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Bar Council of Delhi increased the enrollment fees

The fees payable by lawyers at the time of enrolment, has been increased by the Bar Council of Delhi, with effect from January 1, 2021. A candidate, who is applying…

Nobody is entitled to interfere in the peaceful life of two adults

Allahabad High Court comes to aid of another inter-faith couple No one can interfere with the lives of two adult individuals who have decided to live together, the Allahabad High…

Postal Ballot: Validity of Section 60(c) of the Representation of People Act challenged in Madras High Court

A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court, raising the question over the constitutional validity of Section 60(c) of the Representation of People Act, 1951, which enables the…

SC relief for student who lost IIT-B seat

Siddhant Batra was ranked 270 in the All India Joint Engineering Entrance 2020 but clicked the withdraw link during the online admission process. The Supreme Court allowed an exception for…

Walayar Rape Case: Before Kerela High Court (CRL.A.No.1357 OF 2019)

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The Bench of Justices A Hariprasad and MR Anitha quashed the acquittal of Accused of the Walayar Rape Case. They stated that the prosecutor and the judge did not perform…

Central Vista Redevelopment : Supreme Court Judgement Reserved for tomorrow

The Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheswari and Sanjiv Khanna of the Supreme Court have reserved tomorrow to deliver the judgment on Central Vista area case. The Government had…

Accused has fundamental rights; Media’s freedom of speech not greater than rights of an individual: Jammu & Kashmir Court

A Jammu & Kashmir court said that freedom of speech and expression accessible to the media is not on a higher pedestal than the rights of individual people, barring nine…

Rajesh Agarwal v. RBI and ors(WRIT PETITION NO: 19102 OF 2019 )

In this recent judgement by the Telengana High Court, a plea was filed before the court that Principles of Natural Justice should be included in RBI Circulars. The petitioner contended…

HC on denial of promotion due to attendance shortage in NLSIU

NLSIU refused to promote a student owing to shortage of attendance in Fourth Year. Justice Krishna Dixit stared:"As already mentioned above, in several cases the University had granted condonation of…

Update on sexual harassment allegations against M.J. Akbar

Final hearing on behalf of Priya Ramani was concluded today. It was stated that the defamation case against Priya Ramani was owing to a fraud that MJ Akbar tried to…