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Court cannot be a mute spectator: Karnataka High Court

The high court of Karnataka has discharged an appeal for leniency and upheld the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years obligatory on a convict for raping a 69 year-old…

NGT asked companies like Amazon, Flipkart, others to ponder about environment audit

The National Green Tribunal has asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to consider an environmental audit against entities such as Amazon, Flipkart, soft drink companies and packaged drinking water…

PIL in SC against 4 states for non-implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court criticising the non implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, alias Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, by Delhi, Telangana, Odisha…

Freedom of speech not absolute: Bombay High Court

The Bombay high court has mentioned that freedom of speech and expression given beneath Article nineteen of the Constitution isn't an absolute right whereas denying interim protection from arrest to…

Second Marriage Under Muslim Law May Be Considered as Cruelty Against First Wife Even While Its Legal

13 Sep 202019 Sep 2020

The Kalaburagi bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice P. Krishna Bhat while hearing an appeal held that even though it is legal to…

SOP for physical hearings issued by Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court has issued a Standard Operating Procedures (SoP) for resumption of Physical Hearings. The court was closed from September 12, after 12 employees tested Covid positive. Physical…

Animal trials proved efficacy of Covaxin, India’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, says Bharat Biotech

Animal trials of Bharat Biotech International Limited’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Covaxin, have been successful and the results showed the shot’s “remarkable immunogenicity and protective efficacy” in the Phase I clinical…

Rhea Chakraborty’s bail application rejected by the Magistrate

11 Sep 202011 Sep 2020

Bail pleas filed by actress Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik Chakraborty, Sushant Singh Rajput's house-manager Samuel Miranda, Abdel Basit Parihar, and Zaid Vilatra, have been rejected by a Special Court…

Delhi riots: Delhi HC dismisses plea against more time for Delhi Police

The Delhi high court has laid-off a plea filed by a suspect in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 case, in reference to the northeast Delhi riots, against a trial…

Consortium of NLUs files affidavit against NLSIU Bangalore in SC

National Law School of India University, (NLSIU) Bangalore's decision to conduct NLAT has been challenged by the NLU Consortium. An affidavit has been filed by the Secretary, Faizan Mustafa in…