News Update Justice UU Lalit Nominated as Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority(NALSA) 18 May 2021 President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday nominated Justice Uday Umesh Lalit the next executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) with immediate effect. Lalit will be replacing Chief…
News Update ABN Andhrajyoti and TV5 Channels move to Supreme Court for quashing of “Charges of Sedition” against them 18 May 2021 Seeking quashing of the FIR under Sections 124A, 153A, 505 r/w 120B of the Indian Penal Code, ABN Andhrajyoti and TV5 channels based out of Andhra Pradesh have moved to…
News Update Plea in Supreme Court seeks quashing of FIRs registered by Delhi Police for posters criticizing Centre’s COVID-19 vaccine policy 17 May 2021 A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court asking quashing of FIRs registered against the persons who criticized the government's policy on vaccination. The petition was filed by Advocate…
News Update A Plea in Supreme Court has been filed regarding the appointment of a Separate collegium for selecting Election commission members 17 May 2021 The practice of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners being appointed by the government has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The Association for Democratic Reforms, a non-governmental organization,…
News Update Hisar: Farmers protest against CM Khattar arriving to inaugurate Kovid Hospital, many injured in lathicharge 17 May 2021 Police have lathi-charged the farmers who demonstrated against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Many farmers have been reported injured in this lathicharge. The incident is being reported from Hansi in Hisar…
News Update Delhi High Court Asks AIIMS to Consider Plea of Cancer Patient for Surgery 17 May 2021 The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, to consider the case of a 44-year-old woman suffering from esophageal (food pipe) cancer who…
Constitutional Law… Plea in Supreme Court seeks ex-gratia monetary compensation 16 May 2021 A plea in the Supreme Court, filed by Advocate Harisha SR, seeks an ex gratia monetary compensation to persons who have lost their families in the pandemic. The petition stated…
News Update Delhi High Court directs setting up of Covid Care Centre inside JNU for immediate isolation: Covid-19 16 May 202116 May 2021 Looking at the current hike in number of people getting infected by Covid-19 inside the campus, The Delhi High Court has finally come to a conclusion of setting up a…
News Update Property of a person who is not a ‘taxable person’ cannot be attached under Section 83 CGST Act: Delhi HC 16 May 2021 The Delhi High Court has ruled that the authorities cannot attach property including bank accounts of persons who are not "taxable persons", under Section 83 of the Central Goods and…
News Update No Interim Protection From Arrest To Kalra Till May 18 in Oxygen Black Marketing Case 16 May 2021 The Delhi High Court Friday declined to allow bail to Navneet Kalra, regarding claimed black marketing of oxygen concentrators, concurring with the reasons given by the preliminary court while denying…
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