viral On Social Media As Hathras Victim

Oct 02, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
On Tuesday (September 29) , a 19-year-old girl from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh died in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, two weeks after being allegedly gangraped and tortured. The brutal assault was reportedly carried out by four men on September 14 when the girl went to collect animal fodder from the fields.As social media is outraged, and netizens are...
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High-Intensity Explosion Leaves Trail of Destruction in Bhubaneswar

Oct 09, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The explosion at a petrol pump near Raj Bhavan square in the capital city of Odisha on Wednesday (7 October 2020) afternoon not only injured many but also left a trail of destruction in the vicinity as far as a few hundreds of feet away.As per official sources, as many as 9 persons suffered injuries at the explosion site. All of them were rushed...
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Central Govt Denies Claims About Shramik Trains Getting Lost; Says Special Arrangements for Meals Were Made

Sep 23, 2020 Jishu 2
The Railways defended itself on Friday (September 18,2020) in the face of severe criticism over delays by Shramik Specials in reaching their destinations, saying they were not regular trains and they can be extended or short-terminated, and their stoppages and routes can be changed for the benefit of migrant workers.Addressing a press conference,...
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Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes

Oct 01, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 2
Three Labour Codes were passed by the Lok Sabha recently. These codes merge 44 central labor Acts to simplify the labor laws of India and provide social security to all workers by improving the ease of doing business. The said labor codes are:Industrial Relations Code Bill 2020- Under this code, the definition of employers, workers, and strike...
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Attorney General of India Declined to Give Assent to Initiate Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Congress Leader Digvijaya Singh for His Tweets [READ LETTER]

Oct 06, 2020 Neha Bharti 2
Attorney General of India KK Venugopal on September 30, 2020 has declined to give consent to initiate the contempt proceedings against the senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for his last two tweets. Attorney General has rejected the request which is made by Advocate Sumanth Sudan about his consent for initiation of action of criminal contempt...
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Delhi Govt Challenges the Stay on its Order Directing Hospitals to Reserve 80% Beds in ICU for COVID Patients

Sep 29, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The Delhi government on Tuesday (September 22, 2020) said it will challenge the Delhi high court's order staying reservation of 80 percent ICU beds for COVID-19 patients in 33 private hospitals.A Delhi government functionary said it is extremely important to reserve ICU beds in private hospitals to deal with the rising coronavirus cases in the...
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Increasing of Threshold Requirement Under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act 2020 defended by Centre

Oct 14, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 2
A bunch of petitions were filed challenging the constitutional validity of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act 2020. One of those petitions was filed by the Association of Karvy Investors challenging Section 3 of the Act for being retrospective in nature and affecting the pending applications.It was said in the petition that the...
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Application for Initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Proceedings of a Corporate Debtor cannot be filed for a further period of three Months from September 25, 2020 [READ NOTIFICATION]

Sep 25, 2020 Neha Bharti 2
No application can be filled for initiations of corporate insolvency resolution process of a corporate debtor for any default on or after March 25, 2020, for a period further of three months from September 25, 2020. Notification regarding this has been published in the Official Gazette of India on September 24, 2020. On September 21,...
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Kerala CM Vijayan Mulls Action Against Journalists Over Coverage of High-Profile Cases

Sep 25, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
After facing a lot of criticisms from the media in various high-profile cases, the ruling Pinarayi Vijayan government decided at a state cabinet meeting on Wednesday (September 23, 2020) to take action against media persons.As reported, Advice was sought from the legal authorities on the way forward and it has been decided to take legal action...
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Human Rights Cannot Be An Reason To Defy The Law Of The Land - MHA In Its Response To Amnesty International [READ RESPONSE]

Oct 01, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 2
The Ministry of Home Affairs responded to the Amnesty International in its statement and mentioned that Human rights can be used as an excuse for defying the law of the land. The government further elaborated that the stated NGO has adopted doubtful and uncertain ways to secure its funds for the operations. Amnesty International had to halt...
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Reserve Bank of India revises Monetary Policy Committee, Repo Rate remains Unchanged

Oct 12, 2020 Neha Bharti 2
The Reserve Bank of India revised the Monetary Policy Committee. The repo rate for the month of October remains unchanged. There is no change in time as well; the current repo rate is 4 %. The reverse repo rate has been maintained at 3.35 %. Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of the country (Reserve Bank of India) lends money to...
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New Bill Passed in Rajya Sabha for reduction in the salary of MPs and MLAs

Sep 22, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 2
The Rajya Sabha has passed the bill for a reduction in the salary of MPs and MLAs by 30% “to meet the exigencies arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic” for one year. The Salary, Allowances, and Pension of Members of Parliament Amendment Bill of 2020 was passed by the Lower House of Parliament, Lok Sabha earlier this week. The newly...
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Primary Issues About The National Medical Commission Act, 2019

Sep 30, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 2
The National Medical Commission Act, 2019 is a significant reform brought in the field of medical education, and the Act received its assent from the President on 8th August 2019 and it came into force on 25th September 2020. The main purpose of the Act was to bring in positive changes in the field of medical sciences as well as in the medical...
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill to Temporarily Suspend Initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process under IBC [READ BILL]

Sep 22, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The Rajya Sabha recently adopted an amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill, 2020 by voice vote after rejecting opposition amendments. Replying to a brief discussion, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman justified the promulgation of the ordinance saying that the step was necessitated in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation. She...
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PCO Moves SC Seeking Appointment of Full-Term Chairperson and VC of the National Commission for SC/STs, points out UP Commission has been without a Chairperson for over 10 months

Oct 12, 2020 Parul Singhal 2
The People’s Charioteer Organization has moved to the Supreme Court seeking appointment of full-term Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other members of the National Commissions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under Article 338 of the Constitution. Article 338 and 338A of the Constitution of India guarantees provisions to protect and...
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SEBI slaps Rs. 1 crore fine on Rana Kapoor for violating disclosure norms

Sep 28, 2020 Jishu 2
Markets regulator SEBI on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on Rana Kapoor, former MD, and CEO of Yes Bank, for not making disclosures about Morgan Credit’s transaction.By not disclosing about the transaction to Yes Bank’s board of directors, Kapoor has created an opaque layer between him and stakeholders, Sebi said in an order.Morgan...
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Directions for Name and Shame Action Issued by Uttar Pradesh CM

Sep 29, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 2
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to put up a poster of those accused of sexual harassment and other crimes related to women on roads with their names so that people can know these persons. An official spokesperson on Thursday (September 24, 2020) said that UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, issued directions to instill confidence...
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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Meets Celebrities including Anupam Kher and Udit Narayan to Discuss Proposed Film City Project in Noida

Sep 24, 2020 Neha Bharti 2
On September 23, 2020, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath expressed self-assurance about the proposed Film City in the State and stated that it would live up to the expectation of the industry as he met e celebrities including actor Anupam Kher and singer Udit Narayan to discuss the project. He also said that the State could not meet...
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Trump faces backlash for removing mask on return to White House

Oct 07, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
US President Donald Trump faced a backlash on Tuesday (October 6, 2020) for removing his mask when he returned to the White House while urging Americans not to fear the Covid-19 disease that has killed more than 209,000 people in the country and put him in the hospital.Trump arrived at the White House on Monday (October 5, 2020) in a...
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Accused can be convicted on the basis of Sole Testimony Of Victim if it is Reliable and Trustworthy: SC [Read Judgment]

Oct 19, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 2
The bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan, M R Shah, and R Subhash in Supreme Court On October 14, 2020, held that the accused can be convicted based on the sole testimony of the victim if it is reliable and trustworthy.In the case of Ganesan v. State Represented by its Inspector of Police (Criminal Appeal No. 680 2020), the Supreme Court...
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Allahabad High Court orders disposal of Tablighi Jamaat cases in eight weeks [READ ORDER]

Oct 13, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The Allahabad High Court (HC) has directed that all matters related to the members of Tablighi Jamaat in Uttar Pradesh (UP) be heard by three chief judicial magistrates (CJMs) of Lucknow, Meerut, and Bareilly. The court also said the CJMs would decide these matters within a stipulated timeframe of eight weeks.The court directed that the cases...
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Very Strange that Instead of Procuring Presence of Accused, Magistrate Dismissed the Complaint: Allahabad HC

Sep 30, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 2
A complaint was filed by a practicing advocate in 2012 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Moradabad against a sub-inspector, Jaibhagwan Singh. He was charged under Section 379 for theft, Section 504 for intentionally insulting a person and proving him and knowing that such provocation will break the public peace, Section 505 for making...
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Applications instituted u/s 151 of CPC in order to seek court’s legal opinion are misconstrued: Delhi HC

Oct 13, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The Delhi High Court recently made an explicit clarification that applications instituted under Section 151 of the CPC (Civil Procedure Code),1908 for the want of legal interpretation of the Court are misinterpreted. The Court held the same in the light of the sale deed, the copy of which was to be filed before the Court. The Division Bench...
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Plea in SC to Ensure Ban on Stubble Burning; Provision for Reimbursement of Money Spent by Farmers on Stubble Removing Machines

Sep 30, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
A third-year law student, Aman Banka, and a class 12th student, Aditya Dubey, have filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking a direction upon the state governments of Punjab and Haryana to ensure a complete ban on stubble burning in their respective states.The petition sought a direction to the states to fix a ceiling on the rental of stubble...
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Cash Included in Definition Of 'Things', Can Be Seized In GST Search: MP HC

Sep 25, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The Madhya Pradesh High Court said that cash can be seized in Goods and Service Tax (GST) search as it is covered under the definition of ‘Things’.The petitioner, Mrs. Kanishka Matta is the wife of Mr. Sanjay Matta, who is the Proprietor of the firm functioning in the name and style of M/s. S. S. Enterprises. The Firm is in the business of...
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Criminal Cases against MPs & MLAs: Orissa High Court takes suo motu notice, directs State to tally details of pending cases

Sep 28, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
On its own motion, the High Court of Orissa has instituted proceedings on the question of how many cases are pending against former and sitting legislators and on how they are to be disposed of expeditiously.This suo motu case was taken up in the wake of litigation ongoing at the Supreme Court in respect of lawyer Ashwini Kumar's plea seeking a...
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Delhi HC Directs Schools To Provide Adequate Gadgets And Internet Packs To EWS Students For Online Classes

Sep 22, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 2
The Delhi High Court directed the private unaided schools as well as government schools to make the electronic gadgets and internet packs available to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and the other disadvantaged group (DG) so that those students are not left out in the online classes and have equal access to the virtual classes till the...
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Delhi HC imposes costs on Petitioner seeking Rs 70,000 crore for implementation of his project on clean environment [READ JUDGMENT]

Oct 01, 2020 Shreya Tulavi 2
The Delhi High Court has imposed costs of Rs. 50,000 on a Petitioner seeking financial assistance of Rs. 70,000 crore and human resources from the government authorities for the implementation of his project on maintaining a clean and healthy environment. (Trilok Goyal vs UOI). The order was passed by a Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and...
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Application Seeking Modification in Order Directing Extension of Interim Bail Granted to Prisoners on the Ground of COVID19

Sep 30, 2020 Rocky Das 2
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 29, 2020) held by a Special Bench of Chief Justice D N Patel, Sidharth Mridul, and Talwant Singh has issued a notice in an application seeking notification in a court order on extending the interim bail granted to certain prisoners in the light of COVID19 Pandemic. The court also directed the Delhi...
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Application Seeking Modification in Order Directing Extension of Interim Bail Granted to Prisoners on the Ground of COVID19

Sep 30, 2020 Rocky Das 2
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 29, 2020) held by a Special Bench of Chief Justice D N Patel, Sidharth Mridul, and Talwant Singh has issued a notice in an application seeking notification in a court order on extending the interim bail granted to certain prisoners in the light of COVID19 Pandemic. The court also directed the Delhi...
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In Cases Dependent Upon Circumstantial Evidence, the Absence of Motive is a Factor that Goes in favor of Accused: SC

Sep 29, 2020 Neha Bharti 2
The Supreme Court in Anwar Ali and Another v. State of Himachal Pradesh (Cr Appeal no. 1121 of 2016) reiterated that in a case that depends upon circumstantial evidence, the absence of motive is a factor which weighs in the favor of the accused. The three-judge bench comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy, and M R Shah restored...
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Reasonable Care Should be Taken by Employer to See That License of Employee is Renewed: SC [READ JUDGMENT]

Sep 27, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 2
While hearing the case of Beli Ram V. Rajender Kumar & Anr., a Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Aniruddha Bose, and Justice Krishna Murari observed that whenever an employer employs a driver, he has to take reasonable care to see that his employee gets his driving license renewed within time. The court...
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Gujarat HC Imposes fine of ₹10,000 on Advocate JV Ajmera For Smoking During Virtual Hearing

Sep 25, 2020 M.V. Manasa 2
Gujarat High Court imposed ₹10,000 on JV Ajmera for smoking in the car during a virtual hearing. Justice AS Supehia observed that the advocates are required to maintain a proper minimum decorum through the video conferencing so that the majesty and dignity of the proceedings are maintained.On Advocate JV Ajmera’s conduct, the Court said that...
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Mufti’s daughter approaches SC appealing for Mother’s Detention

Sep 25, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 2
Iltija Mufti filed a Habeas Corpus petition in the Supreme Court regarding Mehbooba’s detention. The daughter of Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti, on 23rd of this month again approached the SC against “illegal and questionable” detention and extension of detention of her mother. The petition of...
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Union of India and State Government to Treat Public Interest Litigation Filed Against Online Gambling as a Representation: Delhi High Court [READ ORDER]

Oct 19, 2020 Neha Bharti 2
The Delhi High Court on October 8, 2020 directed the Union of India and Delhi government to treat the petition filed against online gambling as a representation and also directed to decide the grievances rose in the petition. The two-judge bench of Chief Justice D N Patil and Justice Prateek Jalan directed the respondents i.e. Union of India...
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Karnataka HC asks State Gov. to Modify State Level Committee Constituted to Supervise Covid-19 Hospitals as it Failed to Discharge its Duties [READ ORDER]

Sep 28, 2020 M.V. Manasa 2
The Karnataka High Court has asked the state government to consider modifying the constitution of the State Level Expert Committee formed based on the directions issued by the Supreme Court to handle Covid-19 Hospitals, after finding out that they didn’t discharge their duties properly.The division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice...
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Indian Judicial System Would be in Jeopardy if Each and Every Devotee Is Allowed to Institute Cases Claiming Krishna Janmbhoomi: Mathura Civil Court

Oct 06, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 2
In Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, the Civil Court refused to admit a case that demands to remove the Idgah Mosque on the allegation that the mosque is built upon Krishna Janmbhoomi (birthplace of Lord Krishna). Hearing the plaintiff’s question of maintainability of the petition the counsel for the petitioner submitted for the first plaintiff being...
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Lok Sabha Clears Taxation & Other Laws (Amendment Bill) To Relax Tax Filings

Sep 22, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 2
 The Lok Sabha passed the Taxation and Other Laws Bills 2020, amending 8 other legislations to provide time in payment of GST and other tax amidst this pandemic.The Bill provided with certain benefits-Any person will not be held liable for a penalty if they pay tax after the due date. Any extreme delay will lead to the payment of interest at...
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Civil Suit Filed in Mathura Court for Removal of Masjid Idgah from 'Shrikrishna Janam Bhoomi'

Sep 29, 2020 ROCKY DAS 2
A Civil suit was filed before the court of civil judge, Mathura division on behalf of child deity Bhagwan Shri Krishna Virjman, seeking removal of the Masjid Idgah, allegedly built adjacent to the land of Shrikrishna Janam Bhoomi.Ranjana Agnihotri has filed a plea in the name of ‘Bhagwan Shri Krishna Virjman’. The list of petitioners also...
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Fair and Frank Reporting of Events by Media Cannot be Curbed Merely Because It May Have an Adverse Impact on the Business of Some Classes of Persons: J&K HC

Oct 10, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 2
The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar on October 8, 2020, exercising inherent powers of the court under Section 561 A of the Jammu and Kashmir (Code of Criminal Procedure) which is at par with Section 482 of Central (Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) passed the judgment in favor of petitioner Mohammad Salim Pandith a senior journalist In Times of India...
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Sec 153A Cannot be Attracted by Merely Inciting Feelings of One Community Without Reference to Other Community: Karnataka HC [READ ORDER]

Oct 12, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 2
An FIR was lodged under section 341 ( Punishment for wrongful restraint), 504 ( Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (Punishment for Criminal Intimidation),153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of...
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Prostitution Not an Offence; Adult Woman Has Right to Choose her Vocation": Bombay HC Orders Release of 3 Sex Workers from Corrective Institution

Sep 29, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The bench heard the plea of 3 sex workers challenging the order dated 19.10.2019 passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate, Mazgaon under Section 17(2) of the said Act as well as the order dated 22.11.2019 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Dindoshi in Criminal Appeal No. 284 of 2019 which upheld the order dated 19.10.2019.A Trap was laid (to...
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Orissa HC Refuses to Entertain Petition U/S 11(6) Of A&C Act 1966, Says It Does Not Have Territorial Jurisdiction

Oct 14, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 2
An application was filed in Orissa High Court, under section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1966 by M/s. SJ Biz Solutions Pvt. Ltd (Petitioner) seeking appointment of an independent arbitrator to arbitrate the disputes between the petitioner and the M/s. Sany Heavy Industry India Pvt. Ltd. (Opposite party). On 1st October,...
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Normal Functioning of the High Court to Remain Suspended till November 20, 2020: Orissa HC [READ ORDER]

Oct 05, 2020 Rocky Das 2
Normal Functioning of the Orissa High Court will remain suspended till 20.11.2020 in view of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Orissa High Court said on Friday.The functioning of the High Court will have to be complied with; the Friday’s resolution/order stated on 21.08.2020.The Subordinate Courts and tribunals will also function with...
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Orissa High Court Asks State to Open Temples in Graded Manner

Oct 09, 2020 Richa Shah 2
On Wednesday (7th October 2020), The Orissa high court asked the state government to open the temples in a graded manner which will be according to modalities as per their assessment from place to place and from time to time. However, this shall be in accordance with the modalities after assessing the Covid-19 situation.This was heard by a bench...
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No bar on step-parent to become a child's adoptive parent: Karnataka HC

Oct 15, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 2
The Karnataka High Court recently declared a stepmother as the legally adoptive mother of the minor child and the couple as parents of a minor child for all legal purposes, noting that "through the adoption process, the child is transplanted into the family of its natural father and step-mother thereby establishing a permanent parent-child...
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Patna HC Gives Orders to Government to Provide Relief to the underprivileged Children in Bihar amid pandemic [READ JUDGMENT]

Sep 23, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 2
A Division Bench of Patna High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar Karol and Justice S. Kumar has taken a suo moto cognizance of the plight of children in the Bhagalpur District of Bihar due to the non-availability of mid-day meals as schools are shut down due to coronavirus pandemic. The HC took the cognizance based upon news run by...
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Provide the List of Persons Who Have Been Given Security Cover But Are Not Holding Any Public Office: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Sep 24, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 2
In Bir Devinder Singh v. State of Punjab and others [2020], Bir Devinder Singh, the petitioner in this case and the former Punjab deputy speaker challenged the state government's decision on June 23 to withdraw his security cover as according to the State he was an Ex MLA and providing him security was violative of State Security Policy 2013.On...
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Public Interest Litigation in Karnataka High Court for Use of A4 Size Paper with Double Printing at Karnataka High Court and Subordinate Court [READ PETITION]

Oct 08, 2020 Neha Bharti 2
Public interest litigation has been filed by three law students Akiriti Agarwal, Bhavana M, and Lakshya Purohit urging the use of A4 size paper and double printing of the paper for all purposes in the Karnataka High Court and district courts in the Karnataka. Two Judge Bench comprising of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi...
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Punjab & Haryana HC Restrains Schools from Levying Transport Charges During Online Classes; Building Maintenance Fee Capped To 50%

Oct 05, 2020 Rohit Raj 2
Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday (29th September 2020) were seen to be restraining the schools from collecting the transport fees from students. The situation has taken place during the Covid-19 pandemic and has taken a toll on a high stance. Justice Rajan Gupta and Justice Karanjit Singh had ordered that, if children are not going to...
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Student Who Was Given Two Scores in JEE Mains Allowed to Appear for the JEE Advance Examination by Rajasthan HC

Sep 25, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
In a big relief to an Engineering aspirant who was precluded from appearing in the JEE (Advanced) Examination after her Mains results were allegedly fiddled, the Rajasthan HC directed the National Testing Agency to allow her to take the examination, scheduled to be held this Sunday ( September 27, 2020).The Bench consisting of Justice Vijay...
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Bombay HC Surprised that Maharashtra Government Needs More Time to Make System Operational for Virtual Proceedings Under RTI Act, 2005

Oct 01, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 2
A petition was filed on 15th September by an RTI Activist, former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, and others to sought directions to the Maharashtra State Information Commission, the respondents to issue guidelines to all the public authorities in the State of Maharashtra to adopt an appropriate online video conferencing platform...
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SC allows Aircel Plea seeking Directions to NCLT to Consider the Questions Framed [READ ORDER]

Oct 06, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 2
Aircel’s plea is been allowed by the Supreme Court to direct the NCLT (National Company Appellate Tribunal) to consider the questions framed by the court in the judgment of AGR case, dated September 1st, 2020. The Supreme Court directed the NCLT to consider questions like, whether TSPs can be said to be the owner based on the right to use them,...
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SC Allows COVID-19 Infected CLAT Aspirant to Take Exam at an Isolation Centre

Sep 30, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
Hours before the scheduled start of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)-2020 the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a COVID-19 positive aspirant to take the entrance test in a separate isolation room. The plea was filed by a COVID positive CLAT Aspirant, Mr. Deepansh Tripathi. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said, “In the facts of the...
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SC: Public Places Can’t be Occupied for Protests

Oct 08, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 2
The indefinite occupation by demonstrators of public places or highways, which can cause people inconvenience and violate their rights, is not appropriate, the Supreme Court has said.The court recognized that peaceful protests were indeed a constitutional right, but said the right was not absolute. An indeterminable number of people cannot block...
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SC Rejects Writ Petition by IRS Officer Against Mandatory Retirement

Oct 07, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 2
The Supreme Court declined to accept the petition of an official from the Indian Revenue Service, questioning the decision of the government on compulsory retirement. The court ordered the petitioner to go to seek relief from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).A bench of Justices Dhananjay Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra, and Indira...
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FIRs Filed Basis Toxic Social Media Posts Against TV news anchor Amish Devgan : Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra Tells SC

Sep 25, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 23, 2020) extended protection to TV news anchor Amish Devgan against any coercive action in cases lodged over his alleged defamatory remark against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti during a show telecast on June 15, 2020.A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna asked Devgan's counsel...
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Chief Justice Gita Mittal of J&K HC Constitutes Arbitration Committee for Court Annexed International Arbitration Centre

Oct 06, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, Justice Gita Mittal, constituted the Arbitration Committee for the Court annexed Jammu and Kashmir International Arbitration Centre (IAC).The committee has been constituted by the Chief Justice in the exercise of powers under Rule 3 of the Jammu and Kashmir International Arbitration Centre...
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BCI Extends Deadline to Furnish Details of Advocated Registered with District Bar Associations Till November 15,2020 [Read Order]

Oct 01, 2020 Parul Singhal 2
Bar Council of India has further extended the deadline for submission of details of advocates enrolled with all State Bar Councils in India across the country till November 15, 2020.Earlier, the period was extended till November, 30, but after the general meeting held on 28.09.2020, through video conferencing, the council has considered the...
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Lawyer Who ardently voiced issues that Arose Due to COVID-19, Succumbs to Death due to the virus

Sep 30, 2020 M V Manasa 2
On Thursday (September 24, 2020) senior Corporate Lawyer P. Nagesh dies of COVID-19 in Hyderabad. He was a renowned Corporate Lawyer with over 26 years of experience in corporate laws, advisory, and litigation.During the COVID-19 pandemic, he brought relief to lakhs of SSC aspirants and he was the first lawyer that drove everyone towards oxygen...
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'Do You Watch TV?', SC Asks News Broadcasters Association (NBA); Calls It 'Toothless'

Sep 22, 2020 ROCKY DAS 2
The News Broadcasting Association (NBA) is a voluntary organization of TV news channels, which is registered as a non-profit company. The company has evolved its ethics and broadcasting standards and established a News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) to regulate and formulate its norms. Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice A K Sikri is the...
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Income Tax Dept Raids 38 Premises of a Leading Commercial Arbitration Lawyer; Seizes Rs. 5.5 Crore Cash [READ PRESS RELEASE]

Oct 19, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 2
The Income Tax department on October 14, 2020, raided 38 locations in Delhi and Haryana in connection with charges of alleged tax evasion involving advocate Manoj Kumar Singh, who specializes in commercial arbitration and alternate dispute resolution.Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) that frames policy for the tax department in a statement said...
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Former Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, AS Dave passes away

Oct 07, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 2
Justice Anantkumar Surendraray Dave, a former Judge and Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court passed away after prolonged illness at the age of 62.Prior to his retirement, Justice Anant Dave had served as an Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court before the current Chief Justice Vikram Nath took over.Born in December 1957, he...
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[SSR Case]: Mumbai Police Arrest Advocate Vibhor Anand for Spreading Fake Theories

Oct 19, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 2
Mumbai's cybercrime division has arrested advocate Vibhor Anand for allegedly spreading misinformation and false claims around the deaths of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his former manager Disha Salian.Advocate Vibhor Anand who was arrested from Delhi on October 15, 2020, has been accused of spreading misinformation, maligning the image of a...
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Prior Judgments By Media In Criminal Cases Goes Against The Principles Of Fair Trial: Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy In SSR Media Trial Matter

Oct 10, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 2
Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy who appeared on behalf of ex-IPS officers objecting to the reporting in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, stated before the Bombay High Court on 8th October 2020, Thursday that making prior judgments regarding a criminal case and holding someone guilty before the final verdict is given by the Court is a complete...
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"CLAT 2020 is Erroneous, Faulty, Defective and Discriminatory": Plea in SC Seeks CLAT Retest [READ PETITION]

Oct 06, 2020 Rocky Das 2
A petition was filed in the supreme court to declare the common law admission test (CLAT) conducted by the consortium of National Law Universities as erroneous, faulty, defective, discriminatory and violative of Fundamental Rights of Education. And also seeking to re-conduct the test.The petition was filed by Five CLAT aspirants urged the Apex...
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Amnesty International says work in India halted after Government freezes Bank Accounts

Sep 30, 2020 Shreya Tulavi 1
Human rights organization Amnesty International India on Tuesday announced that it has been “compelled to let go of staff in India” and stop all its work as its bank accounts have been frozen. In a statement, the organization called the government’s move to freeze its bank accounts a witch-hunt “over unfounded and motivated...
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Solar power equipment manufacturer Array raises $1 billion in IPO

Oct 16, 2020 Rocky Das 1
U.S. solar power equipment company Array Technologies offered shares in its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday (October 14, 2020) at $22 per unit, above its target range, to raise $1.05 billion.The IPO values Array, which is backed by U.S. private equity firm Oaktree Capital, at $2.8 billion. The company also had $749.2 million in debt as...
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BMW Group India to increase prices of BMW and MINI cars by up to 3% from November 1, 2020

Oct 06, 2020 Rohit Raj 1
The BMW India Group will be heavily increasing the prices of the BMW and the MINI product ranges from 1st November 2020. Mr. Vikram Pawah, who is the current President of BMW Group India said that BMW group India is constantly engaging and offering valuable and aspirational products and the highest and top-notch quality of customer service and...
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BMW to pay $18 million U.S fine to resolve inflated sales probe

Sep 27, 2020 Jishu 1
BMW AG and two U.S. subsidiaries agreed Thursday ( September 24, 2020) to pay an $18 million (£14.1 million) U.S. fine to resolve accusations that they disclosed misleading information about the German luxury automaker’s retail sales volume in the United States while raising approximately $18 billion from investors in corporate bond...
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ED to File Status Report on 14th October 2020 in ICICI Bank Videocon Money Laundering Case

Oct 10, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
On September 7th 2020, Mr. Deepak Kochhar, husband of former ICICI Bank chairperson Chanda Kochhar, was arrested for being in connection to the ICICI Bank- Videocon money laundering case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the Enforcement Director for the purpose of questioning. The money laundering case...
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“Facebook Chief Cannot Claim Right to Silence": Delhi Legislative Assembly Tells SC in Facebook-India VP's Plea Against Summons

Oct 08, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
The Facebook chief of India, Ajit Mohan was called as a witness by the Delhi government's Peace & Harmony Committee to discover concerns relating to the use of the Facebook platform for spreading hateful content during the Delhi riots which occurred this year in February 2020. He was issued summons, but he preferred to remain silent. A...
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Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs to testify before US Senate committee

Oct 06, 2020 Jishu 1
The next big tech hearing will take place on October 28, 2020 as the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of Facebook, Twitter, and Google have agreed to voluntarily testify before a United States (US) Senate Committee.The US Senate Commerce Committee at a hearing on Thursday (October 1, 2020) unanimously approved authorizations through voice votes to...
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Fire at ONGC’s Gujarat Hazira Plant, No Casualty or Injury to Any Person Reported Yet

Sep 25, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 1
The Hazira plant of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) witnessed a huge fire in Surat, Gujarat in the early hours of the morning around 3 am. However, no casualty has been reported until now. Hazira port is located on the banks of Tapti River, 8 km away from the Arabian Sea.Multiple blasts happened at the plant due to which the fire broke out...
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Show Cause Notices Issued For Closure To Flipkart, Patanjali For Flouting Plastic Waste Management Rules: CPCB Tells NGT [READ REPORT]

Oct 15, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) submitted a report before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that manufacturers and e-commerce websites like Flipkart and Patanjali are not complying with the provisions of the Public Waste Management Rules, 2016 and are excessively using plastic packaging material. They are also not registered with the...
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Franklin Templeton Files Additional Affidavits After Karnataka HC Reserves Judgment

Oct 07, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
In April 2020, Franklin Templeton Asset Management India Private Limited and Franklin Templeton Trustees Private Limited had announced to wind up six mutual funds on the basis of low liquidity. This showcased a mere about three lakh investors to be affected by such a decision.Gujrat High court had put a stay on Franklin Templeton’s mutual fund...
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Google Faces New Antitrust Case in India Over Abuse in Smart TVs Market

Oct 10, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
Two Indian antitrust lawyers, Kshitiz Arya and Purushottam Anand filed a case against Google for engaging in anti-competitive practices. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) too agreed to this part that it created barriers for firms who are wishing to use developed versions of Android.Research shows that more than 8 million Tv sets are sold...
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Google Maps Will Soon Show Covid-19 Cases in Your Area

Sep 27, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
 With the rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, Google has come up with a new feature on Android and iOS for Google Maps which will be known as the “COVID layer”. This new update will be of great use for the users to detect the COVID cases in a particular area and to make a quick and easy decision whether to go to that area...
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GPay Allowed to Share Customer Transaction Information With Third Parties After NPCI’s Permission

Sep 27, 2020 Richa Shah 1
The GPay app which is operated by Google India Digital Services Pvt Ltd has informed the High Court of Delhi that customers’ transaction data can be shared with third parties after taking the prior permission of NPCI and payment service providing (PSP) banks. An affidavit has been filed by Google before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and...
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Google Says it will Pay Publishers $1 Billion For News in the Next Three Years

Oct 06, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Thursday (1st October 2020), Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google has planned to pay $1 billion to publishers globally for their news over the next three years. This step could help the giant company win over a powerful group amid heightened regulatory scrutiny worldwide.Many news publishers around the globe have constantly fought the...
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Poor Sales Force Harley-Davidson To Leave India

Sep 27, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
On Thursday (September 24, 2020), Harley-Davidson one of the most known motorcycle brands announced that it has decided to wrap up its sales and manufacturing operations in India, as part of restructuring actions that the company refers to as ‘The Rewire’ strategy. The company informed its employees of additional restructuring costs amounting...
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Honest Restaurant Sues Jelly Manufacturer for Trading Under the Same Name as the Food and Snacks Giant

Sep 30, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The Indian acclaimed chain of restaurants, Honest Restaurant has recently sued a jelly product maker due to trademark infringement. The Jelly company was continuing business and selling its products under the brand name of “Honest Jellies”The Food Giant, Honest Restaurants have filed a suit in the City Sessions Court claiming that the company...
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Dr. Kota Neelima & Sangita Tyagi seek Intervention in Sudarshan TV Case

Sep 25, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The highly controversial case against Sudarshan TV regarding its telecast of a show with the questionable tagline “UPSC Jihad” has been on everyone’s minds lately. The show attempts to tell the story of “the alleged infiltration of Muslims in the Civil Services”. In a recent development, renowned author and researcher, Sr. Kota Neelima,...
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OnePlus to invest Rs 100 crores to expand retail presence in India

Oct 16, 2020 Rocky Das 1
OnePlus is making an investment of Rs 100 crore to expand its offline retail presence in India. It will open 3,000 new stores in even tier 3 and tier 4 cities in line with its strategy to expand to a much wider user base with its smartphones, smart TV and connected devices.The Chinese Smartphone maker company, which unveiled its latest OnePlus 8T...
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RBI Approves 3-Member Committee To Function As Ad-Interim MD & CEO Of Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Sep 28, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
In the latest annual general meeting (AGM), a section of shareholders of Chennai-based Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) has opposed the re-appointment of seven directors including the Managing Director and CEO S Sundar. Instead, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has now approved a three-member committee of directors (CoD) who will lead the bank in the...
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RBI Approves 3-Member Committee To Function As Ad-Interim MD & CEO Of Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Sep 28, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
In the latest annual general meeting (AGM), a section of shareholders of Chennai-based Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) has opposed the re-appointment of seven directors including the Managing Director and CEO S Sundar. Instead, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has now approved a three-member committee of directors (CoD) who will lead the bank in the...
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Religare Finvest Case: HC seeks police reply on ex-Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh’s bail plea

Oct 06, 2020 Rohit Raj 1
The High Court on October 3rd, 2020 (Saturday) was seeking a reply on Shivinder Singh’s bail plea. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait had issued a notice for Shivinder’s plea and had sought out a response from the Delhi Police Department and also the RFL. The case dealt with the misappropriation of funds of Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL). Singh had...
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Shopify confirms Data Breach, states two rogue employees have stolen at least 100 merchants’ customer data

Sep 27, 2020 Richa Shah 1
Shopify- the Ottawa based Canadian multinational e-commerce giant informed the company’s privacy commissioner about the recent data breach and also added that the breach was carried out by two "rogue" employees.While confirming the data breach, Shopify informed that two rogue employees which were a part of the Company’s customer support team...
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TCS Board to consider share buyback on Oct 7,2020

Oct 06, 2020 Jishu 1
The board of India's largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) board will meet on October 7 to consider a share buyback proposal. "the Board of Directors will consider a proposal for buyback of equity shares of the Company, at its meeting to be held on October 7, 2020," Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said in a regulatory filing. No...
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Twitter Tells Telangana HC that it is not Amenable to Writ Jurisdiction in India, Seeks Safe Harbor Protection Under IT Act, 2020

Oct 02, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
The Social media platform Twitter.inc has appealed against a PIL made by Advocate Khaja Aijazuddin stating that the company is being responsible for trending ‘Communal Hashtags’ in India. The company responded to the PIL by saying that it is not a ‘State’ within article 12 of the Indian Constitution as it is incorporated under the laws of...
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Yash Birla and 3 Other Barred by SEBI in relation to manipulation in the issuance of global depository receipts (GDR) by Birla Costyn (India)

Oct 05, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred four individuals, including Yashovardhan Birla, the Chairman of Yash Birla, from the markets in relation to manipulation in the issuance of global depository receipts (GDR) by Birla Costyn (India) way back in 2010. Birla Cotsyn (India) Ltd (BCIL) is currently undergoing liquidation...
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Allahabad High Court rejects PIL seeking a ban on broadcast of Amazon Prime web series ‘Paatal Lok’

Oct 01, 2020 Shreya Tulavi 1
In a big relief for makers of the ‘Pataal Lok’ web series, the Allahabad High Court has rejected a fresh PIL seeking the court’s direction to stop the broadcast of the Amazon Prime web series. While refusing to accept the petition and intervene in the matter, the Allahabad High Court said that the petitioner should make a complaint before a...
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Gag Order Against Publication of Any News About Arbaaz Khan in Nexus with Sushant Singh Rajput Case [READ ORDER]

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
A John-Doe order has been passed by the Bombay City Civil Court with respect to restraining defamatory allegations from known and unknown persons. This restriction covered posts and online videos as well. Recently, various news and social media posts have alleged that he was involved in the ongoing cases of the demise of Disha Salian and Sushant...
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PIL filed in Delhi HC Seeks directions to the Centre to frame rules governing broadcasting of news related to criminal investigations, calls Arnab Goswami’s Reporting in SSR Case ‘Distorted’ and ‘Misleading’

Oct 12, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Friday (9th October 2020), a PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court alleging that journalist Arnab Goswami and his channel, Republic TV were reporting “distorted and misleading facts” on the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput which also resulted in the infringement of the right to a fair trial of actor Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused...
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PIL filed in Delhi HC Seeks directions to the Centre to frame rules governing broadcasting of news related to criminal investigations, calls Arnab Goswami’s Reporting in SSR Case ‘Distorted’ and ‘Misleading’

Oct 12, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Friday (9th October 2020), a PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court alleging that journalist Arnab Goswami and his channel, Republic TV were reporting “distorted and misleading facts” on the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput which also resulted in the infringement of the right to a fair trial of actor Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused...
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Top Bollywood producers move Delhi High Court against Republic TV and Times Now for irresponsible reporting

