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Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt: SC

In a hearing today (14th August), the Supreme Court has found two of Prashant Bhushan's tweets against the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court amounting to "serious contempt of the…

Plea filed in SC against social media accounts dealing with graphic content

Two law students have approached the Supreme Court with concerns of illicit content such as rape videos, revenge porn etc being traded online. The petition prays for the enforcement of the…

Bar Council Of India moves Karnataka High Court challenging 25% domicile reservation at NLSIU Bangalore

12 Aug 202012 Aug 2020

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has moved a petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the 25% domicile reservation introduced at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU),…

Rajasthan High Court Upholds Death Sentence of Murder Accussed

Justice Sabina and Justice Chandra Kumar Songara of the Rajasthan High Court upheld the death sentence awarded to murder accussed Mohan Singh a.k.a Mahaveer. The Trial Court convicted him under…

CLAT 2020 to be held on September 7th

The Consortium of National Law Universities met on 10th August and have decided to conduct the Common Law Aptitude Test (CLAT) 2020 on September 7th. The decision was taken after…

Allahabad High Court to Remain Closed from August 12 – August 14

In accordance with the order dated 9/8/2020 the Allahabad High Court will remain closed from August 12 to August 14 considering the rapid rise in COVID19 cases in Prayagraj and…

Section 57 of the Transfer of Property Act Permits Courts to Declare A Property Free of Encumbrance Even Against Will of Encumbrancer

Justice Devan Ramchandran of the Kerala High Court, while hearing an appeal filed against the order of the Additional District Court, Ernakulam, observed that the procedural mechanism under Section 57…

Madras Bar Association files plea in SC against Tribunal Rules 2020

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court by the Madras Bar Association alleging that the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities, (Qualifications, Experience and other conditions of services…

Sushant Singh Rajput Investigation: Bihar Police files affidavit in SC

The Bihar Police had filed an affidavit after requests from Rhea Chakraborthy to transfer the investigation came in. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy had sought replies from…

Bombay HC Disposes BJP MLAs PIL Against Inflated Electricity Bills

7 Aug 20207 Aug 2020

A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AS Gadkari disposed of a public interest litigation filed by BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha…