News Update Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Constitutionality of Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act 30 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, and the Uttar…
News Update Response filed by Center before Madras High Court challenging IT rule 2021 3 Sep 2021 The Madras High Court received Centre’s counter affidavit filed in response to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021…
News Update Supreme Court: Violation of speedy trial can result in bail under UAPA 7 Feb 2021 The present appeal has been preferred by Union of India through National Investigation Agency against High Court order where respondent was granted bail under Sections 143, 147, 148, 120B, 341, 427, 323, 324, 326, 506(H), 201,202, 153A, 212, 307, 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 Section…
News Update WhatsApp’s new privacy policy challenged in Delhi High Court 14 Jan 2021 A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has challenged the new privacy policy of the instant messaging app, WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court. The petitioner contends that the new privacy policy…
News Update No Sovereign Immunity in Cases of Fundamental Rights Violations: MP HC 6 Jul 2020 A single bench comprising of Justice GS Ahluwalia of the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the State Government cannot seek sovereign immunity as a defence in…
News Update Reservation Not a Fundamental Right, Says SC on Pleas for Quota for OBC Aspirants in TN Medical Colleges 11 Jun 2020 A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao was unconditionally said that nobody can claim right to reservation as a fundamental right, and hence not giving the quota benefits cannot…