Oct 14, 2020 Shreya Tulavi 1
Ever since Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case and the Bollywood drug has come into the light, several media houses have been keeping a close check on the matter. However, there have been certain media houses that were also seen conducting media trials in the case as Bollywood has become a constant target on these news channels with derogatory...
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Bombay HC allows Sanjay Raut to be added as party in Kangana Ranaut’s Case

Sep 24, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
Parts of actress Kangana Ranaut’s office- cum-bungalow were demolished by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in her absence.She, on September 9, filed a petition in Bombay High Court alleging to add Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena spokesperson, Sanjay Raut, as a party to the proceedings of her plea, which challenges the demolition of her...
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Did You Act in the Same Manner and With the Same Swiftness Against Other Unauthorized Constructions?: Bombay HC to BMC in Kanagana Ranaut case

Sep 29, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
The Bombay High Court while hearing the Writ Petition of Kangana Ranaut against the Municipal Corporations demolition of her bungalow turned office at Pali Hill, Bandra questioned as to how the ground floor was demolished, there was no alteration made on the ground floor according to the inspection report submitted by the BMC. It was one of such...
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Dean Jones Dies Of Heart Attack While in Mumbai for IPL Commentary

Sep 25, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Cricket legend and former Australian cricketer, Dean Jones was claimed by a heart attack on Thursday, i.e. September 24th, 2020 while he was in Mumbai. Jones was in the City of Dreams to be one of the host broadcasters for the Indian Premier League. The 59-year retired cricketer suffered a terrible heart attack at the hotel he was staying in for...
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ED finds no Proof Against Rhea Chakraborty in Money Laundering Case related to SSR’s death

Oct 12, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
The family of Sushant Singh Rajput doesn’t have a single idea of his finances and there is no proof against Rhea Chakraborty in the money laundering case as per the ED. The AIIMS report has also ruled out the murder theory in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. As reported recently, the Enforcement Directorate has found no concrete...
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How can drug supply to Rajput be proven if he is no more: Lawyer tells Bombay HC in bail plea hearing

Oct 01, 2020 Shreya Tulavi 1
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 29, 2020), heard the bail applications submitted by actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and others arrested in a drug case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. During the hearing, the lawyer for alleged drug peddler Abdel Basit Parihar, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau...
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Kangana’s Plea Should Not Be Entertained as it is an Abuse of Process Law: BMC To Bombay HC

Sep 23, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court one day after Kangana challenged the demolition at her bungalow in Pali Hill in suburban Bandra. The MCGM denied the allegation imposed on it that it undertook the demolition of illegal alterations at Kangana’s bungalow on Thursday. The MCGM in its...
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Kangana Ranaut’s Allegations of Malice False, Substantial Alterations and Additions Made in Contrary to Approved Plan: MCGM To Bombay High Court

Sep 29, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Friday (September 25, 2020), a sub-rejoinder was submitted by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai before the Bombay High Court. It stated that the act of demolition of Kangana Ranaut’s bungalow which was turned into an office by the actress taken under Section 354A of the Municipal Corporation Act was justified in law and the...
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Kangana Ranaut’s Allegations of Malice False, Substantial Alterations and Additions Made in Contrary to Approved Plan: MCGM To Bombay High Court

Sep 29, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Friday (September 25, 2020), a sub-rejoinder was submitted by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai before the Bombay High Court. It stated that the act of demolition of Kangana Ranaut’s bungalow which was turned into an office by the actress taken under Section 354A of the Municipal Corporation Act was justified in law and the...
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FIR ordered to be filed by Bombay Court against Kangana Ranaut and Her Sister for Spreading Communal Violence

Oct 19, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A Metropolitan Magistrate Jaydeo Khule of Bandra Metropolitan Court ordered an FIR to be filed against Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel for spreading communal violence based upon a private complaint filed before the court. The judge said that “on prima facie perusal of complaint and submissions, I found the cognizable offence has...
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Kangana Ranaut Alleges Bias by Mumbai Civic Body; Says Her Neighbour Manish Malhotra was Given 7 Days to Respond to Demolition Notice

Sep 24, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
KanganaRanaut filed a replication before the Bombay High Court stating that the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai is trying to cover up their illegal acts by calling her bias.She, in the replication, stated that there was a clear bias against her as she was not given a reasonable opportunity to respond to the allegations made against her...
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Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy Made his Submissions in the Demolition Case of Kangana’s Mumbai Office

Sep 30, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
Sr Adv Aspi Chinoy, representing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) put-forth his submissions in the demolition case of Kangana’s Mumbai office. While hearing the petition filed by Kangana, the BMC firstly told the Bombay High Court that Kangana never came out clear on the issue of illegal construction at her bungalow.Chinoy said...
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NBSA Imposes Fine Of One Lakh Rupees On Aajtak, Asks Zee News, India TV, And News 24 To Apologise For Insensitive Reporting On Sushant Singh Rajput Case [READ ORDER]

Oct 10, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has directed the electronic news channels, Aaj Tak, Zee News, News 24, and India TV to air an apology for their insensitive reporting and sensationalizing the death of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. NBSA is a self-governing authority and has criticized the said news channels for running...
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NCB Books Rhea Chakraborty Under Section 27A for Non-disclosure of Sushant’s Drug Use

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The Narcotics Control Bureau submitted their arguments against actor Rhea Chakraborty and four others on Tuesday, i.e. September 29th, 2020. The arguments were made before the Bombay High Court in the Sushant Singh Rajput case relating to alleged drug procurement. Hon’ble Justice SV Kotwal heard the matter.Additional Solicitor General, Anil...
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Payal Ghosh's Lawyer Complains to Bombay HC for Already Claiming Media Victory in Dispute by Richa Chadda

Oct 13, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
Actor Payal Ghosh, who is facing a defamation lawsuit filed by actor Richa Chadda claiming Rs 1.1 crore damages, on Monday (October 12,2020) complained to the Bombay High Court through her lawyer that the plaintiff Chadda had already claimed in the media that she had won the case.Ghosh's counsel, Advocate Nitin Satpute, told a bench of Justice A K...
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Payal Ghosh Tenders Unconditional Apology to Richa Chadha for Defamatory Remarks

Oct 15, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (14th October 2020) accepted the undertaking submitted by actor Payal Ghosh tendering an unconditional apology to actor Richa Chadha in the defamation suit against Ghosh, Kamal R Khaan, and news channel ABN Telugu and for dragging Richa Chadha's name into the allegations against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. The...
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Plea Against Media Trial in SSR’s Suicide Case states that Centre Cannot Say Private Self-Appointed News Bodies Will Look into Complaints

Oct 13, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
As the time is passing the Sushant Singh’s suicide case is getting more and more complicated. Media has played a very important role and that role is now being challenged in Bombay High Court by a bunch of petitions alleging the media trial in the SSR’s suicide case. The pleas were filed by Nilesh Navlakha (filmmaker/producer) Mahibub D....
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[Breaking] Rhea Chakraborty Granted Bail by Bombay HC in NDPS Case [Read Judgment]

Oct 07, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was in the Byculla Jail of Mumbai since September 9th, 2020 after being arrested in the drugs case relating to the demise of alleged boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput. The Actress was granted bail by the Bombay High Court today, i.e. October 7th, 2020. She was arrested and kept in jail by the Narcotics Control...
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Verdict Reserved by Bombay HC In Bail Applications by Rhea Chakraborty

Oct 01, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
After the bail application filed by Rhea Chakraborty, Showik Chakraborty, Abdel Basit Paihar, Samuel Miranda, and Dipesh Sawant was rejected by the Special NDPS Court, Mumbai, the Bombay High Court reserved its judgment in the matter related to their alleged involvement in cases registered under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS)...
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Judicial Custody of Rhea Chakraborty and Brother Showik Until Oct 2020

Oct 07, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The judicial custody of the Chakraborty’s i.e. Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik has been extended till October 2020. The decision was taken by the Special NDPS Court. The judicial custody was being extended every fortnight. The custody was supposed to end today. However, another extension was stipulated by the NDPS...
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Rhea Chakraborty’s Lawyer Argues Against Jurisdiction Of NCB, Claims SC Order Only Empowers CBI Investigation

Sep 25, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
In the recent developments in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, bail applications of Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and brother Showik Chakraborty and other accused will be heard by the Bombay High Court on September 29, 2020, i.e. Tuesday. The others accused, namely involves Samuel Miranda, Dipesh Sawant, and Abdel Parihar.The video conferencing...
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Rhea & Showik Chakraborty Move Bombay HC Seeking Bail; Rhea's Judicial Custody Extended by Special Court till October 6, 2020

Sep 24, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik on Tuesday (September 22, 2020) moved bail applications in the Bombay High Court in connection with the drug case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.According to Rhea's lawyer Satish Manshinde, the matter will come up for hearing on September 23, 2020 and the details of the...
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Rhea Writes to CBI Take Action Against Neighbor Dimple Thawani for making false statements [Read Letter]

Oct 13, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
Rhea Chakraborty after getting bail writes a letter to CBI urging to take action against Dimple Thawanim, her neighbor for making false and misleading allegations against her. Dimple Thawani had claimed before that the late actor dropped Rhea home on June 13th, 2020, the day before the actor was found dead. Rhea wrote the letter addressing Nupur...
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Actor Richa Chadha Files Defamation Suit in Bombay HC against Payal Ghosh, Seeks ₹1.1 Crore in Damages

Oct 07, 2020 Rocky Das 1
A single Bench judge of Justice A.K Menon was hearing the suit filed by Actor Richa Chadha through advocate Saveena Bedi Sachar for a defamation suit against Payal Ghosh.The matter came up through video conferencing on Monday (October 5, 2020) and Senior Advocate Dr. Virendra Tulzpurkar appeared on behalf of the plaintiff along with Advocates...
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Sandalwood Drug Case: Actress Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani Denied Bail by Special Court

Sep 30, 2020 Richa Shah 1
The bail application filed by Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani and co-accused Rahul Thonse was denied by a special Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) court. Their bail application was in respect to a case related to the alleged drug abuse in the Kannada film industry.The actors along with others were charged...
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Sanjay Raut to Record Statement Stating that he Did Not Call Kangana Ranaut “Haramkhor” and file it in the Court: Bombay HC

Oct 02, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
In the case of demolition of Kangana’s office, ShivSena leader Sanjay Raut in an interview was heard saying "Lagta hai uske baap ko yaha lana padega...., Wo HARAMKHOR ladki ki wakalat kyu kar rahe hai aap.”Advocate for Kangana played an audio of the interview during the previous hearing and said that Sanjay Raut had called the actress...
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“It’s Suicide and Not Murder,” Says the Panel of AIIMS Doctors Set-Up by CBI in SSR’s Death Case

Oct 05, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
The controversial death case of Sushant Singh Rajput has now taken a back turn and landed from where it all started. As we all know CBI was assigned the authority to investigate the whole case in August, therefore CBI set up a panel of Doctors from AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) to re-evaluate the post-mortem report of late actor...
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FIR against the former head of Amnesty India for offensive Tweets on Ghanchi community of Gujarat

Sep 28, 2020 Jishu 1
Aakar Patel, columnist and former executive director of Amnesty International India, has said he was arrested and then let out on bail earlier this week for allegedly posting “offensive” tweets against the Ghanchi community in Gujarat.The Surat City police registered a FIR against Patel, filed by Purnesh Modi, a ruling Bhartiya Janata Party...
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‘Give 7 Days’ Advance Notice Before Arrest, Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Relief to Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini

Sep 25, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
The Director-General of Police, Sumedh Singh Saini filed an application for extending the protection from any event related to his career service granted to him by the High Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure dated October 11, 2020.He was given the relief, but it was directed that in case he was to be arrested, a one-week...
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Police Harassment of Anti-CAA Protester: NHRC Takes Serious Note of Telangana DGP's Non-Responsive Attitude; Issues Conditional Summons [READ SUMMONS]

Oct 05, 2020 Rocky Das 1
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had taken cognizance of a complaint by Amnesty Member named Mohammad Abdul Mujeeb, alleging by senior police officials against a person who was protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) in the State of Telangana, in January this year. Mujeeb claimed and told the NHRC that he was...
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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to School Van Driver Who Showed Porn Videos to Children Aged 5-6 Years [READ ORDER]

Sep 30, 2020 Jishu 1
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (22nd September) has denied bail to a school van driver who has been accused of showing pornographic videos to children aged about 5-6 years. Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court said:"Considering the heinousness of the offence, tender age of the victims and relationship...
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CBI Files Charge Sheet Against Nine Police Officials in Thoothukudi Custodial Death Case

Sep 29, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
On June 19, 2020, a father-son duo was arrested. They were taken to the Sathankulam Police Station where they were brutely tortured. They received several injuries under the custody and finally died on June 22 and 23. The case was taken over by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Nine of their team members were tested positive but...
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Mother-Daughter Duo Detained by Police Without Making Any Entry In Official Records: P&H HC Awards Compensation of Rs. 1 Lakh Each

Oct 09, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Tuesday (6th Octoberm2020), the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the state government to pay a compensation of Rs. 1 Lakh each to the mother and the daughter for illegal detention.The case was heard by a bench of two judges- Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Harinder Singh Sidhu. The judge had the opinion that it is illegal to keep the...
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Consumer Forum Charges a Company with Fine for supplying Faulty Water Purifier at Army Unit

Oct 15, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
A Consumer Forum recently ordered Mint Technology Pvt. Ltd. that supplied water purifiers to replace its RO plant, which stopped working within 7 months of installation, at the Central Ordinance Depot in Mumbai or provide a refund. The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in suburban Bandra also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the company, &...
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Cremation of The Hathras Gang Rape Victim By Cops, Family Kept Out

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
A 20-year-old Dalit woman was recently the gang-rape victim in the Hathras town of Uttar Pradesh. She was gang-raped and tortured. She recently died in a Delhi Hospital. Yesterday, i.e. September 29th, 2020, she was cremated by policemen, while her family and other relatives were locked up by the cops allegedly. A few horrifying and disturbing...
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Farmer Murdered for not sharing Water Pipe in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh

Sep 29, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 1
A 56-year-old Dalit Farmer was purportedly whipped to death in the Budaun area of Uttar Pradesh after he refused to share his water pipe. The man was supposedly killed by another farmer who lives in the territory.The deceased was recognized as Natthu Lal Jatav. Jatav was a negligible farmer in Din Nagar Sheikhpur town which is situated around 20...
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Delhi Court Awards Death to Man for ‘Brutal, Diabolic’ Murder of 12-Year-Old Boy

Oct 08, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A 12-year old boy, Manan, son of a property dealer was kidnapped and murdered in March 2009 by one of his neighbours, Nagpal.As the boy was familiar with the man, he went with him without any fear. After taking him, Nagpal sent a threatening message to the boy’s father demanding a ransom of Rs 7 crore and saying that if the amount is not paid,...
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“CBI Must Show it Had Sanction from Centre to File the Appeal”: Acquitted Accused in 2G Appeal

Oct 06, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The Delhi High Court is set to conclude the hearing in “leave to appeal” in the 2G appeal matter in two months. One of the acquitted who was accused, Asif Balwa sought a copy of the sanction letter granting approval to CBI to file the appeal against the acquittal of the accused of the Central Government. Relying on the Rule of Law, Balwa’s...
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Plea Seeking Action Against Twitter for Allegedly Hosting Anti-India Content, Delhi HC Asks Petitioner to First Move a Representation Before Center

Oct 01, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A petition was filed by Sangeeta Sharma in Delhi High Court to take any action against twitter which is deliberately promoting anti-India content which is against the law of land in social media.The petitioner said that twitter is promoting prohibited content and involving in a secret plan to create division in society and promote Khalistan...
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DMK Leaders Booked in Cash-for-Vote Case by CBI

Sep 29, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 1
On September 24th, 2020, a search operation was conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection to Rs. 11.48 crore which was suspected to be in custody of a DMK leader in Vellore.A few days back the CBI’s Anti- Corruption Branch registered a case against Dayanidhi, the then senior manager, Canara Bank, Vellore, DMK functionary...
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Emergency Parole to decongest jails will be automatically extended: Aurangabad bench of Bombay HC

Sep 22, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
In this critical situation of the COVID 19 pandemic, a notification was issued on 8th May 2020 by the state home department which amended the Maharashtra Prisons (Furlough and Parole) Rules 1959, by “automatically extending” emergency parole to decongest jails.On 14th September, clarification was made by the division bench of Justice T V...
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Hathras Gang-Rape Survivor Dies While Battling for Life in Delhi Hospital, Gets Cremated by Cops in absence of family

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The 19-year old Dalit gang-rape victim from Hathras was taken to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital recently. She was transferred from Aligarh’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College to Delhi a day earlier. She was kept in the Delhi Hospital to treat her injuries suffered from the horrifying rape case. The victim’s brother confirmed the death and said,...
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Habeas Corpus Plea seeks Release of Kerala Journalist Arrested for Covering the Hathras Case

Oct 08, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The horrifying and heart-wrenching incident of the Hathras Gang Rape case has become a topic of national outrage. Earlier this month, the Dalit victim of the Hathras gang rape was reported to be dead in the Delhi Hospital after succumbing to injuries inflicted upon her by her abusers. The recent updates and the circumstances of the case have also...
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Hathras Gangrape Case: Retired Judicial Officer Moves SC to Seek Probe Against Police & DM for Undignified Cremation

Oct 06, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
A retired judicial officer who is quite “perturbed” by the horrific Hathras Gang Rape incident has moved to the Apex Court to seek an investigation against the police officials and the District Magistrate who was allegedly responsible for forcefully cremating the Dalit Girl.the petition filed in the SC sought for an investigation by any...
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Hathras Victim's Family Breaks Down Before the Allahabad High Court, States "Not Allowed to Cremate Her in Accordance with Hindu Rituals and Not Allowed to See Her Face Last Time” [READ ORDER]

Oct 14, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
The family of the Hathras victim told the Allahabad High Court that the midnight cremation of the victim's body was done without their consent. They expressed their grief and told that she has the fundamental right of decent cremation. The case was presented before a 2 judge benche comprising of Justice Pankaj Mittal and Ranjan Roy, in order...
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HC directs Police action on Woman's complaint against threatening Calls from Bank Agents

Sep 28, 2020 Jishu 1
Kochi (Kerala), September 26, 2020: The Kerala High Court on Saturday directed the state police to take action on a 44-year-old woman’s complaint that agents of a foreign bank are threatening her over a loan she availed and repaid while she was abroad.A single-judge bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V directed circle inspector and...
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Special NIA Court Convicts ISIS Terrorist Subahani Haja Mohideen [READ JUDGMENT]

Sep 30, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
Subahani Haja Mohideen, a 35-years old resident of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in October 2016. The NIA seized inculpating materials from his residence which establishes his link from the infamous terrorist organization ISIS. A special court for NIA cases in Ernakulam Kerela on...
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Nirav Modi case: Fresh CBI charge sheet against retired PNB official for disproportionate assets

