News Update Jammu and Kashmir High Court directs doctors to end two-finger test in rape cases 28 Dec 2020 The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has strictly asked health professionals in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh to stop the practice of two-finger test on rape…
News Update Petition in Supreme Court seeks independent, regulatory media tribunal 28 Dec 2020 A petition seeking the creation of an independent, regulatory Media Tribunal for the expeditious hearing of complaints lodged by viewers against media corporations, has been filed in the Supreme Court.…
News Update Maharashtra Government pays 50,000 damages for illegal detention of 2 men 28 Dec 2020 The petition is filed for giving direction to Respondents to pay compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- to each of Petitioners on the ground that the Petitioners were illegally arrested and detained in…
News Update Jharkhand High Court Observes Procedural Irregularity at the Behest of Disciplinary Authority 27 Dec 2020 In a case past two decades, Justice Deepak Roshan of the Jharkhand High Court has observed that the court is having no hesitation to hold that there is a procedural…
News Update Covid-19 vaccine: Dry run in Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat 27 Dec 2020 The exercise of dry run vaccine will continue for two days, December 28 and 29, in two districts each. There will be no vaccine involved in the process, which will…
News Update Indian Singers Rights Association vs Dharma Productions[CS(COMM) 562/2020] 27 Dec 2020 BackgroundIndian Singers Rights Association in its plea has submitted that the defendant (Dharma Production) commercially utilized three performances of the members of the plaintiff society i.e. performers’ rights in ‘Ae…
News Update Honour killing suspected: two held 27 Dec 2020 In a suspected case of 'honour killing', a 27 year old man was killed by his father in law and his wife's uncle, on Friday, in Kerala's Palakkad district. The…
News Update China is sending a four-member team to Kathmandu 27 Dec 2020 China is sending a four-member team led by a vice minister of the Chinese Communist Party to Kathmandu to prevent a split in the ruling the Nepal Communist Party. Nepal…
News Update Madras HC Directs Madras Government to provide compensation to woman who was given HIV-positive blood 26 Dec 202026 Dec 2020 A 23-year-old pregnant woman had tested positive for HIV, after she was transfused the blood of a donor, who had the virus. This happened at a government hospital in Sattur,…
News Update No one can claim landlord title on the basis of surviving member certificate, says Delhi HC 26 Dec 2020 Background A petition has been filed by a man claiming to be the landlord of a rented property. His contention is the appellant cannot claim himself to be the owner/landlord…
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