News Update THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR OFFICIAL LANGUAGES BILL, 2020 RECEIVED PRESIDENTIAL ASSENT 30 Sep 2020 On September 26th, J&K Official Languages Bill gets Presidential assent. It is a new legislation that provides for inclusion of Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi in the list of official languages…
News Update President Kovind gives his nod to all 3 farm bills, government notifies them 28 Sep 2020 President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent to all the three contentious farm bills, which opposition parties say are anti-farmer and corporate-friendly, after they were recently passed by…
News Update Equal Protection of Transgenders against Sexual Offences: Plea in SC 26 Sep 2020 The plea states that there are no provisions in the IPC to safeguard the Transgender community from sexual offences and discrimination. The Plea is quoted as follows "In-Spite of declaring…
News Update Umar Khalid sent in judicial custody till Oct 22, parents allowed to meet 24 Sep 202024 Sep 2020 A Delhi court Thursday sent former JNU student Umar Khalid, arrested under UAPA charges in a case related to northeast Delhi riots in February this year, in judicial custody till…
News Update CLAT To be held on September 28: NLU consortium 23 Sep 2020 The NLU Consortium has notified the instructions for candidates slated to take CLAT on September 28.Common Law Admissions test will be held in the afternoon from 2 PM to 4…
News Update Facebook India head moves Supreme Court against Delhi Assembly panel’s notice, hearing tomorrow 23 Sep 2020 Ajit Mohan, the India head of social media giant Facebook, has moved the Supreme Court against a notice sent to him by the Delhi Assembly. The petition will be heard…
News Update NLAT Judgement: Supreme Court quashes the conduct of NLAT 21 Sep 2020 The Supreme Court today quashed the conduct of National Law School of India University Bangalore's (NLSIU) separate entrance exam, the National Law Aptitude Exam (NLAT 2020). The Court ordered that…
News Update No restriction on accessing any website in Jammu and Kashmir: G Kishan Reddy 21 Sep 2020 There is no restriction on accessing any website, including social media sites, in Jammu and Kashmir. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the mobile data services…
News Update Himachal Pradesh HC :SC ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act does not restrict the Practice of accused surrendering and getting Interim Bail under section 439 18 Sep 2020 The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that an accused under Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, resorting to Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure and…
News Update Soon, like flight fares, train fares to include ‘user charge’ at redeveloped, high footfall stations 18 Sep 2020 The Indian Railways will soon start levying 'user fees' as part of train fares for the stations that have been redeveloped and those with high footfall in order to generate…
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