Oct 05, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Friday (2nd October 2020), a fresh charge sheet was filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Gokulnath Shetty who is the Punjab National Bank Deputy Manager and also the person accused of helping Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi perpetrate Rs 13000-crore fraud and his wife for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 2.63...
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Plea in SC Debarring Persons accused of Serious Offences from Contesting Elections

Sep 28, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
A plea regarding a ban on persons contesting elections against whom serious offences have been framed has been moved to the Supreme Court. This petition has been submitted and filed by Advocate Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay. The plea sought a writ mandamus by the Apex Court to the Centre and Election Commission. The petition sought for the Apex Court to...
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Sudarshan TV Case- Intervention Application Filed Alleging Media Trails as Hate Speech

Oct 14, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
In the case of Sudarshan TV, an intervention application has been filed by Sunil Fernandes, Adv-on-record on behalf of Dr. Kota Neelima and Sangeeta Tyagi. The application sought to describe media trails as a face of hate speech. This application was filed in the plea seeking a pre-broadcasting injunction of the program titled Bindas Bol on a...
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TRP Scam Case- Republic TV’s CFO Approaches SC regarding Summons Issued Against Him by Mumbai Police

Oct 12, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
Recently on 8th October 2020, Mumbai police in a press conference said that it has busted a "TRP scam", Television Rating Points (TRPs) were being manipulated. In the briefing, the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh said that ratings by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), an organization under the Ministry of Information and...
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Uttar Pradesh Police Claims That No Rape Happened With the 19 Year Old Dalit Woman: Hathras Case

Oct 05, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
A senior official of Uttar Pradesh Police said in a press release that the Forensic Science Laboratory result did not show the presence of semen in the body of the deceased woman. UP Police claimed that no rape happened with the 19-year old Dalit Woman of Hathras. ADG Prashant Kumar said, “The report of the FSL has also come. It says...
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Heavens Won’t Fall Down If Rape Accused is Stopped from Using Social Media to Protect Victim’s Privacy: Kerala HC [READ ORDER]

Sep 23, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
A bench of the Kerala High Court was presiding on a matter regarding the crime of rape. The single bench comprised of Hon’ble Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan who was hearing the bail application of the petitioner, Muhammed Shifas. The petitioner in the matter was an accused in Crime No. 1017/2020 of Njarackal Police Station.While presiding over the...
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All You Need to Know About the Three Labour Codes Cleared by Parliament [READ LABOUR CODES]

Sep 24, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Three labour codes introduced by Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar were passed by the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. These codes comprise a part of the four codes that are included in the 29 Central Labour Laws.Opposition Congress leaders Manish Tewari and Shashi Tharoor openly opposed these bills. Their reasoning was that bills introduced in 2019...
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Presidential Assent Given to Three Farm Bills

Sep 28, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) notified presidential assent for the following three Acts on Sunday i.e., September 27th, 2020:The Farmers' Produce Trade And Commerce (Promotion And Facilitation) Act, 2020; (Presidential assent received on 24th September)This Act attempts to create an ecosystem wherein the farmers and...
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Bypass to be Constructed in Karnal at the expense of Rs.1,300 Crores: Haryana CM

Oct 06, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar addressed on October 4, 2020 (Sunday) that 35 kilometers long and 7 kilometers wide bypass will be constructed at the expense of Rs 1300 crore, connecting to Jhanjhari village and covering the area between Madhuban and Kutel in Karnal.He said that the final signal for construction has been...
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Drugs control organization issues guidelines for the trial and marketing of vaccines

Sep 23, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A national body for Indian pharmaceuticals, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has conceded test permit consent for the preclinical test, examination, and assembling of COVID 19 to seven makers in India, and the authorization for such trial and promoting of the immunization is recommended under New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules,...
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Central Government Tells Lok Sabha that the Draft EIA 2020 Does Not Weaken the Process of Environmental Clearances

Sep 23, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft was published in March this year and was under question since then. The Publication of Final Notification was stayed by the Karnataka High Court until further direction as the court felt that due to coronavirus the Right to File Objection was taken away and people were deprived of opportunities to...
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Central Govt Denies Claims About Shramik Trains Getting Lost; Says Special Arrangements for Meals Were Made

Sep 22, 2020 Jishu 1
The Railways defended itself on Friday (September 18,2020) in the face of severe criticism over delays by Shramik Specials in reaching their destinations, saying they were not regular trains and they can be extended or short-terminated, and their stoppages and routes can be changed for the benefit of migrant workers.Addressing a press conference,...
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No more posters outside houses of COVID-19 patients under home isolation in Delhi

Oct 10, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
There will be no poster outside the houses of COVID-19 patients under home isolation in the national capital, official sources said on Thursday (October 8, 2020). They said the move is aimed at minimizing the stigma resulting from the affixing of such posters at the front doors of such patients."There will be no poster outside the houses of...
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Delhi Jal Board Issues Notices to Central Government Departments Over Pending Bills

Sep 30, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
Raghav Chadha, vice-chairman of Delhi Jal Board on Tuesday (September 29, 2020), announced that the utility has issued notices to several central government departments, including Railway, Delhi Police, and Municipal Corporations asking them to pay the outstanding dues amounting to Rs 6,811 crore within 30 days. While addressing the press...
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Rajya Sabha MP Moves Supreme Court Against Newly Passed Farmers’Acts

Oct 02, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
DMK MP Tiruch Siva, Member of Parliament has moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the three Acts enacted by Parliament recently, the Farmers’ (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 (Act 20 of 2020), the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation)...
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Draft EIA Notification 2020 Does Not Provide For Ex Post Facto Clearance in Violation Cases: Ministry of Environment informs the Lok Sabha

Sep 25, 2020 Jishu 1
The draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020 does not give any exemptions from public consultations to large industries, but promotes environmental cause and sustainable development, the Ministry of Environment informed the Lok Sabha on Friday (September 18, 2020)Responding to separate queries expressing concern on the draft...
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Rajya Sabha Clears the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 For Protection Of Healthcare Personnel During Epidemic [READ BILL]

Sep 23, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 20202 was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Saturday i.e. September 19th, 2020. This bill was passed to protect healthcare personnel that was combatting epideictic diseases. The upper house of the parliament passed this bill by a voice note. The Bill is already in force as an ordinance. The bill has also expanded...
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Legislation for Protection of Healthcare Personnel During Epidemic Receives Presidential Assent [READ ACT]

Oct 05, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The parliament recently passed an amendment to the Epidemic Diseases Act, 2020. The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020 has received the assent of the President of India. The Bill has come into force and strictly prohibits and commissions or abetment of any act of violence against any healthcare service personnel or any damage/loss that is...
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Bill to regulate funding of NGOs by Foreign individuals, associations, and companies passed by the Parliament

Sep 25, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 1
On September 23, 2020, the bill to make regulation in the Foreign Contribution made to Foreign Contribution. This bill was moved by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, in the Upper House of Parliament.The Bill amends the FCRA 2010 which regulates the acceptance and utilization of foreign contributions by individuals,...
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Haryana Government Allots 140 Acre Land to Flipkart for Fulfilment Centre

Oct 10, 2020 M V Manasa 1
On Wednesday (07 October 2020), an official statement said that the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) has allotted 140-acre land to the Flipkart for setting up their largest fulfillment center in Asia. The statement issued by the Haryana government mentioned that the fulfillment Centre will have a covered...
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Extension of Special Parole of Convicts by Six Weeks: Haryana Government

Sep 30, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
Haryana High Powered Committee on 26.9.2020, through a video conferencing meeting, has decided to extend the special parole or interim bail of convicts by 6 weeks given the pandemic situation. The meeting, held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge, Punjab, and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of Haryana State...
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Home Ministry Replies on the Status of Internet Access and Continuing Detentions in J & K

Sep 24, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
The Public Safety Act, 1978 is a state specific-law that permits the detention of individuals without trial for up to 12 months if the detention is ordered in the ground of maintenance of public order and 2 years if it is in the ground of prejudice to the security of the state. This act was brought in to prevent smuggling cases and keep smugglers...
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Karnataka Quashes the NLSIU Amendment Act; States the Act is Contrary to the Parent Act

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
On September 30 2020, the Karnataka High Court quashed the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Amendment Act, 2020. The Amendment Act guaranteed a 25 % reservation for students who had a state domicile. The order for quashing the amendment act was passed by a Division Bench that comprised of Hon’ble Justices BV Nagarathna and Ravi V...
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Notice Issued by Karnataka High Court to State Government in Plea Challenging validity of Karnataka Land Reforms Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020

Sep 28, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A division bench of Karnataka High Court comprising of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi issued a notice to the state government while hearing a petition which challenges the constitutional validity of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 promulgated on July 13th, 2020, filed by journalist Nagaraj Sheshappa...
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Loan moratorium: Centre hints at holistic package, SC hearing on interest waiver deferred to Oct 5, 2020

Sep 30, 2020 Shreya Tulavi 1
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for October 5 the hearing on the two petitions seeking an extension of the moratorium period on repayment of loans and to waive off the interest on the interest on loan amount in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Solicitor General representing the government told the court that the issues are under active...
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Lok Sabha Clears the Taxationand Other Laws (Relaxation Of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020 To Relax Tax Filings [READ BILL]

Sep 22, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The Lok Sabha passed the Taxation and other laws (Relaxation of certain provisions) Bill, 2020 on Saturday, 19th September which was advocated to relax the time limit on compliance with tax laws, GST payment, filing, etc amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bill, already in force as an ordinance, amends as many as eight legislations viz. the...
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5-Crore Compensation Awarded by the Maharashtra RERA Appellate Tribunal Upheld by Bombay HC

Sep 29, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The INR 5 Crore compensation that was to be given to a party who had not been handed over the possession of a certain property even after a delay over around 80 months was upheld by The Bombay High Court. Justice SC Gupte passed the order and dismissed the second appeal. The present matter was filed by Renaissance Infrastructure Ltd. i.e. the...
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Human Rights Cannot Be An Reason To Defy The Law Of The Land - MHA In Its Response To Amnesty International [READ RESPONSE]

Oct 01, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Ministry of Home Affairs responded to the Amnesty International in its statement and mentioned that Human rights can be used as an excuse for defying the law of the land. The government further elaborated that the stated NGO has adopted doubtful and uncertain ways to secure its funds for the operations. Amnesty International had to halt...
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MHA Issues Unlock 5.0 Guidelines: Cinemas to open, States to decide on opening of schools in graded manner [Read Order]

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued Unlock 5.0 guidelines. One of the primary changes to note is that State Governments are empowered to reopen schools according to their wishes. However, the decision to re-open colleges is to be taken later. Any educational institutions that have doctoral and postgraduate researchers in science and technology...
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Most fake notes of denomination ₹2,000: NCRB

Oct 05, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
Four years after demonetization, the very best variety of all counterfeit notes seized in the last 12 months were of denomination ₹2,000, in accordance with the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) annual Crime in India report.The knowledge on seizures of counterfeit notes from all of the States and Union Territories additionally exhibits...
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Farmers Get Freedom to Sell Agriculture Produce Anywhere but it Would Lead to Corporatization of Agriculture: MP Farmers Leader to SC on New Farmers’ Legislations [READ PETITION]

Oct 06, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
 A Public Interest Litigation has been filled in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Fascination) Act, 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020. MP Congress leader D.P. Dhakad, in his plea, said...
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Laws to Constitute National Commissions for Homeopathy & Indian Medicine Get Presidential Assent [READ ACTS]

Sep 24, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Ram Nath Kovind, the president of India gave the presidential assent to National Commission for Homeopathy Bill and National Commission for Indian Systems of Medicine Bill. These two bills were passed by the parliament. Consequently, these Acts were notified in the Gazette. Both acts will come into force at a later date.The Homoeopathy Central...
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HISTORIC MOMENT- National Medical Commission Takes Charge, Medical Council Of India Abolished

Sep 29, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The field of medical education experiences a notable reform where the National Medical Commission (NMC) is constituted to function the highest regulator of medical education all over India along with the four Autonomous Boards. In the meantime, the Medical Council of India has been terminated. The four Autonomous Boards are created along with the...
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NIA Officers Of & Above Inspector Rank Are Invested With Power To Inspect Offences Under The NDPS Act, 1985 [READ NOTIFICATION]

Sep 24, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The officers of and above the rank of inspectors in the National Investigation Agency are given powers of an officer-in-charge of any police station for any kind of investigation with respect to offenses under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985. The notification was published in the Official Gazette on 22nd September,...
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Parliament Monsoon Session: Shortest but Most Productive in 20 Years

Sep 27, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A number of MPs were tested COVID positive despite taking protective measures and maintaining social distancing. Due to this reason, only 10 sittings were executed out of the 18 planned. Due to the pandemic, the monsoon session in parliament was also shortened. It was the shortest in history but the most productive in session in 20 years.A...
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PM Modi to release Rs. 100 commemorative coin in honor of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia

Oct 14, 2020 Rocky Das 1
The Ministry of Culture said in its statement that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will release a commemorative coin of Rs 100 in honor of Smt Vijaya Raj Scindia on 12th October 2020 through a virtual ceremony.Vijaya Raje Scindia was a Jana Sangh leader and one of the founding members of the BJP. PM Narendra Modi also took to Twitter and shared...
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Chief Economic Advisor Subramanian Bats for More Reforms in the Bankruptcy Law

Oct 19, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The Chief Economic Advisor, Krishnamurthy Subramanian on Wednesday (14th October 2020) expressed that India’s four-year-old Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, which has been amended five times since its enforcement, has scope for further improvements.  “Given the stress that had built up in the financial sector before we entered the...
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RBI ropes in Amitabh Bachchan for customer awareness campaign to prevent gullible account holders from being duped by fraudsters

Sep 28, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
Mumbai, Sep 27, 2020: The Reserve Bank has roped in Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan for the customer awareness campaign to prevent gullible account holders from being duped by fraudsters.As part of the public awareness initiative of RBI, the regulator keeps informing about dos and don'ts that have to be followed by customers to transact safely...
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RTGS system for real time fund transfer to become available 24x7 from December 2020: RBI

Oct 10, 2020 Jishu 1
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday (October 9,2020) said that online transfer of funds via Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) will be available round-the-clock from December 2020.The step is being taken to "facilitate innovations in the large value payments ecosystem and promote ease of doing business".“In order to...
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PCO Moves SC Seeking Appointment of Full-Term Chairperson and VC of the National Commission for SC/STs, points out UP Commission has been without a Chairperson for over 10 months

Oct 12, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The People’s Charioteer Organization has moved to the Supreme Court seeking appointment of full-term Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other members of the National Commissions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under Article 338 of the Constitution. Article 338 and 338A of the Constitution of India guarantees provisions to protect and...
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Several of our Legislations have been strong enablers of Women Empowerment, says Smriti Irani at UNGA

Oct 05, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
The Indian government took a series of measures for ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of women during the coronavirus pandemic, and the country is committed to building a just and equal post-COVlD-19 world for women and daughters, minister for women and child development Smriti Irani has said."Women numerically constitute half of...
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Willing To Provide Reservation To Transgender Persons Under OBC Category: Karnataka Government In Affidavit Before Karnataka HC [READ AFFIDAVIT]

Oct 05, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Karnataka Government made a promising statement in the favor of the transgender community and stated that they are willing to consider the community under one of the categories of Other Backward Classes (OBC) for recruitment, after obtaining the opinion of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes.The affidavit submitted by Dr....
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Plans to Bring Vijay Mallya to India by Secret Extradition Proceedings: Center to SC

Oct 06, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The Supreme Court was informed by the Centre that a “secret” extradition process was in the works to bring runaway businessman and former millionaire Vijay Mallya to India. On Monday, i.e. October 5h, 2020, the Centre also informed the SC that they were unaware of the status of these proceedings and informed the Apex Court that Centre was not...
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Two More Graft Cases Against Former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari

Oct 07, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
Asif Ali Zardari, former president of Pakistan was accused in the major money laundering case on 28th September along with his sister Faryal Talpur. They were accused of having fake accounts to park and launder ill-gotten wealth. After one week on Monday 5th October 2020, he was charged for two more graft cases which are the Park Lane case and...
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Hathras Case: Questions about violence against women in India from UN Voices

Oct 07, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 1
Description of case:A 19-year-old Dalit woman was reported to be allegedly raped in Hathras on September 14 in a field by four upper-caste men, leaving her in a critical condition - all four accused have been arrested. Found with spinal cord injuries, paralysis, and cuts in her tongue. She died around 3 am on Tuesday, but her autopsy report has no...
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15 International Human Rights Organisations Release Statement Condemning the Indian Government's Actions Against Amnesty India

Oct 01, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
15 International organizations including Hindus for Human Rights, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), International Service for Human Rights, Global Indian Progressive Alliance, Human Rights Watch has officially declared the closure of Amnesty India. Amnesty International India said that it was forced to prevent continuing all its work...
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Islamabad High Court issues Arrest Warrants against Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif

Sep 23, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
On 15th September, the Islamabad High Court released arrest warrants against Nawaz Sharif in two corruption cases that is Al- Azizia and Avenfield cases launched by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and rejected the exemption plea of Nawaz.One more case was launched against him- the Flagship investment case. But he was acquitted in this...
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Telephonic Conversation Between India’s PM and Israeli PM On Expanding Co-operation

Oct 07, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
On Monday, 5th October 2020, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, had a telephonic conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about how India and Israel can collaborate in the post-COVID world.Modi tweeted – “Spoke to my friend @IsraeliPM @netanyahu on phone. We discussed the expanding India-Israel cooperation against...
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Oil Tanker of IOC that Caught Fire to pay $1.8 Million in Damages to Sri Lankan authorities

Sep 27, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 1
A fully loaded vessel identified as New Diamond, was on its way to Paradip from Mina Al Ahmadi in Kuwait when the vessel caught fire. Rescue efforts off the Sri Lankan coast were carried out in the ship which was chartered by the Indian Oil Corp (IOC).Navy spokesman Captain Indika de Silva said flames had spread to the bridge of the New Diamond...
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Top Court of Pakistan Overturns Order of Sindh HC in Journalist’s Murder Case

Oct 02, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
Mr. Daniel Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and murdered while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002 on the alleged links between the country’s powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda.al- Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides were convicted in the abduction and...
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US Supreme Court Upholds denial of Qualified Immunity to County Clerk Who Refused to Register Same-Sex Marriage

Oct 07, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The United States Supreme court, on Monday, (5th Oct 2020), upheld the denial of qualified immunity to a former County Clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to the same-sex couple.  Kim Davis who was the former county clerk refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The suit was filed by one of the couples before the...
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US Judge orders Trump administration to defend or postpone the ban on TikTok

Sep 28, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
Donald Trump ordered the American firms to stop doing business with the Chinese app. He cited the reason that these apps threaten the economy and national security of the United States. He alleged that all the data of the Americans were flooded to the Chinese government.Originally the ban was to take effect on September 20, but later the...
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“Action of the State Authorities, though in the name of law and order situation, is prima facie an infringement upon the human rights of the victim and her family”: Allahabad HC on Hathras Gang Rape Incident [READ ORDER]

