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Non-listing of cases of persons in distress, bail applications infringes right to liberty: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court upon finding that a bail application has been pending before the Punjab and Haryana High Court for past one year observed that considering the current conditions of…

JNU Attack: Google Says Court Order Necessary For Police to Access Chat Details

Regards with the JNU violence in January 2020, the Delhi Police's crime branch requested information from Google on 33 members of two WhatsApp groups. According to Google, such information can…

Sedition case filed against Aisha Sulthana, fimmaker approaches Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail

Filmmaker Aisha Sulthana moves to Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case of sedition filed against her for her remarks against Lakshadweep island’s new regulation on administration. She…

Allahabad High Court Orders UP Govt to Compensate Persons Who Were Under Illegal Detention

15 Jun 202115 Jun 2021

The Allahabad High Court has ordered The Uttar Pradesh government to enforce its policy of paying Rs 25,000 to anyone who has been illegally detained as a compensation, as well…

Centre calls the issue regarding pleas to compensate COVID19 victims genuine

12 Jun 202112 Jun 2021

On Friday, the Central Government informed the Apex Court that it is actively taking into account the issue of compensation raised in two pleas that sought for relief for the…

Musician T.M. Krishna Moves Madras High Court Against IT Rules

T.M. Krishna, a Carnatic singer, has challenged the constitutionality of the new IT rules in the Madras High Court. According to Krishna, the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital…

Writ of Mandamus cannot be issued for compensating every COVID victim: Madras HC

While hearing two pleas seeking compensation for the families of people that have died as a result of COVID, the Madras High Court held that it cannot issue a writ…

Opposition Parties Say Their Pressure, Supreme Court Intervention Forced Centre To Change Vaccine Policy

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's partial rollback of his government's vaccine policy on Monday, opposition parties credited themselves and Supreme Court directives for successfully forcing the Centre to provide free…

The European Union and the United Kingdom have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook

The European Commission, working with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, launched a formal antitrust investigation into whether Facebook violated EU competition law. According to Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager,…

Directing removal of encroachment in Faridabad Khori Gaon SC calls for no compromise on forests

On Monday the Supreme Court directed the Municipal Corporation to not encroach into the forest land at Khori Gaon, Faridabad where they had planned to demolish 10,000 houses after a…