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INFAMOUS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN UP, 11 YEAR OLD GIRL FOUND DEAD IN THE FIELDS, MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED : SAYS POLICE

Timeline: October 1st, 2020 Police found dead body of a 11yr old girl with her head smashed with bricks. She went to the fields to answer a call of nature…

Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020 Receives Presidential Assent

2 Oct 20203 Oct 2020

The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020, that includes protection of healthcare personnels during epidemics, has received presidential assent and has come into force. The Act was passed by the Rajya…

ROLE OF “MENS REA” NECESSARY TO PROVE ANY OFFENCE: SUPREME COURT

2 Oct 20203 Oct 2020

The Supreme Court of India, setting aside the conviction of a man in the abetment of suicide of his wife, stated that in order to prove any crime, the role…

Punjab and Haryana Bar Council resolves to resort to ‘peaceful agitation

2 Oct 20203 Oct 2020

For peaceful agitation if Courts in Punjab and Haryana do not resume partial physical functioning at the earliest announced by The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.after the lockdown and…

Supreme Court strikes down restrictive Gujarat govt rules regarding change in labour laws

2 Oct 20202 Oct 2020

The Supreme Court has stricken down the April 17 notification of the Gujarat Labour and Employment Department, that grants exemption to each factory in Gujarat from provisions of the Factories…

Section 144 in Rajasthan: Tourism Buoyed

1 Oct 20205 Oct 2020

With an increase in COVID-19 cases across the country, the government of Rajasthan decided to impose Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) across 11 districts of Rajasthan…

Delhi High Court continue Limited functioning till October 8

Delhi High Court shall continue its limited physical hearing in the period of Covid-19 till October 8, 2020From October 1 to October 8 pending cases have been adjourned en bloc,…

DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal Writes Letter to CJI Seeking HC Monitored Inquiry into Hathras Gang Rape Case

Swati Maliwal, the Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Woman has urged CJI S.A Bobde to take cognizance Hathras gang rape case in which a 19 year old Dalit girl…

Gauhati High Court takes up plea against NIA’s rejection of bail

The Gauhati high court has accepted an application of farmer leader Akhil Gogoi within which Gogoi has challenged the dismissal of bail by the NIA Special Court in a case…

Allahabad High Court refuses virtual hearing

Risk of Covid infection from the computer division personal of the court resulted to stop hearing by video conferencing in the Allahabad High Court. The court has said that the…