News Update Courts overburdened with dishonest litigants dodging debts by resorting to non-existent, mercy jurisdiction of writ courts: Madras High Court 22 Feb 2021 The Madras High Court recently noted that the courts are often burdened with dishonest petitions filed by litigants who try to dodge debts by resorting to non-existent mercy jurisdiction of…
News Update Delhi court-ordered to return the passports of foreign members of Tablighi Jamaat 22 Feb 2021 The Saket Court Complex, New Delhi, ruled in favor of the Tablighi jamaat members and ordered that the actual passports of 31 members of the Tablighi Jamaat acquitted earlier on 20 December 2020,…
News Update Death row convict Shabnam, convicted of murdering seven family members, files second mercy petition 21 Feb 2021 Shabnam has submitted her second mercy petition to Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel and President of India Ramnath. The Mathura Prison which is the only jail in the country…
News Update Re-investigation of assault on Swami Agnivesh: Jharkhand HC dismissed the plea 21 Feb 2021 Background Swami Agnivesh was attacked by a mob, for making anti-Hindu comments in July 2018, it was alleged by the petitioners that the attack was carried out by BJP Yuva…
News Update UNSC to meet on global warming impact on world peace 21 Feb 2021 The United Nations Security Council will be having a meeting with it's members todebate climate change's implications for world peace on Tuesday. It would be a virtual meet and the…
News Update Former SC judge passed away 16 Feb 2021 Former Supreme Court judge P.B. Sawant passed away at his residence at Pune on Monday. He was 90 years old. He was dedicated to social causes also. He was in…
News Update Madras High Court: Guidelines regarding the ethical treatment of animals even if they are raised for consumption 13 Feb 2021 A plea was filed by V S K Tamilselvan about the illegal transportation of cattle from place to place. The transportation and the treatment given to animals were against the…
News Update Security cover of Ajit Doval beefed up 13 Feb 2021 The security cover of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has been tighten up after a video has been recovered from a Jaish E Mohammad terrorist Hidayat-Ullah Malik. The terrorist had…
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 Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking directions to restrict sale of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccine 12 Feb 202117 Feb 2021 The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the petitioner to withdraw his plea filed seeking directions limiting the sale of counterfeit vaccine for Covid-19 and framing of tips underneath the Disaster…
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