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Nepal's Lower House passed a constitutional amendment Bill on June 13, 2020. The Bill allows the Nepalese map in the national emblem to contain claimed Indian territory. The move showed support both within and outside the Communist Party of...
The Bombay High Court while hearing the Public Interest Litigations concerning the state of Public healthcare amid the pandemic in the State of Maharashtra; issued various directions. Thereafter, it advised the state government to increase the budgetary allocation for...
On June 12th,2020, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a phone conversation with Dr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi recalled his July 2016 visit to Dar-es-Salaam and highlighted...
K.K. Venugopal has accepted the Central Government's request to remain the Attorney General for another year. The AG's current term was set to expire on 30th June, which has now been extended another year.
The Man Behind the Veil
K.K. Venugopal...
The Centre informed the Karnataka High Court that it is not mandatory for a passenger; to install the Aarogya Setu application on mobile phone. That its use is voluntary. After filling a self-declaration form, passenger can undertake Air or...
A team of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visited the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital (LNJP) in Delhi; for an on the spot assessment of the facilities for COVID care. The NHRC team made the visit after allegations that...
After a meeting on the recent Seismic Activity in Delhi-NCR region, Director for National centre for Seismology (NCS), Dr. B K Bansal has affirmed that there is no need to panic. However, States must be fully prepared and accordingly...
The Magistrate Court has finally granted default bail to Amulya Leona who the police had arrested on 20th February on charges of sedition. The Magistrate granted her bail on grounds of failure of the I.O. to submit chargesheet within...
Chattisgarh High Court has granted interim relief to BJP's national spokesperson Mr. Sambit Patra. The Court directed the Police to hinder from taking any 'coercive action' against him. As it can promote animosity among different groups. The Single-Judge bench...
The Supreme Court takes suo moto cognizance of certain reports; which alleged the mishandling of the dead bodies affected by COVID-19. The bench consists of Justices Ashok Bhushan and MR Shah. Moreover, Former Law Minister, Senior Advocate Dr. Ashwani Kumar...
The National Commission for Backward Classes has directed the University Grants Commission to take appropriate action against particular National Law Universities. The NLUs in question were found to be violating mandatory OBC and domicile reservation norms.
The order, signed by...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of Israel. Firstly, he conveyed his warm wishes for Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent assumption of office; and expressed confidence that the India-Israel partnership would continue to...
On June 8th,2020, Telangana High Court directed the State to not only publish crucial statistics on COVID-19 on the Internet; but have it published on the front pages of all the Newspapers in the Print Media.
The Chief Justice bench...
The National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC), issued notices to Government of NCT Delhi(GNCT) and the Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry in response to the growing mismanagement of the health-infrastructure in Delhi. The notice professes that the general public...
A petition in the Delhi High Court seeks immediate imposition of lockdown in the State of Delhi; due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases; the extension of the lockdown in Delhi at least till June 30. The petitioners...
The Rajasthan High Court in a landmark judgement has held that "the right of a child rape victim to make the reproductive choice of terminating the foetus heavily outweighs the right of the child in womb to be born...
'Pinjra Tod' member Devangana Kalita filed a writ of Mandamus before Delhi High Court; under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution. It sought directions from the court to be issued to the Delhi Police; to not to leak any...
A Special leave petition was filed by a thirty-three-year-old pregnant woman before the Supreme Court. The Petition challenged the order passed by Bombay High Court dated May 22, 2020; wherein the Court dismissed the petition. The petition seeks termination...
The Bombay High Court on 9th June 2020 granted bail to the applicant, Karan Nair, who was arrested for attacking the police. The Police ordered the 27-year old Architect to wear a mask and questioned him for walking around...
The Supreme Court on June 10, 2020, refused to stay Andhra Pradesh Government's challenge against the Andhra Pradesh High Court order reinstating N Ramesh Kumar as State Election Commissioner.
The Ordinance in Question
The ordinance Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Second Amendment)...
On June 9th, 2020, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with President of the Philippines, His Excellency Rodrigo Duterte. Explicitly, the leaders discussed the steps taken by the two Governments to address the challenges arising out...
It seems that another gory event has dotted the landscape of Uttar Pradesh; an incident highlighting yet another example of violation of human rights. The incident in question are instances of medical apathy that two expecting women were forced...
A writ petition was filed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court; concerning the custody of a two-year-old child. The Child is a citizen of the United States. The mother of the child filed the petition. The court while deciding...
The Legal and Social Service Committee of the Hidyatullah National Law University (HNLU) has collaborated with the Centre for Social Justice to extend a helping hand towards the migrant workers. Being that, they are working towards providing relief to...
The Delhi High Court has temporarily amended the process of the service of notices, summons and daaks. This is done due to the increasing number of cases of COVID-19 in Delhi. Through the June 3, 2020 order, Chief Justice...
Amid Covid-19 lockdown, Punjab and Haryana High Court approved restrictions on religious places. Meanwhile, the bench comprising of Justices Rajiv Sharma and Ajay Tewari dismissed the petition challenging these restrictions. The bench noticed that the imposition of restrictions on...
President of Hazrat Nizamuddin Village Residents Welfare Association (RWA) Yusuf Khan, served a legal notice to Harleen Kaur, District Magistrate of South East Delhi through Advocate Mehmood Pracha. The notice, particularly, covers the unreasonable sealing of Hazrat Nizamuddin village...
A petition filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks the formation of a committee; that would address the rising 'communalism' within the State's police force. Deepak Bundela, a practicing advocate of the High Court filed this plea. He...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has taken suo moto (on their own) action against a Court Clerk; for slandering Judicial Officers on Youtube. The clerk, Harmeet Singh, posted at the Sessions Court in Mansa, firstly, created a YouTube...
The Supreme Court, on 8th June, agreed to hear an appeal regarding the death of a third year law student from NLU Jodhpur in August, 2017. Explicitly, the petitioner, mother of the demised, has requested the court to transfer...