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Courts cannot be mute spectator, turn Nelson’s eye:” Bombay High Court

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The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday registered a suo motu criminal case against black-marketing of the drug, Remdesivir used to treat COVID-19 patients.This case was registered based…

The Malawi SC has Declared the Death Penalty to be Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court of Appeal in Malawi ruled on Wednesday that the death penalty is illegal and violates Malawi's Constitution's guarantee of the right to life. It also ordered that…

SC sought centre reply on plea challenging sedition law

Notice issued to the Centre by the Supreme Court on Friday in a plea which seeks to challenge the constitutional validity of section-124-A of the Indian Penal Code that penalises…

Supreme Court: Right not to be deposited is a fundamental right only available to citizens of India

The petition was made by refugee registered by UNHCR seeking for release of detained rohingya refugees and a direction to the Union of India not to deport the the rohingya…

Supreme Court: Except in limited circumstances under Sections 30 and 31 IBC, NCLT/NCLAT cannot interfere with CoC’s commercial wisdom

Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari set asides NCLAT's order and held, that "The appeal is a creature of statute and that the statute has not invested jurisdiction…

China has violated the International Genocide Convention, according to a New Study

According to a study released by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, China's human rights violations against the Uyghur ethnic minority community have violated the 1948 Genocide Convention. The…

Re-assessment and recovery of duties mentioned u/s 28(4) of Customs Act can be undertake by the same authority-SC

In the case of Canon India Private Limited v. Commissioner of Customs, the SC observed for that re-assessment and recovery of duties that is contemplated by section 28(4( of Custom…

17 major OTT players to adopt self regulatory Toolkit

Government is very soon expected to come out with regulation for OTT p latforms, the internet and mobile association of India for 17 platforms which includes Netflix,Disney+hotstar and Amazon prime…

Delhi High Court seeks for reaction by National Human Rights Commission, Manipur govt over extra-judicial murder of 2 people

The Delhi High Court on Friday released a legal notice to the National Human Rights Comnission (NHRC) and Manipur state government over a plea challenging an order passed by the…

Denial of Maintenance Allowance to wife would cause a Economic Abuse u/s 3 of DV Act – Tripura HC

In the case of Ramendra Kishore Bhattacharjee v. Smt. Madhurima Bhattacharjee (Crl. Rev. P. No. 36 of 2020), the Tripura high court held that denial of maintenance allowance to the…