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COVID-19 Lockdown: CLAT 2020 Postponed, Application Date Extended
The Executive Committee of the Consortium of National Law Universities met on 18th May, 2020 to review the impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on the...
COVID-19 Lockdown: CLAT 2020 rescheduled again
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, this year's Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2020) has been postponed again. Explicitly, it is...
COVID-19: Lockdown 5.0, Centre Issues New Guidelines
There is an extension to the nationwide lockdown till June 30. The Centre issued new guidelines for re-opening of all activities in phases outside...
COVID-19 | “The world only exists when we do”: PM Modi announcing Nationwide Lockdown
"Step outside the 'Lakshman rekha' of your house in the next 21 days and you will set the country back by 21 years," -...
COVID-19| S.144 & Lockdown – Flattening the Curve
With over 4,10,000 cases and a death toll of 18,200 worldwide, the pandemic COVID-19 proliferated by human transmission has spread its wings in over...
India’s Quest Against COVID-19 Pandemic: The Health Care Industry at a Glance
India has been hanging on a shoestring since the COVID-19 pandemic has been infiltrating across the nation. On March 14, 2020 the Government notified...
COVID-19: An epidemic of Uncertainties and Mental Health Crisis for India’s Youth
In another perplexing incident, a 16-year-old girl committed suicide by shooting herself; starting another conversation about mental health. What left many eyebrows raised was...
Digitalization of Indian Judiciary Amid COVID-19; the Right Way Forward for eCourts in India
Amid the spread of COVID-19, as the nation went into lockdown in late March this year the court system all across the country also...
Lacunae in States’ Regulations and Health Infrastructure for Battling COVID-19: Incidents and Insights
India is indeed hypnotised by the baby steps it is taking to cope with COVID-19. Yet, there always remained certain loopholes, that haunt the...
SC’s Suo Moto Order- Extending Limitation or Lockdown Does Not Affect he Accused’s Right...
The Supreme Court took a suo moto (on its own) decision stating that; its extension of the limitation or the government extending the lockdown...
Plea in Delhi High Court Seeks Reimposition of a Strict Lockdown in the Capital...
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...
Dushyant Dave: “Supreme Court has Failed the Citizens of India in the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Dushyant Dave opined that the Judges chose to sit silently in their ivory towers; when great misery befell on the citizens of India; after...
Delhi-Noida Borders To Remain Sealed Amid COVID Lockdown
In view of the increase in the number of COVID infected, the Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Suhas L.Y. sealed the Delhi-Noida borders. In...
FIEO: Second Highest Fall in Monthly Exports Due To COVID-19
For the second conservative month, India's exports declined by a record 60.28 per cent in April to USD 10.36 billion; according to the Federation...
Prime Minister Modi Talks with Denmark’s Prime Minister on Tackling COVID-19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark. Explicitly, the leaders discussed the steps taken in both...
Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Indonesians Arrested for Alleged Lockdown Violation
The Bombay High Court granted bail to ten Indonesians arrested for violating lockdown guidelines. Mumbai police arrested them for causing a threat to the...
Bombay High Court Bashes Extra-Legal Measures for Enforcing Lockdown
The Bombay High Court heard a Public Interest Litigation over the various reports of "unusual and humiliating punishments (extra-legal measures) which are meted out...
Apex Court Refuses to Entertain Petition Against Alleged Violation of COVID Lockdown
The Supreme Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed against Public Sector Enterprises. Advocate Anil K. Aggarwal filed the petition as petitioner-in-person. It sought...
PM Modi Discusses COVID-19 with Portugual PM Antonio Costa
Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed COVID-19 pandemic with his Portugal counterpart, Antonio Costa, over the phone yesterday. In a tweet, PM Modi said India...
Ministry of Home Affairs Terminates Visas Amid COVID Lockdown
On May 5, 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided all existing visas granted to foreigners; except those belonging to diplomatic, official, UN/international...
Bombay HC Issues Guidelines Amid COVID Lockdown
The Bombay High Court on May 04, 2020, issued a circular on precautions to be taken during the course of business in courts of...
Lockdown Extended for 2 Weeks, Activities To Resume Based On Zones
After reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the country, the Centre extended the lockdown by two more weeks. In essence, from May 4, 2020, to...
Madras HC Issues Notices in a Plea for the Dying, Destitute & Mentally Disabled...
The Madras High Court issued notices on a plea seeking food and shelter for; dying, destitute and mentally disabled persons, living on the roadsides...
International NGO Criticizes India for Measures to Curb the Food Crisis Amid the Lockdown
An international NGO, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) claims that India is on verge of a food crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic. The...
COVID-19: Ministry of AYUSH Enlists Ayurvedic Measures & Announces Latest Scheme
The Ministry of AYUSH declared a scheme to support short-term research projects for evaluating the impact of AYUSH response and medicines in the treatment...
Mentally Ill Should Not Become Easy Carriers of COVID-19: NHRC
NHRC, (National Human Rights Commission) has taken cognizance of a complaint; with regard to infringement of human rights of the mentally ill people stranded...
PIL in SC Seeks Refund of Cancelled Air Tickets Amid Lockdown
‘Pravasi Legal Cell’ through its secretary Bins Sebastian filed PIL in the Supreme Court. The PIL seeks directions to the Centre and the DGCA...
Lockdown guidelines Not To Undermine People’s Right to Life, Liberty & Dignity- NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Centre to issue an advisory. They asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to issue guidelines/...
PIL Filed in the Interest of Migrant Workers amid Extended Lockdown
Public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court to allow migrant workers across the country to go back to their homes amid the...
Guidelines For Victims of Domestic Violence in J&K amid Lockdown
Jammu & Kashmir High Court takes Suo Moto Cognizance and issued guidelines for victims involved in domestic violence cases. Conversely, the High Court ordered...