Oct 15, 2020 Rocky Das 1
On the Hathras gang rape incident which has put a question mark on the UP administration's responsibility, the Lucknow bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Rajan Roy of Allahabad High Court expressed a grief dissatisfaction towards the administration of Uttar Pradesh. The court expressed dissent with the cremation that was being undertaken by the...
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Advance Ruling On 18% GST Application To ‘Parota’ Stands Void AB Initio [READ ORDER]

Oct 07, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Karnataka Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (KAAR) recently made this declaration regarding the ruling given by the Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) on the application of 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) to whole wheat parota (fried flatbread) and Malabar Parota to be void ab initio. The appellate authority made this declaration on...
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Petition Challenging Order Of Externing Authority Against Members Of ShivSena Party Allowed by Bombay HC

Sep 29, 2020 VANDANA KOTAHRI 1
A writ petition was filed by a social worker (Petitioner no. 1) and an active member of Shivsena Party (Petitioner no. 2) challenging their externment from District Ahmednagar, for a period of two years by the Special Divisional Police Officer, Shirdi, Tq. Rahata, District Ahmednagar in Bombay High Court. The brief facts of the case were that...
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Case Against Five Thailand Nationals Quashed by the Karnataka HC [READ ORDER]

Sep 24, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Five Thailand Nationals were allegedly accused in the case of Cr.No.14/2020 pending in C.C.No.10933/2020. This was filed in the office of the Metropolitical magistrate, Traffic Court, Bengaluru. On Monday, i.e. September 21st, the Karnataka High Court quashed this case. These 5 accused persons were charged under Section 14 (b) of the...
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Allahabad HC Dismisses Habeas Corpus Plea Against Alleged Detention of Hathras Victim's Family; Grants Liberty to Move SC [Read Petition]

Oct 10, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
The General Secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Valmiki Mahapanchayat, Surender Kumar, files a writ petition of habeas corpus representing the Hathras victim’s family before the Allahabad High Court.It was said that the family of the victim was illegally and forcefully confined in their home since the day of the incident that is September 14, 2020...
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Allahabad HC takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Victim’s Cremation in Hathras Gangrape Case

Oct 02, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Suo moto cognizance has been taken by the Allahabad High Court for the cremation of the 19-year-old victim of the Hathras Gang Rape incident. The young Dalit woman was mutilated and gang-raped. She succumbed to her injuries and passed away in the Uttar Pradesh town of Hathras.The bench presiding over the current matter was Hon’ble Justices Rajan...
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Allahabad High Court Rules Over Decision of Single Bench Regarding Payment of Salaries to Teachers with Fake B.Ed. Degrees [READ ORDER]

Oct 13, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A division bench of Allahabad High Court comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddharth Verma has ruled over the decision of a single Bench which stayed the payment of assistant teachers of Firozabad because of fake B.Ed. degree from Agra University. The court decided this on a special appeal by Dharmendra Kumar Kansana and five...
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Allahabad HC Orders Transfer of Cases Related to Tablighi Jamaat from all of UP to 3 Districts [READ ORDER]

Oct 05, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Last week, on September 30th, 2020, the Allahabad High Court passed an order that stated that all the cases that are related to Tablighi Jamaat in Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, and Lucknow Zones have to be transferred to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow. In a similar fashion, all the pending cases in the Agra and Meerut Zones have...
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Allahabad HC Seeks UP Govt.'s Response in Journalist Prashant Kanojia's Bail Plea

Sep 24, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Journalist Prashant Kanojia was arrested by UP police in reference to the FIR lodged by Mr. Shashank Shekhar Singh. Prashant was arrested under section 505 (1) (b) (Statements conducing to public mischief with intent to cause fear or alarm to the public), 501 (Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory), 500 (Defamation) of the Indian...
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Arvind Datar to Supreme Court: Exclusion of Advocates for Appointment in Dispute Resolution Tribunal is Unconstitutional

Oct 05, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
The Supreme Court on October 1, 2020, resumed the hearing on the plea filed by the Madras Bar Association which challenges the Tribunal Rules of 2020, on the ground that it is in the teeth of the principles of separation of power and independence of the judiciary. The 3-judge bench of justice L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta, and Ravindra Bhat...
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Delhi High Court Reserves Order of SCBA in Ashok Arora Case

Sep 29, 2020 Lakshya Tewari  1
Single Judge Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta of Delhi High Court has reserved order in a plea filed challenging the decision of suspension by the Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association. The Committee’s decision was to suspend Ashok Arora from the post-Secretary, the plea was filed by him. The Supreme Court Bar Association suspended...
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Delhi High Court Reserves Order of SCBA in Ashok Arora Case

Sep 29, 2020 Lakshya Tewari  1
Single Judge Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta of Delhi High Court has reserved order in a plea filed challenging the decision of suspension by the Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association. The Committee’s decision was to suspend Ashok Arora from the post-Secretary, the plea was filed by him. The Supreme Court Bar Association suspended...
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What You Need to Know About the Babri Masjid Verdict

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Special CBI Judge Hon’ble Justice Surendra Kumar Yadav delivered the verdict in the much-awaited Babri Masjid demolition case today i.e., September 30th, 2020. This verdict as delivered after 28 years. almost three decades ago, the 16th Century structure of the Babri Masjid was razed by a mob in the Ayodhya town of Uttar Pradesh.The key accused...
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Plea in SC to Ensure Ban on Stubble Burning; Provision for Reimbursement of Money Spent by Farmers on Stubble Removing Machines

Sep 30, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
A third-year law student, Aman Banka, and a class 12th student, Aditya Dubey, have filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking a direction upon the state governments of Punjab and Haryana to ensure a complete ban on stubble burning in their respective states.The petition sought a direction to the states to fix a ceiling on the rental of stubble...
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Delhi HC Seeks EC's Response on Plea by Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad Seeking Directions to Register His Party

Oct 09, 2020 Jishu 1
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (October 7, 2020) sought a response of the Election Commission on a plea by Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad seeking direction to register his political party in the name of Aazad Samaj Party’ (Kansi Ram) and allot a symbol to contest the upcoming Bihar elections. Justice Jayant Nath issued notice to the ECI...
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Apex Court Refuses to Interfere with Plea Seeking to Postpone Bihar Assembly Polls

Sep 28, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
Due to this situation of COVID-19 pandemic, the petitioner, Ajay Kumar filed a petition in the apex court to postpone the Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections. The petitioner was of the opinion that a similar petition was filed earlier in which no improvements were made. Thus, he wanted the court to pass appropriate directions.But a bench of...
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Bombay HC Hears Pleas to Allow Lawyers to Travel in Local Trains

Sep 30, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Tuesday (29th September 2020), the Bombay High Court said that it cannot keep hearing in pleas seeking inclusion of lawyers in the list of essential services in order for them to travel in local trains limited to lawyers only. At a time when people from all types of professions are starving and losing jobs, it is not valid to include only...
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Bombay High Court will not interfere in the decision of re-opening Temples in the state

Sep 27, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 1
On Thursday (September 24, 2020), the High Court of Judicature at Bombay refused to interfere in the State Government’s decision of not opening the places of worship to the public in view of increasing COVID cases in the state.The observation came into view after Advocate General Aushtosh Kumbhakoni pronounced that worshippers would not be...
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Bombay HC States That All NDPS Offences Are Non-Bailable, Quantity Does Not Matter [READ ORDER]

Oct 09, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
While granting bail to Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty, the Bombay HC held that any offence under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 are non-bailable. This pronouncement was made in light of the case of Rhea Chakraborty v Union of India. The HC rejected the contention made by the counsel for Chakraborty and others...
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Bombay HC: Cases Concerning Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are Moved Before Courts at the “Eleventh Hour”, Unfair to Other Litigants

Oct 07, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
The Plex had obtained an injunction against Zee Entertainment claiming damages through senior counsel Virag Tulzapurkar for misleading customers to believe that Zee had partnered with it.Recently, the Bombay High Court ruled that it was unfair to other litigants when intellectual property rights (IPR) cases are brought before the "eleventh-hour"...
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Bombay High Court Seeks Details From State About 11 Deaths That Allegedly Occurred Due To Negligence On Behalf Of Hospitals

Oct 07, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Bombay High Court on 5th October 2020 directed the State government to file an affidavit containing the details of deaths that have occurred due to the mismanagement of dead bodies in State and Municipal hospitals. The court further stated that if the allegations of culpable negligence are proven against the State and Municipal hospitals then...
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Five Additional Judges of Calcutta HC and one Additional Judge of Allahabad HC Made Permanent

Sep 29, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
The Central Government on Thursday (24th September 2020) notified the appointment of Five Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court and One Additional Judge of Allahabad High Court, as Permanent Judges. [Calcutta High Court] Five Additional Judges made Permanent. They are:Md. NizamuddinTirthankar Ghosh Hiranmay BhattacharyyaSaugata...
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Calcutta High Court on Babul Supriyo remark against Mahua Moitra: "Prima Facie Humiliated the Dignity and Honor of a Women, Later Cannot Take the Defense of Freedom of Speech and Expression Under Article 19(1)(a) Constitution of India, 1950" [READ JUDGMENT]

Oct 16, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
The Calcutta High Court has quashed the criminal proceeding against BJP MP and Union Minister Babul Supriyo in the criminal defamation case by TMC politician Mahua Moitra. The criminal proceeding was quashed on the technical ground that police could not have registered the FIR for the offence under Section 499 / 500 of Indian penal Code, 1860 as...
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Calcutta HC Directs State to Submit Report Regarding Appointment of Chairperson/Other Members of Selection Committee of CWC & JJBs Across the State [READ ORDER]

Sep 24, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
On Monday, i.e. September 21st, 2020, the High Court of Calcutta passed an order directing the Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Department along with the Judicial Secretary for the submission of a report. The said report is to disclose the progress regarding the “appointment of the Chairperson as well as other members of the...
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Calcutta High Court To Increase Workload Of Benches

Sep 28, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The COVID committee of the Calcutta High Court had decided to increase the workload of the Benches at the High Court as well as District level from Monday onwards, i.e. 28th September 2020. It is also notified that the advocates and the parties need not file urgency applications any more as all the matters will be placed before the respective...
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Calcutta HC Modifies Its September 16th Judgment, Rules Only 6 Members To Escort The Dead Body Of Covid Victims For Last Rites [READ MODIFIED JUDGMENT]

Sep 24, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The Calcutta High Court on 21st September, Monday altered its prior judgment passed on 16th September, Wednesday and ruled that only 6 close kin of the deceased person who died due to Covid-19 would be permitted to accompany the body for performing the final rites and rituals. The division bench comprised of Chief Justice T B...
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Caste Issue Looms Over Human Relationship With Strong Biases And Conditioning- Gujarat HC Directs SP To Escort Inter-Caste Couple To UP

Sep 29, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The Gujarat High Court on 23rd September, 2020 (Wednesday) had ordered the Superintendent of Police (SP), Valsad to make an arrangement for the inter-caste couple to be escorted to Prayagraj in the Uttar Pradesh. The order was passed by the Division Bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice N.V. Anjaria noted that “It is not an...
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Apex Court asks Central Government to Take Final Call on Criminal Cases Against Legislators across the country

Oct 07, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice NV Ramana on Tuesday; September 6th, 2020 asked the center to submit all the details regarding the pending criminal cases against legislators across the country. The bench observed that various High Courts have been asking for video conferencing facilities in order to dispose of the pending criminal...
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Chhattisgarh HC Grants Altnews Co-founder Muhammed Zubair Relief in FIR Alleging Harassment of Minor Via Twitter [READ ORDER]

Oct 08, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
On Monday. i.e. October 5th, 2020, the Chhattisgarh High Court passed an interim order which directed that coercive steps cannot be taken against the co-founder of Altnews, Muhammed Zubair. He was involved in a case for allegedly harassing and torturing a minor girl through twitter. Zubair approached the Chhattisgarh High Court with a petition to...
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CJI Pulls Up Centre for Filing Low-Grade Affidavit in Pleas Seeking Action for Communal Branding of Covid-19

Oct 09, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
In an extraordinary move, SA Bobde, Chief Justice of India, pulled up the Narendra Modi government of the Centre on Thursday for a shoddy affidavit on a petition seeking action against the Indian media to communalize the COVID-19 pandemic. CJI Bobde warned Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, the government's legal officer, of the flippancy shown to...
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Court rejects Hardik Patel's plea seeking modification of Bail condition

Sep 28, 2020 Jishu 1
A sessions court in Gujarat on Friday (September 25, 2020) refused to allow a petition filed by Congress leader Hardik Patel seeking to modify the bail condition that restricts him from traveling outside the State. He had moved the sessions court seeking directions to allow him to travel out of Gujarat.Patel, the working president of the Gujarat...
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Inter-Faith Couple Moves HC to do Away with 'Unconstitutional' 30-day Notice Under Special Marriage Act, 1954

Sep 29, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Thursday ( September 24, 2020), a plea filed by an inter-faith couple in the High Court of Delhi challenging the provision of issuing a public notice to invite objections to marriages under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.The petition was listed before a bench of two judges- Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan. However, the...
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Court refuses to admit suit to remove Idgah on Krishna Janmabhoomi

Oct 05, 2020 Rohit Raj 1
The Mathura Civil Court refused to admit the following suit to remove an Idgah, which is built on the day of Krishna Janmabhomi on Wednesday (30th September 2020). The suit was filed by Advocate Vishnu Jain and was dismissed by the Judge of the Civil Court. The lawyer had cited, Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. But the...
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Covid-19 No Ground to Relocate a Child Involved in Custody Battle: Bombay HC

Oct 08, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A petition was filed by a woman who has been living separately from her husband since 2012, to shift her son to Bangkok until the family court of Bandra gives its decision for the custody of the child. She claimed that in India, she and her son are living a very isolated life without any family care, medical help, and maintenance. Thus, they...
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Twitter to Take Down Defamatory Tweets against India Today Group and Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai: Delhi High Court [READ ORDER]

Sep 28, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
Recently, Delhi High Court ordered Twitter to take down defamatory tweets against India Today Group and Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. Living Media India Limited (India Today Group) and Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai approached the High Court against Rakesh Krishna Thiyya (former copy editor). Rakesh Krishna Thiyya had made derogatory and...
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Delhi Govt’s Peace and Harmony Committee Summons Ajit Mohan As A Witness; Notice Issued By SC

Sep 24, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court issued a notice regarding the petition filed by Ajit Mohan, the Facebook India Head. The petition challenged the Delhi Government’s peace & Committee summons that was related to the Delhi Riots. In furtherance, the Bench comprising of Hon’ble Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose, and Krishna...
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Delhi High Court directs colleges to consider the Marks of Computer Science as a part of Merit Calculation

Sep 22, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 1
The High Court of Delhi ordered for the consideration of Computer Science as part of the subjects for calculation of merit for admission to B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics and other related courses does not stand to reason. The Court however mentioned that a change in criteria for admission would not be suitable for admission and will be considered from the...
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Delhi HC issues Ad-Interim Injunction in suit filed by Star India Private Limited to prohibit illegal broadcasting of Dream 11 IPL 2020

Sep 24, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
A suit was filed by Star India Private Ltd. against the Jackstremas.com and Ors. alleging that the defendant websites are carrying illegal and unlawful activities and the same should be blocked. The suit was related to the broadcasting of Dream 11 India Premier League 2020. In this suit, an interim injunction application was filed by the...
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Delhi HC Refuses To Grant Relief To Retrenched PTI Employees, Directs Them To Avail Remedy Under Industrial Disputes Act,1947

Sep 27, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
Delhi High Court recently denied quashing the retrenchment order passed against the 297 employees of the Press Trust of India stating that the employees seek relief under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Single Bench of Justice JR Midha observed that the retrenched employees had failed to present any “exceptional circumstances”...
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Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on RakulPreet’s plea on media reporting in Rhea Drugs Case

Sep 22, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Indian Actress Rakulpreet Singh has filed a petition in Delhi High Court against the Media houses regarding the statement made by alleged Rhea Chakraborthy about Rakulpreet’s connection in the current drug investigation. Rakulpreet stated that though Rhea has reconstructed her statement, later on, the media still continuing to drag and connect...
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Delhi High Court Gives Green Signal to Harper Collins to Publish Book on AsaramBapu Case, Directs A Disclaimer to be put inside it

Sep 24, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
The District Court ordered an injunction on publishing a book on AsaramBapu. But the Delhi High Court set aside the order and allowed Harper Collins to go ahead with its book. Justice Najmi Waziri was of the opinion that the book was protected under freedom of speech and expression and that the district court did not take into account the...
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Dissatisfied Delhi HC Dismisses Bogus PIL Filed Seeking Directions to Close Illegal Hookahs Bar

Sep 27, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
“Everyone has become a champion of filing bogus PILs,” says the division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan while dismissing a petition filed seeking action to close all the illegal hookah bars in Delhi. A petition was filed in Delhi High Court to sought directions to be issued to South Delhi Municipal Corporation...
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Video Conferencing Link for the Virtual Hearing to be only be given to the Parties Concerned: Delhi High Court Judge

Sep 30, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The Delhi High Court Judge, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait vide its Order dated 21.09.2020 directed the Registry to not provide a link to any person other than the concerned parties, advocates, and to those who are specifically directed by this Court to join the proceedings.  “A very unpleasant situation came before this Court...
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Plea In Delhi High Court Seeking Marriage Equality Same-Sex Marriages States “Petitioners Are Like Any Other Couple, Except They Are Both Women”

Oct 10, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court by the petitioner seeking marriage rights for same-sex couples in India. The petition was filed by Dr. Kavita Arora, who has been living with her partner Ankita Khanna for about 8 years, thus the petition seeks for direction to be issued to the Marriage Officer, South East Delhi to formalize their...
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A Person Cannot Be Touched If That Is Not A Crime on That Date, Submits Atmaram Nadkarni Before Delhi HC

Oct 16, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
A bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi continued to hear the arguments submitted by Senior Advocates Atmaraam Nadkarni, N. Hariharan, and Advocate Vijay Aggarwal on the point of a grant of “leave to appeal” in the pleas against the acquittal of all accused in the 2G case.Nadkarini started his submissions by stating that Section 13(1)(d) of the...
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Delhi HC Grants Bail to Man in Riots Case as no CCTV Footage, Video Clip or Photo found to Corroborate the Prosecution's Claim

Oct 16, 2020 Richa Shah 1
Bail was granted on Monday i.e. 12th October 2020 to a man who was arrested for alleged rioting during the north-east Delhi communal violence in February this year by the Delhi High Court. This was done after noting the fact that there is no CCTV footage, video clip, or photo to corroborate the prosecution’s claim. The plea was...
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Delhi Court Orders Provision of Security to JNU Student Leader Umar Khalid in Prison

