News Update J&K HC asserts that its residents can freely approach NHRC if rights violated 23 Dec 2020 The J&K HC has rightfully asserted that residents of the UT facing any sort of grievance regarding violation of their human and basic fundamental rights, may have to approach the…
News Update P&H HC orders state police to video-record the entire time gangster Bishnoi is in custody 23 Dec 2020 After the Vikas Dubey encounter by the UP Police, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, 35, who is currently confined in Bharatpur Jail in Rajasthan, had moved a petition in the Punjab and Haryana…
News Update PIL in Supreme Court seeks establishment of Special Anti-Corruption Courts 23 Dec 2020 A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court which seeks to establish special anti-corruption courts in every district, to decide cases related to various economic offences like money-laundering and…
News Update 28 Yrs Later, Father, Nun Found Guilty in Murder of Sister Abhaya 23 Dec 2020 In 1992, Sister Abhaya, a Class 12 student, was found dead inside a well at the Pious X Convent in Kerala. Initially, the case was ruled as a suicide by…
News Update We can’t prevent the Legislature from considering a Bill: Karnataka High Court refuses to stay Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 23 Dec 2020 On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court denied the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 [Amendment Bill] to stay. An interlocutory application was heard by the Court seeking to prohibit the…
News Update FIR quashed against woman for possessing live cartridge : Delhi HC 23 Dec 2020 The Delhi High Court has quashed the FIR against a woman for possessing a live cartridge in her bag while stating that there is no material to believe that she was in…
News Update Bombay HC answers whether Kangana has the right to express through twitter handle 22 Dec 2020 Background In a petition filed before Bombay HC, Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Desmukh has alleged that Kangana Ranaut’s tweets hurt his religious sentiments and created religious animosity between different communities.…
News Update MJ Akbar v. Priya Ramani: the final hearings before Delhi Court 22 Dec 2020 Former Union Minister MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against journalist, Priya Ramani for her allegations of sexual harassment against Akbar is being heard by the Court of the Additional Chief…
News Update Maharashtra CM announces Night curfew for 7 hours 22 Dec 2020 Only 24 hours after ruling out night curfew in Maharashtra, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has already announced night curfew in Maharashtra for 7 hours from 11 pm-6am in all municipal…
News Update Madras HC asks for report from TN Government on the facilities available near residence of SCs 22 Dec 2020 Cognizance of a news report was taken which stated that people from Adi Dravidar Colony in Marudur village in Madurai district had been seen carrying a dead body to a graveyard through…
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