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Punjab and Haryana High Court to Examine validity of provision of Medical Termination and Pregnancy Act, 1971:

10 Aug 202010 Aug 2020

Multiple petitions have been filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court regarding the hurdles in termination of pregnancy after 20 weeks. As per the provision of the Medical Termination…

Madhya Pradesh becomes the first state to arrange 40 Hours of mediation training for Advocates

Madhya Pradesh State Legal Service Authority has successfully imparted 40 Hours mediation training sessions to the advocates where a single judge is posted.24 advocates across the nation were trained during…

Hyderabad: Woman hangs self after losing spouse to Covid-19

55-year-old housewife hanged herself on Friday, a day after her husband died of coronavirus in Ameerpet limits.The victim was identified as Dache Narmada, a resident of Yellareddyguda Ameerpet. On July…

Bombay HC Disposes BJP MLAs PIL Against Inflated Electricity Bills

7 Aug 20207 Aug 2020

A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AS Gadkari disposed of a public interest litigation filed by BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha…

Maharashtra Government on conducting Examinations

Owing to the Global Pandemic and the surge of cases, Maharashtra Government informed the Supreme Court that The State Disaster Management Authority has decided to put a stopper on examinations.The…

Karnataka HC seeks response from the center as to why Hand Sanitizers and N-95 Masks were removed from the list of Essential Commodities List

The Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Abhay Oka Aravind Kumar directed the central government to specify its reasons as to why N-95 masks and hand Sanitizers should not be…

Novavax signs vaccine supply deal with Serum Institute

Novavax Inc said on Wednesday it has entered a supply and license agreement with the Serum Institute of India for the development and commercialization of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The…

Delhi HC Seeks Stand on Conducting CLAT 2020 From Home

A single judge bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Jayant Nath, while hearing a matter, issued notices to the Centre and the Consortium of National Law Universities asking…

Karnataka HC directed the Government to decide on Bar Association’s plea for Loans to advocates to support them in Financial Distress

Belgavi Bar Association has filed a plea application in the Karnataka High Court to which the High Court has directed the State Government to consider the grievance of the Association…

MSME scheme shall cover doctors, lawyers and CAs too

4 Aug 20204 Aug 2020

In the wake of the pandemic, the Finance Ministry had announced a set of economic schemes under the AatmaNirbhar package in the month of May. One of these was a…