News Update Plea filed in Supreme Court to demolish the party symbols in EVM 31 Oct 2020 BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has filed plea in Supreme Court to remove party symbols from the ballot, EVM. They also sought directions to declare it as unconstitutional…
News Update Married daughter of a deceased employee should be granted job on compassionate grounds 31 Oct 2020 Facts The father of the applicant, Mamta Devi, died on May 8, 2019. He was working as a Class IV employee at the District Ayurvedic Office, Kullu. Besides her, her…
News Update Petition filed in Kerala High Court to include transgenders in National Cadet Corps 31 Oct 2020 A petition has been filed by a transwoman challenging the enrolment criteria stipulated under section 6 of the National Cadet Corps. The petitioner had expressed their desire to join the…
News Update Police Presence During Test Identification makes statements by Identifiers fall within the ban of Section 162 CrPc: Supreme Court 30 Oct 2020 When the Test identification parades are held in police presence, the resultant communications tantamount to statements made by the identifiers to a police officer in course of investigation and they…
News Update Mumbai court grants bail to Shirish Pattanshetty, owner of the Fakt Marathi channel in fake TRP case. 30 Oct 202030 Oct 2020 Shirish Pattanshetty owner of the Fakt Marathi channel,was given bail by a Mumbai Court, in the fake TRP Case. Additional Sessions Judge PR Sitre has granted bail to Pattanshetty on…
News Update Gujarat HC Initiates Suo Motu Matter For Expeditious Disposal of Cases Against MPs/MLAs 30 Oct 2020 A division bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising Justices RM Chhaya and Vaibhavi D. Nanavati have registered a suo motu case to monitor expeditious disposal of criminal proceedings pending…
News Update Munger: Did Lipi Singh lie? CISF report says police personnel opened fire first, not someone from crowd 30 Oct 2020 A report of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has revealed glaring lapses on the part of the Bihar Police in the incident that unfolded in Munger district on the…
News Update Flight Guidelines Revised in Bengal 30 Oct 2020 With a sudden increase in Covid cases, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced updated guidelines for domestic passengers travelling through Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International, Kolkata and Bagdogra airport…
News Update PIL in Supreme Court seeking protection for Hindus in Mewat, Haryana 30 Oct 2020 A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging forceful conversion of Hindus to Islam by the dominant members of the Muslim community in Mewat, Haryana. The petition seeks…
News Update US court asks Antrix to pay $1.2 billion compensation to Bengaluru start-up for cancelling satellite deal 30 Oct 2020 A US court has asked Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, to pay compensation of USD 1.2 billion to a Bengaluru-based startup, Devas Multimedia, for cancelling a satellite deal…