News Update For An Already Diminished NHRC, Justice Mishra’s Appointment Spells Further Doom 7 Jun 20217 Jun 2021 Justice Arun Mishra is set to take over as chairperson of India's National Human Rights Commission. This clearance appears to have been granted by a five-member committee, with only the…
News Update SC instructs the centre to provide complete data on vaccine purchases and asks when it will be able to complete vaccinations. 2 Jun 2021 The Supreme Court ordered the government to produce full information on all COVID-19 vaccines acquired to date, including Covaxin, Covishield, and Sputnik V, on Wednesday. According to the Court, the…
News Update ‘It’s Time We Defined Sedition Limits,’ the Supreme Court Says, Refusing to Take Coercive Action Against News Organizations 31 May 202131 May 2021 The Supreme Court on Monday barred the Andhra Pradesh police from taking any coercive action against two Telugu news channels, TV5 and ABN Andhra Jyothi, for allegedly sedition in airing…
News Update Bidding adieu to Justice PV Asha and B Sudheendra : Kerala HC 29 May 2021 Justices PV Asha and B Sudheendra Kumar of the Kerala high court will retire on Friday.Incidentally, both of them were classmates at Government Law College, Ernakulam. A reference was organized…
News Update “War-like situation; Judges, lawyers must act like soldiers, fight like they would on battlefield:” Chief Justice AS Oka 25 May 2021 Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka recently said that Judges and lawyers should act like soldiers and should adopt to different stratergies according to the…
News Update A Plea in Supreme Court has been filed regarding the appointment of a Separate collegium for selecting Election commission members 17 May 2021 The practice of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners being appointed by the government has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The Association for Democratic Reforms, a non-governmental organization,…
News Update Legal journalists and law students move Allahabad HC seeking live reporting of court proceedings 17 May 2021 A PIL has been filed before the Allahabad high couture asking permission for live steaming of court proceedings in the state of Uttar Pradesh which also include the subordinate courts…
News Update Were the remains of Covid-19 victims buried in the absence of a death certificate? Karnataka HC 14 May 2021 On Thursday, the Karnataka High Court ordered the state government to respond to the issue of covid-19 patients being buried without a death certificate. Advocate Shridhar Prabhu told the court…
News Update SC directed Centre to make National Plan for the admission of COVID-19 patients 1 May 2021 The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to make a National Plan, which must consist of uniform rules for the admission of COVID-19 patients to hospitals across the country.…
News Update Senior Advocate, Eminent jurist and former Attorney General Soli sorabjee passes Away 30 Apr 2021 Senior advocate and eminent jurist soli Sorabjee passes away on Friday due to Covid-19. Soli Sorabjee was born in 1930 enrolled in the bar 1953. And he was designated as…