Oct 06, 2020 Jishu 1
Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days in a case relating to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February this year. The Delhi court has also directed prison authorities to provide him adequate security.Khalid was arrested under the stringent anti-terror law -- Unlawful Activities (Prevention)...
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Denial of Access to Road to Residents of Hilly Areas Would Tantamount to Denial of Constitutionally Guaranteed Right to Life: HP HC [READ VERDICT]

Oct 10, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
On Wednesday (October 7, 2020), the Himachal Pradesh HC observed that access to roads, with regard to the residents of hilly areas, is an integral component of the constitutionally guaranteed right to life, and any denial thereof, to the residents of hilly areas, would equal to the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental right to life, hence,...
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Doctors Should Regard the Call for Service to be Rendered as a Call for Joining 'National Duty' amid pandemic : Bombay HC [READ ORDER]

Oct 13, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
On the behalf of 92 other doctors, three doctors filed a writ petition on the list which provided placements to the successful doctors who successfully completed the postgraduate medical courses of study. There was an executed bond that such doctors would serve the State of Maharashtra for 1 year. But after their studies on September 23, 2020, a...
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Govt. Cannot Act as East India Company Says: Karnataka HC

Oct 06, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 1
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (September,28,2020) observed that the Government being a model employer cannot act as the East India Company while dealing with the service rules. The court made this observation while setting aside the order cutting short the deputation of an engineer.Details of the Case:In June 2017, the state government posted...
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Encounter Death of Maoists: Telangana HC Directs Re-Postmortem on Contention of Wiping of Evidence of the incident

Oct 06, 2020 Rocky Das 1
 A PIL has been filed by Prof. Gaddam Laxman, in connection with the alleged encounter which took place on 23.09.2020 at 7.00 PM in the forest of Chennapuram of Cherla Mandal. Here the “petitioner prays for the relief of declaring the action of the respondents herein in brutally killing two women and one male unknown persons in thin...
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Plea Seeking Transparency in Enforcement Directorate’s Functioning Filed in Bombay HC

Sep 28, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
A petition pointing out the lack of transparency in the functioning of the Enforcement Directorate was filed in the Bombay Hugh Court. This plea urged that all ED Case Information Reports and orders that refuse the registration of ECIR should be displayed on the ED’s official website. The petitioner, Advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay stated there was...
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'Entire System Kept on Wait & Watch Phenomenon': Plea in Patna HC To Remove Digital Poverty At Govt Schools; Notice Issued

Oct 16, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A Public Interest Litigation was filed by Advocate Jai Vardhan Narayan wherein he argued that in this situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the students (those studying in Government schools) are unable to get their education which is their Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Article 21-A of the Constitution of India.Where the private...
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Every Institution, Mechanism or Tool that is Designed to Hold the Executive Accountable is Being Systematically Destroyed: Justice AP Shah

Sep 22, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Every institution, mechanism, and tool today in India, that is planned or designed to hold the executive accountable, is being systematically destroyed, said justice AP Shah, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and former Chairperson of the Law Commission of India.Delivering a virtual lecture by Justice A P Shah at the justice Hosbet...
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Ex-Employee of Air India Restrained from Posting Allegations against the Company by Delhi High Court

Oct 13, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
On 9th October 2020, Friday, the Delhi High Court was hearing a plaint filed by Air India (plaintiff) seeking leave to amend the memo of parties impleading Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc as defendant No.2 and defendant No.3 respectively. The case of the plaintiff was that “the defendant No.1 was employed by the plaintiff, however, due to...
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Export On Onions Banned, HC Says: It will be in the Interest of Justice if the Export Benefits are Extended to the Farmers

Sep 29, 2020 Meghna Mishra  1
The High Court of Bombay was hearing a write petition registered by an association of onion exporters. The HC held that it will be in the interest of justice if the export benefits are extended to the farmers or exporter of onions who hold valid shopping bills. These bills should have been issued before the notification dated September 14, 2020...
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Delhi HC Rejects Ashok Arora's Plea Challenging SCBA's Executive Committee Decision of Suspending Him as Secretary

Oct 07, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Ex-Secretary Ashok Arora has been removed from his designated Secretary post by the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on May 8 immediately after the decision took place in the meeting. Arora has alleged statements against the President of SCBA stating that Dave is using the offices of SCBA for political purposes and...
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Delhi HC Rejects Ashok Arora's Plea Challenging SCBA's Executive Committee Decision of Suspending Him as Secretary

Oct 07, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Ex-Secretary Ashok Arora has been removed from his designated Secretary post by the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on May 8 immediately after the decision took place in the meeting. Arora has alleged statements against the President of SCBA stating that Dave is using the offices of SCBA for political purposes and...
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Full Bench Order on Extension of Parole in Light of COVID19 Applies to Both Parole Granted by Jail and by the Court: Delhi HC [READ ORDER]

Oct 19, 2020 Rocky Das 1
A plea has been made by a prisoner for seeking an extension on his ongoing parole which was granted by the jail authorities and not by the court. The petitioner focused light on orders by the full bench which states all the parole, interim bail, and furlough granted shall be extended with keeping in view of the current pandemic situation.Mr....
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Full Bench Order on Extension of Parole in Light of COVID19 Applies to Both Parole Granted by Jail and by the Court: Delhi HC [READ ORDER]

Oct 19, 2020 Rocky Das 1
A plea has been made by a prisoner for seeking an extension on his ongoing parole which was granted by the jail authorities and not by the court. The petitioner focused light on orders by the full bench which states all the parole, interim bail, and furlough granted shall be extended with keeping in view of the current pandemic situation.Mr....
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Congress MP Moves SC Challenging Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020

Sep 30, 2020 Jishu 1
A Congress MP from Kerala moved the Supreme Court on Monday challenging the constitutional validity of various provisions of the contentious new farm Act.T N Prathapan, who represents Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala, has alleged that the Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 is...
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Garbage Littering and Feeding Religious Offerings to Monkeys are causing Havoc and Menace in Chandigarh, Punjab & Haryana High Court demands immediate response action plan from the Authorities

Sep 29, 2020 Rocky Das 1
The bench headed by Justice Arun Monga of Punjab and Haryana High court was hearing a plea made by Divyam Dhakla of Shivalik Enclave, Mani Majra, Chandigarh requesting the court to provide a solution to prevent the havoc and disturbances created by Monkeys in the specific area which is causing danger towards individuals at a large number day by...
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'Every Citizen Has a Fundamental Right to Fresh Air', P&H HC Stays Decision to Convert Public Parks into Residential Areas in Faridabad

Oct 08, 2020 Jishu 1
The Punjab and Haryana high court, while observing that citizens have a fundamental right to fresh air, stayed the Haryana government’s approval to Faridabad municipal corporation to convert two public parks measuring 7.5 acres into residential complexes.The HC bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice HS Sidhu observed that the ecology and...
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Gauhati HC Directs Assam Govt. to Take Steps to Shift Detention Centre Outside Jail Premises

Oct 10, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
A Single Bench of Justice AchintyaMallaBujorBarua of Gauhati HCissued directions to Assam Government to take steps to shift foreigner's detention centers outside the jail premises. This direction was passed after noting that a portion of jail premises are notified as centers to detain foreigners or illegal migrants in many places. As per the...
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Allahabad High Court Order Granting Bail to Govt. Council accused of raping young lawyer set aside by Supreme Court [READ ORDER]

Sep 27, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
Allahabad High Court’s interim order dated September 3rd, 2020 granting bail to the Govt. Council, who is accused of raping a young lawyer, was set aside by the apex court on September 24th, 2020. The interim bail was granted by Allahabad HC’s Lucknow bench in connection with FIR No. 0326 of 2020, under Sections 328, 354A, 376 of Indian Penal...
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Gujarat HC asks State Government to Present Details Regarding Functioning, Budgetary, Allocation, Administration, etc. of Women Protection Homes [READ ORDER]

Oct 10, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A bench of Gujarat High Court comprising of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Nirzar S. Desai ordered the Gujarat state government to furnish details regarding the functioning of Women Protection Homes and the total amount of funds or grants allocated for these homes yearly. The HC ordered this on October 5th, 2020. The HC ordered this after...
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Gujarat HC Requests State Government to Assess if Farmers Covered Under PMFBY Scheme Have Been Paid Their Due Compensation [READ ORDER]

Oct 12, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
In July 2017, on account of uncontrolled floods in the State of Gujarat, crops of many farmers were destroyed. A scheme was launched by the Government of India that is Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in which the farmers who were registered under this scheme were entitled to compensation. When the compensation was not paid even after...
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Gujarat HC Welcomes Three Judges; New Judges Take Oath of Office Via Live Streaming

Oct 05, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Amidst the global pandemic, the Indian legal system has digitized many practices to make way for social distancing. While virtual court hearings have become extremely common throughout the country, Gujrat welcomed three High Court judges amidst the coronavirus pandemic.The judges who swore into the office of the High Court of Gujrat were Hon’ble...
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Guwahati HC Admits Akhil Gogoi’s Plea against NIA Court’s Order Rejecting His Bail; NIA Directed to Produce Records [READ ORDER]

Oct 02, 2020 M.V. Manasa 1
On Monday (28 September 2020), Guwahati High Court admitted the plea filed by Akhil Gogoi, Assam Activist against the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) rejection of his bail in a case related to his involvement in the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The appeal was filed under section 21 (4) of the NIA Act, 2008 has been...
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Hearing of Controversial Sudarshan T.V. Show “Bindass Bol” Adjourned by the Supreme Court [READ ORDER]

Sep 24, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
The apex court on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 adjourned the hearing of the controversial show of Sudarshan T.V. as the Central Government notified the court that a show-cause notice has been sent to the channel. Supreme Court set October 5th, 2020 as the next date for hearing in the matter. The Central Government requested the court to allow...
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Heavy Rain in Mumbai leads to Suspension of Court Proceeding

Sep 25, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 1
On Wednesday (September 23, 2020), the Bombay High Court suspended all hearings for the day after heavy rain and waterlogging led to an acute shortage of court staff. It was reported that on the day 240mm rain was received by Mumbai which led to waterlogging in different areas because of which the court staff was unable to mark their presence...
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High Court Quashes FIR Against Foreign Nationals Residing in Markaz

Sep 29, 2020 Richa Shah 1
Recently, the Bombay High court quashed a FIR against the Myanmar nationals and stated that “allowing the prosecution to continue would be nothing but an abuse of the process of the Court.” after the court found lacking grounds for the charges framed.The applicants who were foreign nationals were from Myanmar and were on a visit to India in...
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12 Indonesian Nationals who were Part of the Tablighi Jamaat absolved of all Charges by the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate of Mumbai

Oct 13, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
12 Indonesian nationals, accused of not disclosing that they had participated in the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi in March, were discharged bythe Court of Metropolitan Magistrate of Mumbai on Wednesday(29th September 2020). The Nizamuddin event in the national capital was later discovered to be a coronavirus hotspot, and its participants were...
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Interest-Free Loans for Lawyers: SC Asks Association to File Affidavit Detailing Credentials

Sep 27, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
A plea has been filed by Advocate Varinder Kumar Sharma on behalf of the Supreme Court Arguing Counsel Association with the Hon’ble Supreme Court requesting the court to order guidelines to the respondents for waving off the current installments of loans taken by the advocates and practitioners keeping in view of the current pandemic situation....
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All the Interim Orders and the Period Of Closure Under Section 4 of Limitation Act, 1963 Extended till November 29, 2020: Karnataka High Court

Oct 01, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Abhay Oka and comprising of Mrs. Justice B V Nagarathna on September 29th, 2020 ordered to extend the operations of all interim orders that are due to expire within a span of one month, till November 29th, 2020, passed by the High Court, subordinate courts or the Tribunals. The court ordered some direction for...
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All the Interim Orders and the Period Of Closure Under Section 4 of Limitation Act, 1963 Extended till November 29, 2020: Karnataka High Court

Oct 01, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Abhay Oka and comprising of Mrs. Justice B V Nagarathna on September 29th, 2020 ordered to extend the operations of all interim orders that are due to expire within a span of one month, till November 29th, 2020, passed by the High Court, subordinate courts or the Tribunals. The court ordered some direction for...
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Forest Cover Decreasing, Encroachments Increasing: J&K HC Directs Forest Department to Take Urgent Steps [READ ORDER]

Oct 09, 2020 M.V Manasa 1
In regard to the depleting forest cover in Jammu & Kashmir, the Single Bench of Justice Rajesh Bindal observed that certain steps need to be taken by the UT administration to improve the situation and find remedies. The Court observed that the way the forest department functions in the valley is not at all up to the mark and that it is not...
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Jammu & Kashmir High Court Has Decided to Organise Series of Online Interactions and Lectures for Law Interns by Legal Experts [READ ORDER]

Oct 08, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
A discussion organized by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir on September 16, 2020. About 150 applicants participated in the interaction. All the applicants were deputed to intern with judges of High Court. The interns highlighted that they are facing difficulties due to COVID-19 as they are deprived of the benefit of clinical workshops,...
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Country’s First Insurance E-Lok Adalat Conducted by Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (JHALSA) [READ REPORT]

Oct 02, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
Under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), the Jharkhand State Legal Authority (JHALSA) organized the program namely; “High Court of Jharkhand & JHALSA Initiatives” and country’s first “Insurance Lok Adalat (Virtual)”. The JHALSA organized the program on September 26th, 2020. Since the Lok Adalat was virtual,...
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Jharkhand HC Grants Bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in Chaibasa Treasury Scam Case

Oct 10, 2020 Rocky das 1
Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh of Jharkhand HC granted bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav on the ground of having undergone half of the sentence already. The veteran leader will have to furnish two bail bonds of Rs 50,000 each and deposit security of Rs 50,000 in the court, in a fodder scam case related to the fraudulent withdrawal of money from the Chaibasa...
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‘No Civil or Criminal Proceedings Against Acts Done by Judicial Officers in Discharge of Official Duties’: Karnataka High Court

Oct 08, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (7th October 2020) quashed and set aside a private complaint lodged against a Judicial Officer by one CM Manjunath. Proceedings against respondent No. 2 (Judicial Magistrate) as decided by the division bench of Chief JusticeAbhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi while setting aside the case. “…. we...
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Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Seeking to Transfer Drug Case to NIA for Further Investigation

Sep 30, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Monday (September 28, 2020), The Karnataka High Court dismissed the petition which was filed by Geetha Misra through advocate GR Mohan. The petition was filed in order to transfer the high-profile drug racket case involving actress Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjana Galrani to the National Investigating Agency (NIA).Both the actresses were taken in...
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Karnataka State Legal Service Authority Settles 1,15,925 Cases via E-Lok Adalat

Sep 24, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A number of cases were pending in the High Court. To resolve this a mega e-Lok Adalat was inaugurated by Justice N V Ramana, a Supreme Court Judge who is also the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). On Saturday, September 19, 2020, a total of 1,15,925 cases were resolved by the mega e- Lok Adalat which...
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Kerala HC Dismisses Plea Of Franco Mulakkal To Adjourn The Trial Due To Pandemic, States “It’s In The Interest Of All That Cases Attains Its Finality At Earliest” [READ ORDER]

Oct 05, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Kerala High Court dismissed the petition of Former Bishop Franco Mulakkal on 1st October 2020, Thursday pleading for adjournment of the trials in the nun rape case due to the COVID-19 crisis in Kerala. The Bench comprised of Justice VG Arun who dismissed the plea of the Former Bishop and stated that “It is high time for us to...
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Kerala HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Promoting Religious Enmity [READ ORDER]

Sep 24, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
A case was filed against a Christian preacher alleging that he has been propagating his religious thoughts through the YouTube channel, he has been promoting enmity between different groups on the ground of Religion and has been criticizing the preachers of Islam in such a manner that he was spreading disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or...
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Kerala HC Stays CBI Investigation Against LIFE Mission CEO for 2 Months [READ ORDER]

Oct 15, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
LIFE (Livelihood, Inclusion, and Financial Empowerment) is a housing project governed by the Kerala Government for the benefits of the homeless and poor. The issue arose with the project as the legislator of the Congress Party, Anil Akkara filed a complaint before the CBI on September 20 against the LIFE project alleging that it has been funded...
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Kerala High Court Refuses to Quash Sedition Case against Person Accused of Maintaining a Parallel Telephone Exchange in Secrecy

Oct 05, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
The Kerala High Court rejected a plea to quash a sedition case against a person accused of maintaining a parallel Telephone Exchange in secrecy. Justice P Somarajan observed that Section 4 and 20 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and Section 3 and 6 of Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 are independent offenses having no overriding effect...
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Increase in Frequency of Local Train Services will Ameliorate Grievance of Large Cross Section of Public: Bombay HC

Oct 09, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (8th October 2020) while hearing a batch of PILs and a writ petition seeking directions for members of the legal profession and their registered clerks to be included in the category of providers of “essential services” and therefore be entitled to travel by the suburban local trains operated by the Central...
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MP High Court Directs 9 Districts To Invoke Penal Provisions Of DMA/IPC Against Political/ Governmental/ State Or Social Functionaries

Oct 06, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench decided on 3rd October 2020 Saturday to pass interim orders in the public interest to prevent the political flock in the State especially in the 9 districts which fall into the jurisdiction of the Gwalior Bench. The Division Bench comprised of Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Rajeev Kumar...
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Madras HC Constitutes Committee to Boost Indian Pharma Sector; Raises Concern Over Heavy Dependence on Chinese Markets

Oct 12, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
The Madras High Court has expressed apprehension about India’s over-dependence on ’hostile neighbor’ China when it comes to the import of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API).This observation was made on the grounds that it hinders the nation’s response to security and other breaches by the neighbor. APIs are the ingredients in the...
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Advocate Who Acted Professionally as Per Client's Instruction Cannot Be Made Criminally Liable for Defamation: Madras HC

Oct 05, 2020 Rocky Das 1
Recently, Madras High Court in a case for hearing before it held that, an advocate who acted professionally as per the instruction of his or her client cannot be made criminally liable for offence of defamation under Section 500 unless the contrary is alleged and established. A criminal defamation case was filed against the lawyer and the...
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Plea Seeking Dismissal of Maharashtra Government and Imposition of President’s rule Dismissed by the Apex Court

Oct 19, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
The apex court bench comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna, and Justice V. Ramasubramanian heard a PIL on October 16th, 2020, and dismissed the plea seeking the dismissal of the Maharashtra Government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The plea was also seeking imposition of President’s rule instead of State...
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‘It is the Right of Worshippers to Make Endeavor to Bring Back Lost Property of the Deity’: Appeal Filed Against Mathura Court Order In ‘ShrikrishnaJanam Bhoomi’ Case

Oct 14, 2020 Richa Shah 1
A civil appeal has been filed before the Court of District Judge, Mathura, against a civil court order that dismissed the suit for removing the Masjid Idgah which was allegedly built on the land of ShrikrishnaJanam Bhoomi.The appellant said that the civil judge was wrong in dismissing the suit as they were worshippers of Lord Shri Krishna and had...
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Medical Admission - NRI Quota Not Compulsory; Private Colleges Have the Discretion to Abolish It: SC

