News Update PIA Held Back in Malaysia Over Legal Dispute in UK Court 16 Jan 2021 A Pakistani International Airplane (PIA) was held back by a Malaysian local court owing to a legal dispute between the airline line company PIA and a company Perigreen pending for…
News Update Youths arrested for sexualassault on woman: 16 Jan 20211 Feb 2021 On Wednesday, a college girl was being abducted and sexually assaulted by two youths in a rickshaw on Delhi bypass in Hisar. Both the accused were arrested by the police…
News Update Gujarat High Court denied bail to the accused and held that the animals do feel severity of physical harm caused to them. 16 Jan 2021 )Case title: Akram Bhai Shaukat Bhai Posti v. State of Gujarat The Gujarat High Court held that the animals are like human beings, they have the capacity to understand the…
News Update Reply sought from thr Central Government and the RBI on regulation of Digital Lending Platform 16 Jan 2021 A petition has been filed before the High Court of Delhi referring to a memorandum provided by the Reserve Bank of India which advises against unregulated digital lending platforms and…
News Update Uttarakhand HC advises the state government to finish all Mahakumbh work by February 22, 15 Jan 202115 Jan 2021 The Uttarakhand High Court, disappointed with the arrangements for the Haridwar Maha Kumbh, asked the government to complete all the unfinished work by February 22. Government officials told the court…
News Update Calcutta HC: Same-Sex Sexual Harassment complaints are fully maintainable under the POSH Act, 2013 15 Jan 2021 The High Court of Calcutta, while hearing a Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction in the case of Dr. Malabika Bhattacharjee v. Internal Complaints Committee Vivekananda College & Ors. comprising of Justice Sabyasachi…
News Update Indian stores shuttered by farmer protests cost Reliance, Walmart millions in revenue 15 Jan 20211 Feb 2021 A number of reliance stores and Walmart outlets have suffered huge revenue losses as they are shut since past more than 3 months. This is due to farmers protest against…
News Update Married daughters eligible on companionate grounds: Allahabad High Court 15 Jan 202115 Jan 2021 The petitioner, Manjul Srivastava has impugned an order of June the 25th, 2020, passed by the District Basic Education Officer, Prayagraj, rejecting her claim for compassionate appointment under The Uttar…
News Update WhatsApp’s new privacy policy challenged in Delhi High Court 14 Jan 2021 A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has challenged the new privacy policy of the instant messaging app, WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court. The petitioner contends that the new privacy policy…
News Update Covaxin’s 20,000 doses arrive Bengaluru, to be used side by side with Covishield 14 Jan 202114 Jan 2021 Since January 12, Bengaluru had already received 8 lakh doses of Covishield from Pune based Serum Institute of India .The main cluster of Covaxin from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech of 20,000…