News Update Umair v State ( GOVT NCT OF DELHI) AND ORS & ANR (CRL.M.C. 674/2021) 14 Mar 2021 Background In the present case, the FIR was registered against the accused for stabbing the complainant on the stomach. During investigation, the accused stated that when he was arguing with…
News Update The Chamber of Deputies of Mexico has voted to Legalise Marijuana 13 Mar 2021 The Chamber of Deputies of Mexico voted to decriminalise marijuana on Thursday. With 23 members abstaining, the bill was approved by a vote of 315 to 128, with 23 members…
News Update Bail given to Venugopal Dhoot, Chairman of Videocon Industries 12 Mar 2021 The Mumbai Sessions Court, directed the Chairman of Videocon Industries, Venugopal Dhoot, after granting him bail to submit a bail bond of Rs. 5 lakhs and not to leave the…
News Update Delhi High Court: Virtual Hearing shall not be followed from March 15th. 9 Mar 2021 Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli, Division bench, Delhi High Court, in response to a petition that requested virtual hearing till the vaccination drive for lawyers, stated that since March 15th…
News Update Prohibit social exclusion of women : Gujarat High Court 9 Mar 2021 In Nirjhari Singa V. Union of India, the Gujarat High Court has issued a set of guidelines to the State government with a view to prohibiting the social exclusion of…
News Update 168 Rohingya outcasts, living in Jammu and Kashmir were on Saturday shipped off a ‘holding focus’. 8 Mar 2021 Background The Rohingyas are a Bengali-vernacular speaking Muslim minority in Myanmar. Following mistreatment in their country, a large number of them entered India unlawfully through Bangladesh and took cover in Jammu…
News Update Supreme Court Bar Association files a plea against the SOPs released by the Registry 8 Mar 2021 The Supreme Court Bar Association has filed a writ petition, seeking to quash the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) laid down by the Supreme Court registry for Hybrid Physical Hearing. According…
News Update Maratha Quota case: SC states, Indra Sawhney case will be reconsidered if required 8 Mar 2021 While addressing the Maratha reservation case challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding quotas for Marathas in education and employment under the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, the…
News Update “Reported & Projected Wrongly”: Clarifies Supreme Court on its statement of “Will you Marry the Victim?” 8 Mar 20212 May 2021 The Honourable Supreme Court of India today expressed its strong disagreement at the "complete misreporting" of last week's hearing of a rape case in which it had purportedly asked a…
News Update Pakistan PM Imran Khan wins vote of confidence 6 Mar 2021 Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has won the vote of confidence with 178 votes in a 342 member lower house of Parliament even when this vote has boycotted by opposition…