Oct 12, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
The bench of L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has held that the NRI quota for admission to private medical colleges is neither sacrosanct, not inviolable in terms of existence in any given year, or its extent and the same can be done away with it by the state regulating authority by giving reasonable notice of such a decision to enable...
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There Is No Medical Evidence on Record to Show That Accused is a Drug Addict: Delhi HC in NDPS case

Oct 01, 2020 Rocky Das 1
The Narcotics Control Bureau had arrested a person for allegedly smuggling and dealing with the commercial quantity of Charas. The accused had been booked under sections 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS)Act, 1985. However, the accused has filed a petition for bail at the Delhi High Court.A single bench...
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The Meerut Bar Association’s Elders Committee Can’t be Reconstituted by the UP Bar Council: Allahabad High Court [READ ORDER]

Oct 13, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A Division Bench of Allahabad High Court consisting of Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Ajay Bhanot while dealing with a writ petition filed by the Meerut Bar Association against the re-constitution of its Elders Committee by the Bar Council of Upstate that the chairman of Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh doesn’t have the power and jurisdiction...
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Sec 153A Cannot be Attracted by Merely Inciting Feelings of One Community Without Reference to Other Community: Karnataka HC [READ ORDER]

Oct 12, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
An FIR was lodged under section 341 ( Punishment for wrongful restraint), 504 ( Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (Punishment for Criminal Intimidation),153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of...
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Kerala HC commands ED not to arrest Sivasankar until 23 October 2020 in Money Laundering Case

Oct 16, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (October 15, 2020) directed the Enforcement Directorate not to arrest M Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, till October 23 in a money laundering case. The case was registered by the ED in connection with the abuse of diplomatic channels to smuggle gold.On a petition filed by the IAS...
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Madhya Pradesh HC Grants Bail to Two People Accused of Hoisting Pakistani Flag

Oct 13, 2020 M V Manasa 1
The bail has been granted to the nephew-uncle duo by the Madhya Pradesh High Court after it was found that the flag unfurled by the petitioners and the Pakistani flag were different and even appreciated them for showing the patriotism towards their motherland when they voluntarily promised to hoist the national flag too. The bail application...
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“Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread”: Gujarat HC Expresses its Anguish on Muharram Procession Amid COVID 19 [READ ORDER]

Oct 07, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” - This phrase alludes to inexperienced or rash people attempting things that more experienced people avoid. And in expressing similar thoughts, Gujarat HC expressed its anguish against the Muharram procession amid the pandemic. A writ petition filed in public interest by a practicing advocate...
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Najafgarh Lake is a Heritage and to be protected by Delhi and Haryana Jointly: NGT

Sep 22, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 1
National Green Tribunal ordered Delhi and Haryana to set up a proper plan for the protection of Najafgarh Lake. The NGT said, “In view of the fact that there is a large transboundary water body, which falls partly in Delhi and partly in Haryana, it will be appropriate that an environment-management plan is prepared by the state of Haryana and...
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Necessary Digital and Internet support to be provided to EWS students for Online Learning: Delhi HC to Schools

Sep 22, 2020 Upendra Malaviya 1
On Friday (September 18, 2020), the Hon’ble High Court at Delhi directed to Private and Government Schools to provide proper Gadgets and Internet Package to EWS/DG students for online learning and it should be provided free of cost not making it a part of the tuition fee.This major step was taken by the Delhi High Court for the welfare of EWS/DG...
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“New found Behavior Amongst Citizens of Disobeying Law”: Allahabad HC in application challenging proceedings in a criminal case [READ ORDER]

Oct 13, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
An application was made in Allahabad High Court challenging the proceedings of Case Crime No. 8475 of 2019 State vs Ali Hasan and others (arising out of Case Crime No. 113 of 2019), under Sections 147 (Punishment for rioting), 148 (Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon), 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of the offense committed in...
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“In Pandemic Times, Courts to Adopt Approach Which Will Kick-Start the Economy”: Madras HC

Oct 14, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
In wake of this lockdown, many businesses were shut down. Rising International Company (legal name, Kailashkumar), Madurai, (Petitioner) is a dealer registered under the Goods and Services Tax Act. The business was shut down in April. After the Unlocking phase was started, he reopened his business.The Superintendent (HPU), CGST, and Central...
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Payal Tadvi Suicide: SC Permits Accused Doctors to Re-Enter College and Resume Studies [READ JUDGMENT]

Oct 10, 2020 M V Manasa 1
On Thursday (08 October 2020), Supreme Court allowed the doctors who are accused of abetting the suicide of Dr. Payal Tadvi to re-enter the college and the hospital to pursue their courses of study further. The three doctors who were accused of abetting the suicide, Dr. Ankita Kailash Khandelwal, Dr. Hema Suresh Ahuja, and Dr. Bhakti Arvind...
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P&H HC Dismisses Sumedh Singh Saini’s Plea to Transfer Case to CBI, Says ‘Nothing Comes To His Aid To Wash Off Blood Of Crime from His Smudged Hands’ [READ ORDER]

Sep 24, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The case concerning the disappearance of Balwant Singh Multani, also popularly known as the Multani case has been garnering people’s interests. The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled on the matter on Tuesday, i.e. the September 8th, 2020. The High Court passed an order to dismiss the Former DGP of Punjab, Sumedh Singh Saini’s plea filed...
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Functioning Physically or Through Virtual Mode - Bombay HC Asks State Government on the long period of closure of tribunal established under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act 2007 [Read Order]

Oct 14, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 1
The Bombay High Court called upon the Maharashtra Government to explain the long period of closure of the tribunal established under the provisions of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act 2007 when all other authorities have resumed its functioning physically or through video conferencing as deemed fit. The...
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PIL in SC seeks guidelines regarding online virtual classes

Sep 30, 2020 Shreya Tulavi 1
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Union of India (UOI) to issue comprehensive guidelines with respect to online virtual classes through video conferencing among children as there could be a threat to them exposed to obnoxious materials available on the internet. The petition was...
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The Plaintiff has no Absolute Right at the Appellate Stage to Withdraw from The Suit: Kerala HC

Oct 08, 2020 Rocky Das 1
Justice R. Narayana Pisharadi of Kerala High court observed that the plaintiff has no absolute right to withdraw the suit. The court further observed that the appellate court shall look for evidence and sustainable reasons before granting the plaintiff to file a secondary suit apart from the primary one. The points which need to be looked at into...
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Plea to Rename Allahabad High Court as Prayagraj HC dismissed

Oct 08, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
The Allahabad High court recently dismissed the plea to rename Allahabad high court as Prayagraj or the Uttar Pradesh high court. A Lucknow high court bench comprising of Justice Justice PK Jaiswal and Justice DK Singh.dismissed the lawsuit, filed in the form a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), terming it as a 'publicity stunt litigation'. The...
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Premises Can't Be Sealed by Authorities for An Unreasonably Long Period Than What Is Necessary: Jharkhand HC

Sep 22, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
A single bench of Justice Rajesh Shankar of Jharkhand High Court was hearing a writ petition filed up by the Owner of “The Alcor Hotel” of Jamshedpur in regards to quashing the seal order upon the hotel made by the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Dhalbhum, Jamshedpur in reference to the FIR lodged on 25th April 2020 against the property for...
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Proceed as Per 'Lalita Kumari' Judgment and Register FIR Against Defaulting Persons: MP HC to State Authorities [READ ORDER]

Oct 16, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
The Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (October 13, 2020) directed District Magistrates of Gwalior and Datia to register FIR against Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar, MPPCC chief Kamal Nath, minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar, BJP candidate Munnalal Goel, and others for violating Covid safety norms. The court stated that leaders...
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Section 153A of IPC Cannot Be Invoked Merely by Provoking Sentiments of One Community Without Involving Any Other Community: Karnataka HC

Oct 14, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The Karnataka High Court recently held that merely provoking the sentiments of one community or group without involving any other community will not be a penal offence under Section 153 A of the Indian Penal Code. Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code penalizes the person whoever promotes enmity between different groups on the grounds of...
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Madras HC Directs Government to Strictly Implement Rules Indicating Punishment for Not Wearing Mask, Spitting in Public, Etc.

Sep 28, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
While hearing a writ filed before the Madras High Court by a practicing lawyer, the division bench of Justice M. M. Sundresh and Justice R. Hemalatha on September 17th, 2020 directed the State Government to strictly implement the amended rule which indicates the punishment for non-wearing of a mask, violating social distancing, spitting in public,...
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Punjab And Haryana High Court Rules-Cannot Direct The State To Decide To Representation Of Landowners To De-Notify Land Under Acquisition

Oct 09, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on 1st October, 2020stated that only State has the authority and power to de-notify their land under acquisition as per Section 101A inserted vide Haryana Act no. 21 of 2018 which states the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act,...
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Punjab And Haryana High Court Rules-Cannot Direct The State To Decide To Representation Of Landowners To De-Notify Land Under Acquisition

Oct 09, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on 1st October, 2020stated that only State has the authority and power to de-notify their land under acquisition as per Section 101A inserted vide Haryana Act no. 21 of 2018 which states the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act,...
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Rajasthan HC Grants Interim Protection from Arrest to Former Union Minister Arun Shourie in Udaipur Hotel Case.

Sep 25, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Hotel Laxmi Vilas Palace sited in Udaipur district was under the possession of the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) but was later on divested fraudulently by the NDA government in 2004. The property was valued Rs. 151 crores were divested for a mere Rs. 7.52 crore to Bharat Hotels Limited by the NDA Government in a fraudulent...
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High Court Seeks State’s Reply on a PIL Seeking Release of Aged Prisoners

Sep 30, 2020 M V Manasa 1
Allahabad High Court has granted State Government the time period of two weeks to file a counter-affidavit against the petition filed before the Court to release the aged prisoners with comorbidities. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Allahabad High Court to make jails larger and less crowded so that the social distancing and...
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Bombay HC States Giving Money to Another for Drugs Consumption Does Not Amount to “Financing” or “Harboring” Under Section 27 A of the NDPS Act, 1985 [READ ORDER]

Oct 09, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
While granting bail to Bollywood actress, Rhea Chakraborty, Bombay HC also interpreted the scope and meaning of Section 27 A of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. This deals with offence of “financing illicit traffic and harboring offenders".In this respect, Hon’ble Justice Sarang V Kotwal stated that when one...
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COVID-19: SAT Says No Physical Hearing till Oct 16, 2020

Oct 05, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The Securities Appellate Tribunal has extended the suspension of physical hearing till October 16 amid the outbreak of a pandemic. SAT in its notification dated October 1 said, “…. the judicial work of the Tribunal (physical work) shall remain suspended till Oct 16, 2020. The directions already issued and permitted from time to time...
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SC allows Aircel Plea seeking Directions to NCLT to Consider the Questions Framed [READ ORDER]

Oct 06, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
Aircel’s plea is been allowed by the Supreme Court to direct the NCLT (National Company Appellate Tribunal) to consider the questions framed by the court in the judgment of AGR case, dated September 1st, 2020. The Supreme Court directed the NCLT to consider questions like, whether TSPs can be said to be the owner based on the right to use them,...
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SC Allows CLAT 2020 Aspirants to Make Representation Before Grievance Redressal Committee Within Two Days; Committee to Decide at the Earliest on issues presented

Oct 10, 2020 Jishu 1
The Supreme Court permitted a group of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2020) aspirants to make representations regarding issues with this year's exam before the grievance redressal committee headed by a retired Chief Justice of India.Appearing for the petitioners, Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan argued that over 40,000 objections concerning...
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"Students Must Be Accommodated": SC Tells CBSE & UGC To Take Instructions on Issue of Results & Cut-Off Dates for Admissions

Sep 24, 2020 Rocky Das 1
A bench of Hon’ble Supreme Court comprising of Justice AM Khanwilker and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a plea of Senior Advocate Vivek Tankha on behalf of 2,10,000 students of class X and XII who were appearing for to take the compartment exams instructed by CBSE. The petitioner was seeking relaxation in cut-off dates for these students to...
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SC Orders Status Quo Over Demolition of Iconic Patna Collectorate Building

Sep 23, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
In 2019, the Bihar Government proposed to demolish the old Patna Collectorate for a new high-rise complex, part of which was built during the Dutch-era, situated on the banks of the Ganga and is endowed with high ceilings, huge doors, and hanging skylights. The Collectorate is one of the last surviving signatures of Dutch architecture in...
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Re-Examination of ICSE Students Who Failed 9th and 11th Class

Oct 14, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
In August 2020 a petition was filed in Supreme Court by a XI class student through Adv Alakh Alok Srivastava seeking re-examination for ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) students who failed in 9th and 11th class. It was stated in the plea that if the ICSE doesn't choose the resolution adopted by the CBSE on May 13, then many 9th and...
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SC Refuses to Entertain PIL Seeking Scrapping of TRAI's New Directives on Commercial SMSes & Calls

Sep 30, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) passed a new directive for commercial calls and SMS to regulate Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC). It would help prevent fraud and bring transparency to the unorganized SMS industry. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Supreme Court challenging this directive. It was...
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SC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Direction To Mp Gov And Hc For Increase In Retirement Age Of Subordinate Judges From 60 To 62 [READ ORDER]

Sep 25, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The Supreme Court on 22nd September, Tuesday issued a notice in a plea asking for issuance of directions to the Madhya Pradesh State government as well as the High Court of Madhya Pradesh to increase the superannuation of members of Subordinate Judiciary to 62 years. The bench comprised of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna, and...
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SC Grants Interim Relief Against Displacement of Govt. Teacher in Scheduled Districts in Jharkhand [READ ORDER]

Oct 19, 2020 Jishu 1
New Delhi, Oct 14, The Supreme Court Wednesday granted interim relief to over 3,600 teachers in Jharkhand by allowing them to continue in service as it sought response from the state government on pleas challenging the high court decision which had quashed its 'employment policy-2016'.The Jharkhand High Court on September 21 quashed the policy...
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SC seeks NCPCR 's response on directions to release children from Karnataka shelter homes in view of the pandemic

Oct 10, 2020 Lawstreet News Network 1
On Friday ( October 9, 2020), the Supreme Court demanded that the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights respond to its general direction given to all district magistrates in Karnataka for the release of children from shelter homes to their families in view of the pandemic of Covid-19. A bench chaired by Justice L Nageswara...
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Supreme Court Issues Notice to Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gorakhpur for Misleading the Court

Sep 29, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
The Bench comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose, and Krishna Murari has issued notice to one Ms. Manisha Waskale, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh, inquiring "Why appropriate preceding be not initiated against her for misleading this Court and as a consequence of obtaining interim orders from the bench at the...
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Supreme Court quashes conduct of NLAT 2020; NLSIU to admit students through CLAT this year

Sep 22, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
Recently, the premier law university NLSIU announced that it is going to conduct its own aptitude examination, termed NLAT to admit students for the new academic year. However, students from across the country faced major problems while giving the entrance exam for the Bangalore Law Institute. Yesterday, i.e. September 21st, 2020, the Supreme...
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SC Refuses To Consider Plea Seeking Declaration That There Is No Freedom Of Speech With Respect To Subjudice Matters

Sep 22, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The Supreme Court had refused to entertain a plea of the petitioner which sought for a declaration that the Fundamental Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression didn’t lie with reference to the ongoing judicial matters and final orders, except to the level of fair and true reporting. The Bench was headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde...
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PIL In SC Seeks Registration of Offences Under IPC, 1860 And SC/ST Act, 1989 Against UP Govt. Officials in Hathras Case

Oct 14, 2020 Richa Shah 1
In relation to the unfortunate Hathras Case, one more PIL has been presented in the Supreme Court. It has been filed by activist Chetan Janardhan Kamble through advocate Vipin Nair seeking issuance of directions to register offences under section 166-A, 193, 201, 202, 203, 212, 217, 153-A and 339 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and offences under...
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SC Transfers the Delhi HC Hearing of Plea Against IBC Ordinance to itself

Oct 08, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
On Tuesday (October 6, 2020), the Delhi High Court demanded a reply from the Centre to a petition challenging the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) Ordinance suspending proceedings for defaults occurring on or after 25 March for six months in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic.The arguments made by lawyers Shikhil Suri, Piyush Singh, Rahul...
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SC Sends Notice to Centre and UPSC on Plea Seeking Postponement of Civil Services Exams Amid Floods and Covid-19

Sep 28, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Thursday (September 24, 2020), The Supreme Court asked for a response from the Centre and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on a plea wanting postponement of the civil services examinations which are supposed to take place in 2020 in view of the increase on cases of Covid-19 and also the floods. This case was heard by a bench of 2...
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Bombay High Court plays audio clip of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut using derogatory wordsagainst Kangana Ranaut

Sep 30, 2020 Shreya Tulavi 1
Actress Kangana Ranaut has been at loggerheads with the Shiv-Sena ruled Maharashtra government. Following a war of words between the actress and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) proceeded to demolish the office of Ranaut. The actress alleged the act was out of vengeance and then moved the Bombay High...
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Supreme Court issues notice to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in a Plea Filed by Arnab Goswami

Oct 02, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
In a plea filed by the Journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Republic Media Network, challenging the breach of privilege motion against him by Maharashtra Assembly & Legislative council, a bench of the apex court comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramanian issued a notice to Maharashtra Legislative...
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SC Adjourns Plea Seeking Stay on Reclamation Work Undertaken by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Oct 02, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Senior Advocate Shyam Divan on behalf of the applicants of Conservation Action Trust (CAT) and Shweta Bagh, founder of Collective of Spatial alternatives appealed to the court against the undergoing reclamation work of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s coastal road project as the plea suggested that the undergoing work has been violating the...
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SC Dismisses Plea to Stop Dissemination of Information/Data of Covid-19 on the Basis of Religion

Sep 29, 2020 M.V. Manasa 1
On Friday (September 25, 2020), Supreme Court denied entertaining a plea for issuing the directions to forbid and stop the dissemination of information or data of coronavirus disease or any epidemic on the basis of religion, caste, community, and religious identity or religious group on the basis of religious or communal classification. The plea...
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Supreme Court accepts DGCA's recommendations on airfare refund, travel agents to get refund only for tickets booked by them

Oct 02, 2020 Jishu 1
The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 1, 2020) accepted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) scheme for a refund of money for air tickets booked during the COVID-19 lockdown.A three-judge Bench, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, endorsed the DGCA credit shell scheme which will be valid till March 31, and disposed of petitions on refund...
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SC Notifies Fresh Roster to Be Effective from October 5,2020

Oct 05, 2020 Rocky Das 1
The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 1, 2020) came out with a fresh roster of assignment to be effective from October 5, 2020.The Public Interest Litigation (PIL), letter petitions, and Social Justice matters will now be heard by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and seven senior judges.As per the new roster Senior most judges like N V Ramana and...
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SC Quashes Gujarat Labor And Employment Department’s Notification For Extending Work Hours Under Factories Act, 1948 Without Overtime Pay, Says-Covid-19 Is Not A Public Emergency

