News Update ‘Indian Citizen’ includes OCI card-holders for professional course admission: Karnataka HC 17 Dec 2020 'A division bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N S Sanjay Gowda of the Karnataka High Court heard the joint writ petitions of minor Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)…
News Update Karnataka High Court says denying a job on compassionate grounds to a married daughter violates right to equality 16 Dec 2020 This observation was made on Tuesday by the single-judge Karnataka High Court bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna while considering a petition brought by Bhuvaneshwari V. Puranik challenging the denial of…
News Update Orders By Public Institutions Should Be Made Available Online For Good Governance: Delhi High Court 16 Dec 2020 A Single Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh, in M/S Civicon Engineering Contracting India Pvt. Ltd. v. Central Board Of Trustees & Ors., observed that…
News Update SC says aged parents cannot misuse Senior Citizens Act in order to push daughter-in-law out of the home 16 Dec 2020 The court stated that a order under the DV Act, 2005 has more standing than an order under the Senior Citizens Act when it comes to a wife’s right to…
News Update Bombay HC asks Maharashtra Government to withdraw order related to construction at Kanjurmarg 16 Dec 2020 Bombay HC asked Maharashtra government to withdraw an order plotting 102 acres of land for construction of a metro car shed. On 14th December, 2020, a division bench of Chief…
News Update Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani not granted bail for fake TRP scam case. 15 Dec 2020 Vikas Khanchandani who is in jail from last 2 days has not been granted bail today also by chief metro politician magistrate court. Vikas who is CEO of Republic TV…
News Update Insult to Hindutva cannot be termed as Religious Insult; does not attract Section 295A of IPC: Argument before Karnataka HC 15 Dec 2020 Today, Dr Abhinav Chandrachud before Karnataka HC argued that,"Hindutava is an ideology or a political philosophy and cannot be termed as religion and insult to hindutava does not mean religion…
News Update MLC CP Yogeshwar’s plea to quash FIRs dismissed with costs for abuse of process 15 Dec 202015 Dec 2020 In relation to the alleged scam of Megacity Builders and Developers, its Managing Director and Member of Karnataka Legislative Council, CP Yogeshwar and others were facing criminal charges of cheating,…
News Update Emergency to be held unconstitutional, petition filed 15 Dec 2020 Background A plea has been filed by a 94-year-old, Veera Sarin, woman seeking a declaration that the proclamation of the Emergency in 1975 was wholly unconstitutional. Her husband had a…
News Update Karnataka High Court Initiates Suo-Motu Petition to Ensure Elections Are Held to Municipal Bodies 14 Dec 2020 A division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty on Monday directed the registry to initiate a suo-motu writ petition to…
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