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‘All days auspicious’: Bombay HC tells devout Jains while rejecting plea to visit temple during ‘Paryushan’

Observing that spirituality comes from within and all days are auspicious, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to order the Maharashtra government to open Jain temples for 'Paryushan', a…

Karnataka HC to hear a plea against conducting COMEDK On Aug 19

A petition filed by Advocate Abdulla Mannan Khan in the Karnataka High Court challenges the decision to conduct COMEDK test by Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka…

Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt: SC

In a hearing today (14th August), the Supreme Court has found two of Prashant Bhushan's tweets against the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court amounting to "serious contempt of the…

Judicial Independence is a foundation for the Rule of Law and guarantee of fair proceedings: Madras High Court

Justice P. Pugalendhi while hearing the matter related to the acquittal of management officers of some granite firms accused of possessing and carrying business from illegal granite of worth of…

PIL to include masks, hand sanitizers in list of essential commodities dismissed by Delhi HC

A PIL seeking directions to the Centre to include masks and hand sanitizers in the list of essential commodities during COVID-19 pandemic and also reduce the GST applicable on them…

Plea filed in SC against social media accounts dealing with graphic content

Two law students have approached the Supreme Court with concerns of illicit content such as rape videos, revenge porn etc being traded online. The petition prays for the enforcement of the…

Bar Council Of India moves Karnataka High Court challenging 25% domicile reservation at NLSIU Bangalore

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The Bar Council of India (BCI) has moved a petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the 25% domicile reservation introduced at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU),…

Rajasthan High Court Upholds Death Sentence of Murder Accussed

Justice Sabina and Justice Chandra Kumar Songara of the Rajasthan High Court upheld the death sentence awarded to murder accussed Mohan Singh a.k.a Mahaveer. The Trial Court convicted him under…

Assisting loan to Advocates is violative of 6(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961.

The Government of India has released rupees Twenty-Five Crore out of Hundred Crore fund for the welfare of the advocates who are in need. A special committee was constituted under…

Emergency Parole application has been filed by G.N. Saibaba to attend Post-Funeral rites of Mother :

On Tuesday, a division bench comprising of Justice A.S. Chandurkar and Justice A.B. Borkar of Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court directed State Government to give reply to the emergency…