News Update Are Supreme Court Guidelines in the LK Pandey Case Applicable to Personal Law Adoptions?’ SC To Investigate 20 Jun 2021 In a case where a 2-year-old girl-child was given in adoption by her biological mother to a couple by executing a notarised document and failing to comply with the rigours…
News Update Calcutta High Court Grants Bail to Saradha Chit Fund Scam Accused 20 Jun 2021 Debjani Mukherjee, an accused in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, was granted bail by the Calcutta High Court on Saturday in one of several criminal cases against her. Mukherjee,…
News Update Foreign State cannot claim sovereign immunity against enforcement of arbitral award arising out of commercial transaction: Delhi High Court 20 Jun 2021 In a contract resulting from an advertising transaction, a remote state cannot seek a waiver for delaying the implementation of an associate degree arbitration award against it, controls Judge Jr.…
News Update Medha Patkar to SC: Uniform policy for release of prisoners above 70 years 19 Jun 2021 Social activist Medha Patkar has moved Supreme Court seeking to formulate a uniform mechanism to release prisoners aged 70 years with a view to decongest prisons across India. The petition…
News Update Justice Mahmud Jamal is the first person of color to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada 19 Jun 2021 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Mahmud Jamal to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC). Jamal will succeed Justice Rosalie Abella, who is retiring, and will be the first person…
News Update Summit for vaccine internationalism by Progressive International 19 Jun 2021 A four-day summit on vaccine internationalism was initiated by Progressive International on 18th June with the aim to “end the pandemic as soon as possible by securing Covid19 vaccines for…
News Update India’s Flying Sikh, Milkha Singh ;passes away at 91 due to COVID 19 19 Jun 2021 Indian sprint legend Milkha Singh passed away on Friday after a month-long battle with COVID-19. He was 91. The Indian sprint great recently lost his wife Nirmal Kaur to the…
News Update Allahabad HC refused to entertain plea for disposal of dead bodies buried near Ganga says it’s not State’s responsibility 18 Jun 2021 On Friday, the Allahabad High Court headed by the bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Prakash Padia refused to entertain the petition which sought disposal of dead bodies…
News Update Madras High Court Initiates Criminal Contempt Against Advocate For Sharing ‘Derogatory’ WhatsApp Audio Messages Against Judge 18 Jun 2021 The Madras High Court has instituted criminal contempt proceedings against an advocate for disseminating 'derogatory' audio messages about a judge. After hearing the audio messages created by the lawyer against…
News Update Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, and Asif Iqbal Tanha have been released from Tihar Jail 18 Jun 2021 After a Delhi court ordered the jail authorities to release student activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, and Asif Iqbal Tanha from Tihar jail, they were released late Thursday from Tihar…