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Tablighi Jamaat case: SC questions Centre if it can keep control on inflammatory TV shows

The SC on Thursday asked the Centre about its powers under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1994 that enable it to regulate broadcast content on electronic media which has…

Salman Khan again gets relief from Court appearance due to COVID-19 in Blackbuck Poaching Case

Background The chief judicial magistrate had sentenced Mr. Salman Khan to five years in jail for killing two blackbucks, an endangered antelope, in 1998.The CJM court had also fined him…

Physical hearing resumes in Delhi HC: Advocates move to SC against the decision

Petition filed in the Apex Court questioning the notification dated January 14, 2021, and roster of physically sitting Judges dated January 14, 2021 along with a roster of physically sitting…

Saurabh SharmaV.Sub Divisional Magistrate WP(C) 6595/2020 & CM 23013/2020

This affidavit was filed when Saurabh Sharma was fined Rs. 500 as he did not wear a mask while he was driving alone.He asked for a compensation of Rs. 10…

Covid-19 vaccine: Dry run in Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat

The exercise of dry run vaccine will continue for two days, December 28 and 29, in two districts each. There will be no vaccine involved in the process, which will…

Kerala HC decision in regards to Sabarimala temple would increase risk of COVID-19: petition filed in Supreme Court

Background In one of its judgement the Kerala High Court had directed the State government to raise the permissible limit of worshippers at Sabarimala temple from 2,000 to 5,000 per…

Orissa High Court: Filing of fabricated evidence amounts to contempt of court

In Chandramani Kanhar v. State of Odisha, the High Court of Orissa held that any forged document filed before the court amounts to criminal contempt under 2(c) of contempt of…

FSSAI directed by CCPA to look into the matter of honey adulteration, notice sent to 6 firms for false Covid-19 protection claims.

Background (CSE) released a report last week claiming that several major Indian brands are adulterating honey with sugar syrup. Outcome After this incident, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has…

Australia’s billion dollar coronavirus vaccine is SCRAPPED after trial participants returned HIV false positives

The University of Queensland had been developing the Covid vaccine in partnership with pharmaceutical company CSL and the government had ordered 51 million doses. However, it has been scrapped after…

People without face masks in Gwalior asked to write an essay on Covid

Kaushlendra Vikram Singh, District Magistrate said that he district authorities have launched a "Roko-Toko" campaign in order to curb the spread of coronavirus. Now people in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior will…