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A division bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan is currently hearing petitions filed by Binoy Vishwam, senior Communist Party of India leader; Bezwada Wilson, a Dalit rights activist; and S.G. Vombatkere, a...
Fox Mandal have started a Digital tech incubation center in Bangalore to help entrepreneurs develop their ideas in a systematic manner. The name of the incubation center is ORYGIN, which means Origin is the starting point with a Y...
The Suo-moto cognizance to the issue on sudden increase in prices in air fare was taken after the price increase in air fare from Srinagar to Mumbai. Even the cheapest fare was Rs.73,647 on Jan 27th.
Why is there a...
The High Court of Calcutta on 24th February, hearing the case of acid victims emphasised and asked the State Government of West Bengal to aid the acid victims. It was a case relating to 12 acid victims and need...
At an age where surviving itself is a crisis, Santhoshbhai found himself trapped in a greater muddle. Santhoshbhai, 92, was accused of rape by a woman who had alleged that he had overpowered her. Santhoshbhai has denied the charges...
Approximately a year ago, four patients lost their eyesight after having their cataract operation at LG Hospital, Ahmedabad, because the operating instruments were infected by bacteria after they were dipped in Savlon Antiseptic. This case is famously known as...
The Marriages (Compulsory Registration and Prevention of Wasteful Expenditure) Bill, 2016, was introduced by Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan wife of MP Pappu Yadav on 15th Feb , 2017. It may be taken up as a private member’s Bill in...
Karnataka High Court
Two new judges have been appointed as the additional judges of the Karnataka High Court and they are to take oath this week. With the addition of judges the number is likely to increase to 31 against...
A petition was moved by a girl to a lower court where she tried seeking permission of aborting her 24 weeks foetus. Being a rape survivor, she wanted to start afresh. But the lower court denied stating that pregnancy...
Bird flu affected with H5N1 was reported in the first week of January this year. This was the second time in the State of Gujarat, the first time it was reported in 2006. It happened to be in the...
Mr. Sunil Seth, the Co-founder of Seth Dua & Associate met with a road accident on Manesar – Gurgaon Road and died succumbing to injuries. This unfortunate event happened on February 5th, Sunday Morning; When Seth was driving a...
Whistleblower Protected.
No more disappointments dealing against corruption and latter winning over you. It’s a historic step towards wading off the corruption or illegal activities around. It’s an attempt of relief for the common citizens who face corruption or unlawful...
Justice Vineet Kothari on Tuesday ordered the winding up of United Breweries Holdings Limited (UBHL), the parent Company of the UB group. The verdict was delivered allowing the petition filed in 2012 by the foreign suppliers of aero engines,...
Infosys, off-late, has been in some difficult situations because of issues like CEO compensation, appointment of certain Independent Directors, and severance pay relating to former employees. These issues are several months old, on which the company has repeatedly explained...
Madras High Court
The case against Judge C S Karnan is for continuous allegations against Madras High Court Chief Justice, several sitting and other retired judges. He was levelling corruption charges against them. “The Attorney General has asked the Supreme Court...
Former IPAB Technical Member since 2011, Mr.DPS Parmar associates with Lex-Orbis as Senior Consultant to guide them on Patent and other IP issues.
DPS Parmar is hired by the IP firm LexOrbis as a Senior Consultant in its IPAB Practice....
As per the address by the Honorable Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi made on 8th November. The notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 is no longer a legal tender. Instead, notes of Rs 2000 and a newly designed Rs...
"Kerela High court on 3rd Feb 2017 ordered to take fast action to record the evidence in cases charged with rape under section 375 IPC. This will help the victim overcome the trauma as well as the discomfort."
The Kerala...
Mr. Jignesh Bhajiawala to file a plea against the investigation as he believes the Enforcement Directorate exceeds jurisdiction.
In December, 2016 Income Tax official seized old as well as new currency in crores, more than 2 kg gold, acres of...
The Madras High court has issued a notice to ex Supreme Court Justice judge K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan and three others over the PETA award. The history of the events is as follows:
Timeline: Jallikattu is an age old tradition practiced...
The Supreme Court Collegium has suggested the names of four High Court Chief Justices and a High Court Judge for the Supreme Court of India, as per the reports of Times of India. It is said that though there...
The Union Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley announced the Union Budget 2017-18 which contained the allocation of just Rs. 1, 7744.13 CR for the administration of justice including justice delivery, legal reforms, development of infrastructural facilities and autonomous bodies...
Judicial Activism has roles to play in cases involving the ‘Right to be forgotten’. The High Court of Karnataka has witnessed one in its recent judgement. Justice Anand Bypa reddy passed an order and states “This is in line...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is the first firm in India to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) to overcome the limitations of technology, giving law and their services cutting edge. The main function of Artificial Intelligence in dealing with law is to...
Following a complaint filed by Arup Ratan Roy in Bidhannagar Police Station, Jay Prakash Majumdar, Bengal BJP Vice President was taken into custody for taking Rs.7.2 lakh from examinees of Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) for primary sections.
During a hunger...
The special Judge of Gangster Act, Faizabad, on July 17, 2008, had convicted Altaf Hussain alias Mohd. Altaf alias Rohit alias Abdul Rahman and Saleem Qamar alias Neeraj Kumar Singh alias Babu alias Munna under Section 121-A IPC, Section...
It is the Landmark judgment one of its kind where the Apex Court ruled that the process of appointment of the Principal of the Minority institutions amenable to the judicial review. The judgment came in the civil appeal of...
The vacant position of the Chief Information Commissioner of Gujarat attracts a PIL. Mr. Balwant Singh, the former Chief Information Commissioner of Gujarat, retired in December 2016 leaving the position vacant till date. The ever increasing number of cases...
The Supreme Court will be all set to hear the State Bank of India led consortium’s plea against out of use airline Kingfisher’s owner Mr. Vijay Mallya on 2 February 2017. The banks, in their plea, told the apex...
Finance minister , Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2017-18, his fourth annual Budget in the Lok Sabha on 1st February. The budget is expected to benefit the honest tax payer. Chhatisgarh CM Raman Singh termed it as ‘Sabka...