Oct 02, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Supreme Court has canceled the notification issued by Gujarat’sLabor and Employment Department granting exemptions to all factories in Gujarat from provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 regarding their daily working hours, weekly working hours and intervals for rest, and spread overs of adult workers as well as from payment of overtime wages...
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SC Quashes Gujarat Labor And Employment Department’s Notification For Extending Work Hours Under Factories Act, 1948 Without Overtime Pay, Says-Covid-19 Is Not A Public Emergency

Oct 02, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Supreme Court has canceled the notification issued by Gujarat’sLabor and Employment Department granting exemptions to all factories in Gujarat from provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 regarding their daily working hours, weekly working hours and intervals for rest, and spread overs of adult workers as well as from payment of overtime wages...
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When two Courts Approve Discharge at The Same Time, Strong Submissions Must dislodge the Judgments: SC Tells SG

Oct 09, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
On Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the CBI appeal on 16 October challenging the judgment of the Kerala High Court upholding the decision of a special court to allow the discharge petition of one of the accused in the SNC-Lavalin case, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.SG Tushar Mehta began, “This is a case in which the suspects...
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Supreme Court rejects Centre’s plea, states Traders not to Pay 200% Customs Duty on Imports from Pakistan after Pulwama Attack

Sep 28, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
The Supreme Court rejected the plea of the Centre against the judgement of the Punjab & Haryana Court for holding the judgement of enhanced custom duty from importers. Following the 2019 Pulwama terror attack, the center asked the traders to pay an enhanced custom duty of 200% on imported goods from Pakistan. The Apex Court on Wednesday...
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Supreme Court reiterates that Mere Inclusion of a Person in the Selection List Does Not Confer Upon Them a Vested Right to Appointment [READ JUDGMENT]

Oct 09, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A bench comprising of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Indira Banerjee of the apex court reiterated that the mere inclusion of candidate in a selection list does not confer upon them a vested right to appointment. In the current case, the candidate participated in the selection process to the 2013 batch of Constables (Executive)- in Delhi Police...
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SC Appoints Justice Madan B Lokur Committee to Monitor and Suggest Steps to Prevent Stubble Burning in Punjab, Haryana & Uttar Pradesh [READ ORDER]

Oct 19, 2020 Rocky Das 1
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 16, 2020) appointed retired apex court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur as a one-man committee to take steps for preventing stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh which is a source of pollution in the Delhi-national capital region (NCR).Accepting the Suggestions made in the plea by a Class XII...
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Survey Monkey Population, Sterilise Them, P & H High Court Tells Govt

Sep 28, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A petition was filed in P & H High Court by Divyam Dhakla complaining about the threat and danger caused by the monkeys in the residential area, especially in Manimajra. He said that it is becoming difficult to stay outdoors. The monkeys attack people for food, tear the clothes kept in the terrace for drying, injure people by showering...
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“Tender Minds Can’t Be Treated with Iron Gloves as Offender of War Crimes”: Karnataka HC while quashing CBSE’s actions against 12th Class Student

Oct 13, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
On 6th October, Tuesday Karnataka High Court was hearing a petition filed by a Class XII student who was giving her exam of Biology (AISSCE) (Main) 2020 which was canceled for using unfair means in the said Examination and her result declared as ESSENTIAL REPEAT. The case of the petitioner was that on 14th February 2020 the petitioner...
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Plea in SC Seeks Modification in IPC Sections Related to Sexual Harassment Against Transgenders

Sep 29, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
A practicing lawyer, Reepak Kansal, filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging various clauses and sub-sections of Section 354-A of the Indian Penal Code which deals with sexual harassment. He was of the opinion that the laws of the country are for every citizen be it male, female, or transgenders (neither male nor female). The...
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Tripura High Court Seeks Response from State Government on Issues Related to the Covid-19 Situation [READ ORDER]

Sep 23, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
The Tripura High Court on September 18, 2020 has monitored the situation and give suggestions to the State Government which is in the Court's opinion "would enable the administration to handle the coronavirus care better". The Division Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice S. Talapatra has put forth some suggestions and observations...
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People Shouldn't Get A False Idea That The Situation Has Improved And Life Can Get Back To Normal: Tripura HC [READ ORDER]

Oct 09, 2020 Rocky Das 1
A division Bench of the Tripura High Court has said the state should not be under in any false impressions that there is ‘dramatic improvement’ in the COVID19 situation and life can get back to normal.In a petition filed in the nature of public interest instituted Suo moto, the High Court was examining the situation of the spread of the corona...
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'Have Faith in Our HCs': SC Asks Republic TV To Move Bombay HC With Plea Challenging Mumbai Police Summons in TRP Case

Oct 16, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
An FIR was filed by the Mumbai police at Kandivali Police Station on October 8, 2020, alleging fraud in Television Rating Points (TRP). The police commissioners reported to the press that Republic TV and two Marathi channels were adopting the fraudulent practice of TRP manipulation. They paid Rs 400-500 every month to the illiterate...
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UP Government Asked by the Apex Court to File Witness Protection Plan in Hathras Gangrape Case

Oct 07, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
A bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna & Justice V. Ramasubramanium asked the UPs BJP government to file an affidavit stipulating a Witness Protection Plan for the family and witnesses of the 19-year old victim who was allegedly gang-raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras District of...
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'Not Case Where Company Needs to be Wound Up as Assets Exceed Outstanding Liability', SC in Vijay Mallya case

Oct 01, 2020 Rocky Das 1
Vijay Mallya, the owner of Kingfisher Airlines has been declared a fugitive for several years on the charge of being a defaulter for not paying his loans taken from several banks. The total estimated loan taken by him from IDBI and SBI as well was estimated at 14000cr rupees. With the ongoing investigation, his assets and properties were seized by...
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"Rights Under Articles 19(1) And 25 Denied Without Any Reasons": Allahabad HC Allows Majlis In Waqaf Imambada Masjid

Oct 07, 2020 Richa Shah 1
On Monday (6th September 2020), the Allahabad High Court granted permission to perform Majlis which is a religious congregation at the Waqaf Imambada Masjid but subject to Unlock 4 guidelines and after ensuring social distancing norms. This was heard by a bench of two judges- Justice Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia. The order passed by them...
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Yatin Oza Contempt Case: Gujarat HC “No One Has Become So Big Than The Institution Itself” [READ JUDGMENT]

Oct 12, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Gujarat High Court has remarked in the contempt case of Advocate Yatin Oza, “For the judiciary to perform its duties and functions effectively and true to the spirit with which it is sacredly entrusted, the dignity and authority of the Courts have to be respected and protected at all costs. The only weapon of protecting itself from the...
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ABAP Initiates Signature Campaign About the Need to Make Official Documents of Schedule VIII of the Indian Constitution Available in all Languages

Sep 27, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
A Pan India Organisation of Lawyers, Akhil Bhartiya Adhivakta Parishad has initiated a signature campaign upon receiving feedback and recognizing the need of the people from various regions of the country. The signatories urge the government to make all the official documents available in all Languages of Schedule VIII of The Constitution of...
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Babar Qadiri, J&K Advocate Shot Dead in His Own House

Sep 29, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
On September 24, 2020 at around 6:25 pm, 41-year-old Babar Qadiri had just reached home along with his younger brother. Both of them are practicing lawyers at the Jammu and Kashmir high court and in lower courts in Srinagar.Qadiri was asking his mother to give him something to eat and suddenly two men entered the courtyard of his two-story house...
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BCD criticizes Farm Bill 2020, Issues Letter to PM

Sep 29, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Three major bills named as the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill (commonly referred to as the APMC Bypass Bill), and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill were being passed in Parliament in the monsoon session...
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Period Between March 24, 2020 to March 31, 2021 will not be Counted for Calculating the Grace Period of 2 Years for Clearing the All India Bar Exam: BCI Informs Delhi HC [READ MINUTES]

Sep 25, 2020 M V Manasa 1
Due to the pandemic and lockdown, the Bar Council of India informed the Delhi High Court that the period of March 24, 2020, to March 31, 2021, will not be counted for the calculating the grace period of two years from the date of enrolment for clearing the All India Bar Exam. Single Bench of Justice Jayant Nath further said that it will not be...
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Period Between March 24, 2020 to March 31, 2021 will not be Counted for Calculating the Grace Period of 2 Years for Clearing the All India Bar Exam: BCI Informs Delhi HC [READ MINUTES]

Sep 25, 2020 M V Manasa 1
Due to the pandemic and lockdown, the Bar Council of India informed the Delhi High Court that the period of March 24, 2020, to March 31, 2021, will not be counted for the calculating the grace period of two years from the date of enrolment for clearing the All India Bar Exam. Single Bench of Justice Jayant Nath further said that it will not be...
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Plea Challenging Commercial Property Tax on Lawyers’ Offices to be Heard by HC [READ PETITION]

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
On Friday i.e. Sep 25, 2020, the Delhi High Court announced that it would hear a plea filed by Advocate Nikhil Mehta on behalf of a lawyer’s association that challenged the charging of commercial property tax on advocate’s office by municipal corporations. The plea would be heard on September 30, 2020. The Hon’ble Justice Najmi Waziri...
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Plea Challenging Commercial Property Tax on Lawyers’ Offices to be Heard by HC [READ PETITION]

Oct 01, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
On Friday i.e. Sep 25, 2020, the Delhi High Court announced that it would hear a plea filed by Advocate Nikhil Mehta on behalf of a lawyer’s association that challenged the charging of commercial property tax on advocate’s office by municipal corporations. The plea would be heard on September 30, 2020. The Hon’ble Justice Najmi Waziri...
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Amidst Warning of Peaceful Agitation by the Bar Council of P&H, CJ is Requested to Start Physical Hearing in 50 % of the Courts [READ LETTER]

Oct 05, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana addressed a letter to the Chief Justice High Court, requesting him to start physical hearing in 50 % of the Courts simultaneously with the on-going virtual hearings. The letter read, “The Bar Council is sending this representation on behalf of all the Advocates of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh with the...
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Lawyer Who ardently voiced issues that Arose Due to COVID-19, Succumbs to Death due to the virus

Sep 30, 2020 M V Manasa 1
On Thursday (September 24, 2020) senior Corporate Lawyer P. Nagesh dies of COVID-19 in Hyderabad. He was a renowned Corporate Lawyer with over 26 years of experience in corporate laws, advisory, and litigation.During the COVID-19 pandemic, he brought relief to lakhs of SSC aspirants and he was the first lawyer that drove everyone towards oxygen...
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Delhi HC Judge Suresh Kumar Kait Bars Sharing of VC Links with Media Correspondents and Others

Sep 29, 2020 Rocky Das 1
The Delhi High Court held by the Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait has come up in a Criminal Revision Petition titled Satyam Kumar Shah vs. Narcotics Control Bureau, in which the court dismissed the application moved by the petitioner.And the court further observed that ‘A very unpleasant situation came before this court during the...
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Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Dhcba Plea Against The Classification Of Law Offices As “Commercial Activity” For Property Tax

Oct 08, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
In the case of Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) v. SDMC and Ors, the Delhi High Court issued a notice on 7th October, Wednesday with respect to the Delhi High Court Bar Association’s petition against the classification of their law offices as “commercial activity” for the purposes of calculation and collection of their property...
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District Court To reopen In A Phased Manner in Karnataka [READ OPERATING PROCEDURE]

Sep 23, 2020 Neha Bharti 1
District Courts in Karnataka to reopen in a phased manner from September 28, 2020. The Karnataka High Court on September 19, 2020, issued the modified Standard Operating Procedure for the district courts to be followed after the reopening to prevent the spread of Covid-19. As per the revised Standard Operating Procedure that is starting from...
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Former Chief Justice of Kerala High Court Justice KK Usha Passes Away

Oct 07, 2020 ROCKY DAS 1
Former Chief Justice KK Usha breathed her last yesterday (October 5, 2020) in Kochi at the age of 81. She had enrolled as an advocate in 1961 and was appointed as a government pleader in 1979. Before becoming Chief Justice of the Kerala High court in 2000, she served the High Court as a judge for nine long years.She served the High Court as Chief...
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Gujarat High Court to Start Uploading Orders/Judgments in Gujarati Language

Oct 06, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
Gujarat High Court has decided to upload one important judgment in the Gujarati language daily on its website. This unique initiative has been launched from 2nd October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court Mr. Justice Vikram Nath had expressed his desire to upload daily one judgment on its website in...
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Gujarat High Court Launches E-Writ Module To Send Digitally Signed Copies Of Bail Orders To District Courts [READ PRESS RELEASE]

Oct 06, 2020 RHEA BANERJEE 1
The Gujarat High Court on 2nd October 2020 Friday launched E-writ Module to send the digitally signed copies of Bail orders from High Court to the District Courts. On commendation of the Judges of the ICT & e-governance Committee of the High Court, a new module to make accessible digitally signed bail orders of the High Court to the concerned...
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P&H HC Judge Tests Positive for Covid-19; 2 Others in Isolation

Sep 23, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
Our judiciary system is working in a very restrictive manner due to the coronavirus pandemic, but even then, it has hit our judiciary very hard. One of the judges has tested positive for this virus in Punjab And Haryana High Court. After staff and close family members were found to be infected, 2 other judges are also kept in quarantine at...
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Former Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, AS Dave passes away

Oct 07, 2020 Arundhuti Deshmukh 1
Justice Anantkumar Surendraray Dave, a former Judge and Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court passed away after prolonged illness at the age of 62.Prior to his retirement, Justice Anant Dave had served as an Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court before the current Chief Justice Vikram Nath took over.Born in December 1957, he...
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“The Programme Would Have Been Over By Now if the Court Had Not Intervened”: Justice Chandrachud On Sudarshan TV’s ‘Bindas Bol’ Show

Sep 24, 2020 Twinkle Agarwal 1
The Central government found out that a program “Bindas Bol” violated the Cable TV Networks (Regulations) Act and it is intended to speak abusively and hurt the sentiments of the Muslim Community. It was communalizing the entry of Muslims into the civil services.Thus, it informed the Supreme Court about the matter and said that it has issued a...
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Advocates Should Maintain Decorum Through VC: Karnataka High Court

Oct 19, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
On Friday, October 16th, 2020 the Karnataka Hugh Court while hearing a case said that “advocates do not address the court on VC hearing by sitting in the car, maintain court decorum”. The HC said this when an advocate participated in the video conferencing while sitting inside a car. The court adjourned the hearing by one month. The...
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Law Students Move Delhi High Court Seeking Transparency in NLU- D’s Moot Court Competition; Seek Disclosure of Competition Records and Marks Secured [READ PETITION]

Oct 19, 2020 Pavitra Shetty 1
A petition has been filed before the bench of Justice Jayant Nath in Delhi High Court for issuing a direction upon the Moot Court Organizing Committee of National Law University, Delhi (NLU) to release the marks obtained by the Petitioners in the moot court competition.The Petitioners are students of University Law College (ULC) Utkal University,...
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Law Students Urge CJI to Take Action Against Guilty Officials in Hathras Case [READ LETTER]

Oct 09, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
The future of the legal fraternity of India wrote to the Chief Justice of India to issue directions for taking actions against guilty officials involved in the Hathras Rape Case and the ensuing 2:30 A.M cremation of the victim. 510 law students have urged to CJI by writing letters to him. The students have prayed to the court to direct the...
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Law Students Urge CJI to Take Action Against Guilty Officials in Hathras Case [READ LETTER]

Oct 09, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
The future of the legal fraternity of India wrote to the Chief Justice of India to issue directions for taking actions against guilty officials involved in the Hathras Rape Case and the ensuing 2:30 A.M cremation of the victim. 510 law students have urged to CJI by writing letters to him. The students have prayed to the court to direct the...
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Legal Aid Website Launched by Allahabad HC for Middle Income Group

Sep 30, 2020 Lakshya Tewari 1
Allahabad High Court launches a path-breaking legal aid website for middle-aged groups. The website is named by the High Court as “Allahabad High Court Middle Income Group Legal Aid Society”. By the way of this scheme, special arrangements are being made for the middle-class people, Rs. 6,00,00/- and Rs. 12,00,000/- annual income group. The...
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“Media Reportage in Pending Cases is Forbidden and Can Lead to Contempt of Court”: AG KK Venugopal to SC

Oct 16, 2020 VANDANA KOTHARI 1
On Tuesday (October 13, 2020), KK Venugopal, the Attorney General put forth before the Supreme court that “Media reportage of certain kind in pending cases is completely wrong and forbidden to do so, it can lead to contempt of court.” The Attorney General made this remark before a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar in the 2009 contempt of...
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Media trial causing great damage to the institution says Attorney General K K Venugopal

Oct 15, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
On Tuesday (October 13, 2020), Attorney General K K Venugopal said that the statements openly made on print and electronic media on pending issues in an effort to influence the judges and the public opinion are causing the institution great harm.In pending cases, the top law officer expressed serious concern about media trials, while putting his...
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Three Mediation Centres Inaugurated In Barwani District Of Madhya Pradesh [READ PRESS NOTE]

Sep 28, 2020 Rhea Banerjee 1
The Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh, High Court recently inaugurated three mediation centers virtually via online means at the remote stations of the Barwani district namely Anjad, Rajpur, and Khetiya. With these three additional mediations centers, the State now has 43 functional District Courts and mediation Centres in around 42 Tehsil...
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NLU Delhi Declares Results of AILET 2020

Oct 06, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha 1
The National Law University OF Delhi has recently announced the results of All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2020 on their official website www.nludelhi.ac.inOn September 26, the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2020 was held. The entrance examination was conducted at a different center around the country as a Computer Based Test...
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NLU-O VC Prof. (Dr.) Srikrishna Deva Rao to be Appointed as New Vice-Chancellor of NLU-Delhi

Sep 25, 2020 M V Manasa 1
Prof. (Dr.) Srikrishna Deva Rao who was the former Registrar of NLU- Delhi and current Vice-Chancellor of NLU-Odisha has been elected as the new Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Delhi. As Prof Ranbir Singh was the founding Vice-Chancellor, his second five- year term as the NLU-Delhi Vice-Chancellor has been expired today.A three-member...
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SC to Consider whether a Portion of MSP can be Withheld from Farmers Who Have Committed Stubble Burning

Oct 08, 2020 Meghna Mishra 1
On Tuesday, i.e. 06th October 2020, the Supreme Court took a decision wherein it said that it will probe deeper into the suggestion to withhold a portion of Minimum Support Price form farmers until unless it is made clear that they have not indulged in stubble burning.An application filed a Vikram Tongad, a farmer that urged the Court to come up...
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What nutrition labels should look like and why they don’t!

Oct 08, 2020 Parul Singhal 1
The huge part of our modern-day food is packaged food only. The list of packaged food items consumed by urban consumers is increasing every day such as, the granola bar, non-added sugar juice etc. Besides, due to this, health concerns are also increasing day by day. With obesity, diabetes, heart problems, consumers are very concerned about...

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