News Update Minor Rape Survivor allowed to terminate advanced pregnancy by High Court 13 Aug 2020 Delhi High Court allowed a minor rape survivor to terminate a 22-week pregnancy, following the report of a medical board, set up by Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, which concluded…
News Update Plea filed in SC against social media accounts dealing with graphic content 13 Aug 2020 Two law students have approached the Supreme Court with concerns of illicit content such as rape videos, revenge porn etc being traded online. The petition prays for the enforcement of the…
Articles… NEED FOR RECOGNITION OF PARENTAL ABDUCTION AS A CRIME IN INDIA 13 Aug 202013 Aug 2020 With the rise in the number of cases of divorce and judicial separation worldwide -the most affected are the children of the parties involved. In terms of custody, one parent…
Civil Law… Summons-Issue and Service of Summons (Order V) 12 Aug 2020 Abstract The summons can be viewed as a document filed by a court of law under the stamp and the signature of the presiding judge of that court demanding the…
Civil Law… Deep Analysis of Res Subjudice with Case Laws 12 Aug 2020 Abstract The significance of ‘doctrine of Res Subjudice’ is to avoid multiplicity of suit and conflict of decisions before the court of competent jurisdiction. Indian judiciary is already burdened with…
News Update Bar Council Of India moves Karnataka High Court challenging 25% domicile reservation at NLSIU Bangalore 12 Aug 202012 Aug 2020 The Bar Council of India (BCI) has moved a petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the 25% domicile reservation introduced at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU),…
News Update Rajasthan High Court Upholds Death Sentence of Murder Accussed 12 Aug 2020 Justice Sabina and Justice Chandra Kumar Songara of the Rajasthan High Court upheld the death sentence awarded to murder accussed Mohan Singh a.k.a Mahaveer. The Trial Court convicted him under…
News Update Assisting loan to Advocates is violative of 6(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961. 12 Aug 2020 The Government of India has released rupees Twenty-Five Crore out of Hundred Crore fund for the welfare of the advocates who are in need. A special committee was constituted under…
News Update Associate professor of NLU Delhi demoted for 5 years 12 Aug 2020 After a departmental inquiry found that charges of misconduct made against Professor Jeet Singh Mann were valid, he was demoted to the rank of Associate Professor for a 5-year period…
News Update PIL in SC wants animal kingdom to be declared as ‘legal entities’ for their protection 12 Aug 2020 A petition has been filed within the Supreme Court, wanting the whole animal kingdom, together with vertebrate and aquatic species, to be declared as “legal entities” having distinct persona and…
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