News Update Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 gets Presidential assent 27 Mar 2021 The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 recieved President ial assent bringing much awaited reforms which would allow abortions by unmarried women for contraceptive failure and abortions beyond the…
News Update Volkswagen will sue former CEO Martin Winterkorn for damages over the pollution scandal 27 Mar 2021 Volkswagen announced that it would seek punitive damages from its former CEO and the head of its Audi division, accusing them of failing to act after finding that diesel vehicles…
News Update No evidence of torture: Shashi Tharoor’s counsel to court 27 Mar 2021 Through his counsel, member of parliament from Congress, Shashi Tharoor said that there is no evidence against him indicating either physical or mental torture against his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Senior…
News Update SC allows appeal of Tata Son’s against NCLT order 26 Mar 2021 The Supreme Court allowed Tata Sons' appeals against the NCLAT order reinstating Cyrus Mistry as the corporation's executive chairman, on Friday. The Tatas have hailed the decision as a victory.…
News Update Supreme Court: No extension of Limitation Period 9 Mar 2021 The Supreme Court, during the pandemic had taken suo motu cognisance of the situation arising out of the difficulties that might be faced by the litigants across the country while…
News Update NGT orders forest ministry panel to investigate the killing of the elephant in MP due to electric shock 1 Mar 2021 The National Green Tribunal has instructed the Ministry of The Environment, Forests, and Climate Change's (MoEF&CC) Monitoring Committee to investigate the demise of an elephant in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh and…
News Update SC seeks reply from whatsapp for not sharing UPI data with any third party* 2 Feb 2021 In addition to the plea which seeks to get the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court regarding the sharing of UPI data with any third party, a number of interlocutory…
News Update Sub standard quality of testimony of victim, absence of scuffle injuries: Bombay High Court acquits rape, POCSO accused 1 Feb 2021 The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court, on January 15, acquitted a 26-year-old accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) for the offence of…
News Update UP Police filed an FIR against “The Wire” for promoting fake news 1 Feb 2021 An FIR against The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan has been reported by the UP Police for his tweet regarding a report on The Wire in which the family of…
News Update SC put HC order on stay which acquits man under the POCSO Act 28 Jan 2021 The Supreme Court put stay on the order of the Bombay High Court which seeks to acquit a man from the charges of sexual harrasment/assault under the Prevention of Children…