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The EU has set more stringent greenhouse gas emission goals

On Wednesday, negotiators from the EU Council and Parliament reached a tentative political agreement, setting the bar for greenhouse gas emission targets by 2050. Following the adoption of a general…

Delhi High Court: Facebook and WhatsApp plea are misconceived in challenging CCI order on privacy policy

Competition Commission of India stated that new WhatsApp policy would lead to excess data and and would lead to abuse of dominant position. Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi for the…

Government should not hesitate to invoke compulsory licensing of drugs under Patent Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently stated that the Central government should invoke its powers under the Patent Act to direct mandatory licensing of the drugs to deal with the COVID-19…

Madras High Court: Create special vaccination counters for persons with disabilities

A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Madras High Court by a polio survivor Meenakshi Balasubramanian. The petition stated that differently abled people are highly vulnerable and are at…

Challenge to mandatory rural service for young doctors: Karnataka High Court seeks response from Central, State government

The Karnataka High Court recently gave a notice in a petition filed by medical students questioning the legality of the Karnataka Compulsory Service by Candidates Completed Medical Courses Act 2012…

Supreme Court constituted a committee to look after the matters of Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna

The Supreme Court has constituted a committee to regulate the matters at Mahabaleshwar temple in Gokarna, which will be led by retired Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna. In an…

Supreme Court: when seat of Arbitration is changed with mutual agreement of parties award cannot be challenged by either parties

Special Civil Application was filed by Inox Renewables Ltd. against order of Commercial Court, Ahmedabad which was dismissed, holding that the courts at Jaipur, Rajasthan would be the courts in…

Deep Sidhu sent to one day Judicial custody by a Delhi court in Red Fort violence case

A Delhi court ordered one day judicial custody of Deep Sidhu in connection with the FIR lodged by the Archeological Survey of India for the damage caused to the Red…

Can’t presume person is fleeing from justice when Section 41A CrPC notice is issued after person has left the country: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court in a recent order has held that when a notice of appearance is issued under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure before police officer…

South Korea intends to take Japan’s Fukushima Water Decision to the International Court of Justice

Despite protests from fisheries and environmental organisations, South Korean President Moon Jae-in directed officials to look into petitioning an international court over Japan's decision to release water from its Fukushima…