News Update Patna HC Pulls Up Bihar Govt for Not Disclosing COVID Deaths on Digital Platforms 21 Jun 2021 The Patna High Court showed concern about Bihar governments’s “reluctance” to upload accurate information about Covid to digital channels. A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S.…
News Update Lakshadweep Administration: Shift of jurisdiction from Kerala HC to Karnataka HC 21 Jun 2021 The Lakshadweep Administration who has been facing lot of protests over some of its policies, is mooting regarding shift of legal jurisdiction over the islands from Kerala High Court to…
News Update Plea challenging Consumer Protection Rules, 2020 filed in Bombay HC 21 Jun 202121 Jun 2021 A petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) challenging the validity of the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020. The rules are regarding the appointment of the President…
News Update Delhi HC: Suo motu cognizance of photographs for breaking Covid guidelines 21 Jun 2021 The Delhi High Court has taken Suo motu cognizance of street food vendors in market locations violating Covid-19 guidelines. The Central government, the Delhi government, and the Delhi Police Commissioner…
News Update Rs 4 Lakh compensation cannot be paid to COVID 19 victims : Center to SC 20 Jun 2021 The Centre filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court in response to petitions seeking compensation of ₹4 lakh to family members of those who died of Covid19. Replying to the…
News Update Are Supreme Court Guidelines in the LK Pandey Case Applicable to Personal Law Adoptions?’ SC To Investigate 20 Jun 2021 In a case where a 2-year-old girl-child was given in adoption by her biological mother to a couple by executing a notarised document and failing to comply with the rigours…
News Update Calcutta High Court Grants Bail to Saradha Chit Fund Scam Accused 20 Jun 2021 Debjani Mukherjee, an accused in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, was granted bail by the Calcutta High Court on Saturday in one of several criminal cases against her. Mukherjee,…
News Update Madras High Court observed: Bar Council must act suo Moto against unruly conduct of lawyers 20 Jun 2021 The Madras High Court on Saturday has observed that the Bar Council should initiate suo moto disciplinary actions against advocates who demean the legal fraternity with unruly conduct in public.…
News Update Foreign State cannot claim sovereign immunity against enforcement of arbitral award arising out of commercial transaction: Delhi High Court 20 Jun 2021 In a contract resulting from an advertising transaction, a remote state cannot seek a waiver for delaying the implementation of an associate degree arbitration award against it, controls Judge Jr.…
News Update Medha Patkar to SC: Uniform policy for release of prisoners above 70 years 19 Jun 2021 Social activist Medha Patkar has moved Supreme Court seeking to formulate a uniform mechanism to release prisoners aged 70 years with a view to decongest prisons across India. The petition…
