News Update Manipur HC has directed release of journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem who was jailed under the National Security Act (NSA) 23 Jul 2021 The order was passed by a bench of Chief Justice PV Sanjay Kumar and Justice KH Nobin Singh on a letter petition moved by wife of Kishorchandra Wangkhem. Wangkhem's wife…
News Update The Delhi High Court is seeking the Centre’s response to a petition challenging the constitutionality of the IT Rules, 2021 23 Jul 2021 The Delhi High Court requested the Centre's response to a new petition challenging the constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, that the…
News Update Supreme Court: Second-hand flat buyers have the same rights as original allottees 23 Jul 2021 Case- M/S Laureate Buildwell Pvt.Ltd v. Charanjeet Singh Mr.Charanjeet Singh, was a purchaser, who bought an apartment from the original allottee. Due to delay in delivery of possession of the…
News Update Telecom companies’ petitions to recalculate AGR dues have been rebuffed by the SC 23 Jul 202123 Jul 2021 The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed telecom operators' requests for a recalculation of the Department of Telecommunications' Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues (DoT). The order dismissing the applications brought by…
News Update A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the allegations of Pegasus spying 22 Jul 2021 Serial PIL plaintiff ML Sharma is being investigated by a Special Investigation Team in the Supreme Court after claims of alleged eavesdropping by government entities utilizing the Journal on the…
News Update Naresh Sharma, an Arjuna Awardee, has filed a petition with the Delhi HC regarding his non-selection for the Tokyo Paralympic Games 22 Jul 2021 The application seeks instructions from the Indian Paralympic Committee (PCI), which is the highest institution for the promotion and development of sports for the disabled in India, to include his…
News Update Kerala High Court on disenablement of a student. (John Fletcher Vs State of Kerala) 21 Jul 2021 A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the disenablement of a student, John fletcher, from attending online classes for late payment of fees and face the…
News Update Karnataka is first Indian state to reserve govt jobs for transgenders, gives them 1% quota 21 Jul 2021 Karnataka has become the first Indian state to set aside government jobs for transgenders by giving the community 1 percent reservation. The quota will be applicable to transgender candidates in…
News Update The Centre requires time until September to prepare criteria for ex-gratia payments to COVID-deceased people’s relatives 21 Jul 2021 The Union government has approached the Supreme Court, requesting that it give the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) until September to develop universal criteria for the payout of ex-gratia aid…
News Update SC dismissed the plea seeking the postponement of CLAT 2021 20 Jul 202120 Jul 2021 The Supreme Court dismissed, today, a plea which seeks to postpone the CLAT 2021 which is scheduled to be held on July 23. The division bench of Justices Nageswara Rao…