News Update P&H HC orders state police to video-record the entire time gangster Bishnoi is in custody 23 Dec 2020 After the Vikas Dubey encounter by the UP Police, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, 35, who is currently confined in Bharatpur Jail in Rajasthan, had moved a petition in the Punjab and Haryana…
News Update SC rejects the contention of physical disability of the accused as an excuse in rape case 17 Dec 2020 In Seelan v. Inspector of police, the Supreme Court rejected the contention that “a man with one hand cannot rape.” On 16th December 2020, a man was accused for raping…
News Update Karnataka High Court says denying a job on compassionate grounds to a married daughter violates right to equality 16 Dec 2020 This observation was made on Tuesday by the single-judge Karnataka High Court bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna while considering a petition brought by Bhuvaneshwari V. Puranik challenging the denial of…
News Update Karnataka HC directs state government to look into overcharging by private hospitals 16 Dec 2020 The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to ensure that private hospitals, treating COVID-19 patients, display the rates fixed by the State government in June 2020. The…
News Update Delhi High Court seeks Centre’s stand in PIL to ban gambling, betting websites 14 Dec 2020 In a petition seeking a direction to ban and prohibit all gambling, betting, wagering websites, the Delhi High Court today issued a notice. In public interest litigation, a Division Bench…
News Update Government of Uttar Pradesh goes to Supreme Court against the order of Allahabad High Court 13 Dec 2020 The UP government goes to Supreme Court in the Kafeel Khan case. Kafeel Khan, a doctor from Uttar Pradesh are taken into detention for his speech. The High Court said…
News Update Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea by Arnab Goswami, Republic TV against Mumbai Police targeting the channel 7 Dec 2020 On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition lodged by Republic TV and its editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami, requesting immunity from arbitrary action by the Maharashtra Police for all…
News Update Love jihad: Two petitions in Supreme Court challenge Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand anti-conversion laws 4 Dec 2020 Two petitions were registered in the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the constitutional validity of the recently formed Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of the Unlawful Conversion of the Religion Ordinance 2020…
News Update A PIL HAS BEEN FILED TO CHALLENGE EXTENSION GIVEN TO ED DIRECTOR 28 Nov 202028 Nov 2020 In the Supreme Court, a PIL has been filed seeking to quash the order dated November 13 of the Central Government which provides extension to the Director of Enforcement Directorate(ED),…
News Update SC dismisses plea of Tej Bahadur against PM’s Election from Varanasi 24 Nov 2020 A plea was filed by Tej Bahadur, an ex-border Security Force Constable challenging the last year election of PM Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha for the Varanasi Constituency. This…