News Update Supreme Court constituted a committee to look after the matters of Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna 19 Apr 2021 The Supreme Court has constituted a committee to regulate the matters at Mahabaleshwar temple in Gokarna, which will be led by retired Supreme Court judge Justice BN Srikrishna. In an…
News Update Supreme Court: when seat of Arbitration is changed with mutual agreement of parties award cannot be challenged by either parties 19 Apr 2021 Special Civil Application was filed by Inox Renewables Ltd. against order of Commercial Court, Ahmedabad which was dismissed, holding that the courts at Jaipur, Rajasthan would be the courts in…
News Update Deep Sidhu sent to one day Judicial custody by a Delhi court in Red Fort violence case 18 Apr 2021 A Delhi court ordered one day judicial custody of Deep Sidhu in connection with the FIR lodged by the Archeological Survey of India for the damage caused to the Red…
News Update Can’t presume person is fleeing from justice when Section 41A CrPC notice is issued after person has left the country: Delhi High Court 18 Apr 2021 The Delhi High Court in a recent order has held that when a notice of appearance is issued under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure before police officer…
News Update South Korea intends to take Japan’s Fukushima Water Decision to the International Court of Justice 17 Apr 2021 Despite protests from fisheries and environmental organisations, South Korean President Moon Jae-in directed officials to look into petitioning an international court over Japan's decision to release water from its Fukushima…
News Update CBI framed charges against Hoods in AJL plot allotment case 17 Apr 2021 In the Associated Journal plot allotment case, charges were being framed against the former Chief Minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda by a Special CBI Court in Panchkula. In the…
News Update People who suffer due to TASMAC shops have rights to oppose them: Madras High Court 16 Apr 2021 The Madras High Court recently proposed that people who suffer because of the establishment of TASMAC shops are entitled to oppose them. Justice N Anand Venkatesh while quashing FIR by applying…
News Update The UN Secretary-General is pushing for a wealth tax on those who profited from the pandemic 15 Apr 2021 In an attempt to minimise inequality, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged governments to levy a "solidarity or wealth tax" on the wealthy who profited from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We must…
News Update Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 gets Presidential assent 27 Mar 2021 The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 recieved President ial assent bringing much awaited reforms which would allow abortions by unmarried women for contraceptive failure and abortions beyond the…
News Update Sri Lanka’s transparency and human rights resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council 26 Mar 2021 The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to promote reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka. The resolution, drafted in response to a scathing UN report published in…