News Update Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, author of controversial POCSO Act judgments, takes oath as additional Judge of Bombay High Court 13 Feb 2021 Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, the author of a series of controversial lawsuits on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, took an oath as an additional judge of the…
News Update Sitting Members of NCLAT moved Supreme Court against the remarks of Five Member Bench. 9 Feb 2021 The petitioners were Justice Karat Kumar Jain, Bavinder Singh and Vijai Pratam, all members of NCLAT. They have all moved the supreme court against "cut paste methodology" that was adopted…
News Update China not responsible for the breaking out of Corona virus 9 Feb 2021 A World Health Organisation official said that the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species. WHO food…
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 Scrappage policy to make India top auto hub in world: Gadkari 7 Feb 2021 Union Minister, Nitin Gadakari said that the scrappage policy which was announced in the Budget, would spur India to become the world’s number one automobile manufacturing hub in the next…
News Update Prominent Lebanese Hezbollah critic shot dead 4 Feb 2021 Prominent Lebanese Hezbollah critic shot dead A prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual, Lokman Slim,58 who was known for his opposition to the Shiite community Hezbollah. He was found dead in…
News Update Defamation complaint has been filled against Arnab goswani 3 Feb 20213 Feb 2021 Defamation case has been filed against Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami by a serving officer of the Mumbai police. The case has been filed before a Mumbai sessions court on…
News Update The name of the victims under S 376 of IPC needs to be confidential: Chhattisgarh HC 2 Feb 20212 Feb 2021 Background In an petition filed by Bharat Bajaj, a resident of Bilaspur, against the order passed by the Atrocity Court for DNA test. During the hearing of the case, Justice…
News Update Ganga Water not fit for drinking purpose, says The Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board 30 Jan 2021 Background Last week, a Full Bench comprising Justices Manoj Kumar Gupta, Siddhartha Varma, and Ajit Kumar had directed the respective authorities to file their response statements by January 28, 2021.…
News Update Associate professor of NLU Delhi demoted for 5 years 12 Aug 2020 After a departmental inquiry found that charges of misconduct made against Professor Jeet Singh Mann were valid, he was demoted to the rank of Associate Professor for a 5-year period…
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