News Update Equilibrium between the ecosystem and industrialization 29 Dec 2020 Industrialisation, however vital for economy, ought not be at the cost of living souls, the Orissa High Court said, requiring harmony between the ecosystem and industrialization. “No doubt industrialization is…
News Update Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act will override provisions of the NDPS Act in cases concerning juveniles, says Patna HC 29 Dec 2020 Background A minor was accused of abetting the transport of cannabis in his role as a khalasi of a truck. The minor’s counsel argued that the minor neither had knowledge…
News Update Entitlement of compensation under Section 357A (4) can be availed by victims even prior to the enactment 29 Dec 2020 Case title - District Collector Alappuzha v. District Legal Service Authority, Alappuzha and others [WP(C).No.7250 OF 2014(E)]. A landmark judgement was passed by Kerala High Court about the Section 357A…
News Update Patna HC quashes criminal proceedings of foreign nationals accused in Tablighi Jamaat 29 Dec 2020 tA Single Judge bench of Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad of the Patna High Court quashed criminal proceedings against nationals of Bangladesh, Malaysia and Australia who had visited the Nizamudin Markaz…
News Update SC upheld Bombay HC order which denied student admission to medical course as it was against reservation policy of college 29 Dec 2020 The petitioner was a medical aspirant in the present case and had pursued her studies in Class VIII to X in a school in Sarigram, Gujarat, which is at a…
News Update Delhi HC Issues Summons in Copyright Infringement Suit Filed by Elsevier 28 Dec 2020 Justice Rajiv Shakdher of the Delhi High Court has issued summons in the suit filed by Elsevier Ltd. against Alexandra Elbakyan and others alleging infringement of Elsevier’s copyright in several…
News Update Virat Kohli named ICC male cricketer of the decade,MS Dhoni receives spirit of cricket honour 28 Dec 2020 Indian captain Virat Kohli is in headlines as he has been the ICC top honours for the decade, winning the sir Garfield sobers award for the best male cricketer of…
News Update Delhi High Court allows Allocation of Medical Seat to ICCW Bravery Award Winner, Order not to be used as Precedent 28 Dec 2020 The Delhi High Court has issued direction to the Union of India to allocate a supernumerary medical seat to an Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) Bravery Award winner for…
News Update Holding hand of minor to express love, inadvertent physical touch without sexual intent not assault under POCSO 28 Dec 2020 The Bombay High Court recently held that merely holding or touching hand to express love towards a minor without sexual intent does not amount to offence of sexual assault under…
News Update Jammu and Kashmir High Court directs doctors to end two-finger test in rape cases 28 Dec 2020 The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has strictly asked health professionals in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh to stop the practice of two-finger test on rape…
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