News Update Kerala HC decision in regards to Sabarimala temple would increase risk of COVID-19: petition filed in Supreme Court 24 Dec 2020 Background In one of its judgement the Kerala High Court had directed the State government to raise the permissible limit of worshippers at Sabarimala temple from 2,000 to 5,000 per…
News Update Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical society file copyright suit against Sci-Hub and Libgen 24 Dec 2020 The plaint for copyright infringement filed by the three publishing houses Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society was heard by the Delhi High court on 21st December. All three houses…
News Update HC on denial of promotion due to attendance shortage in NLSIU 23 Dec 2020 NLSIU refused to promote a student owing to shortage of attendance in Fourth Year. Justice Krishna Dixit stared:"As already mentioned above, in several cases the University had granted condonation of…
News Update We can’t prevent the Legislature from considering a Bill: Karnataka High Court refuses to stay Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 23 Dec 2020 On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court denied the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2020 [Amendment Bill] to stay. An interlocutory application was heard by the Court seeking to prohibit the…
News Update FIR quashed against woman for possessing live cartridge : Delhi HC 23 Dec 2020 The Delhi High Court has quashed the FIR against a woman for possessing a live cartridge in her bag while stating that there is no material to believe that she was in…
News Update Bombay HC answers whether Kangana has the right to express through twitter handle 22 Dec 2020 Background In a petition filed before Bombay HC, Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Desmukh has alleged that Kangana Ranaut’s tweets hurt his religious sentiments and created religious animosity between different communities.…
News Update Karnataka HC asks government to consider opening schools in phased manner 22 Dec 2020 A two-judge bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Nataraj Rangaswamy heard a petition seeking directions to the government to provide resources free of cost for attending online classes to the…
News Update Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) modified for Civil, Criminal Cases: Telangana high court 21 Dec 202021 Dec 2020 The Telangana High Court has made it clear to the district judiciary that in criminal cases, the presiding officer concerned should proceed in accordance with the law and pass consequential orders…
News Update Supreme Court says women OBC candidates eligible to fill general category vacancies too 20 Dec 2020 The Supreme Court on Friday reaffirmed that women candidates, who are entitled to the caste-based reservation, can also fill open category vacancies.The observation was made by a bench comprising Justices U.U. Lalit,…
News Update Activist Faisal Khan Granted Bail By Allahabad High Court 20 Dec 2020 A single Bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising Justice Siddharth granted bail to Peace Activist Faisal Khan, who was arrested for offering Namaz inside the premises of the Nand…