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There has been an outburst of opinions regarding the constitutional validity of the PM CARES Fund since its establishment. On April 1st, 2020, one of the many concerned citizens, Harsha Landukuri filed an RTI application seeking information about the...
Single Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh passed an order in the Delhi High Court. Earlier, Delhi High Court vacated an order restraining Vedanta Ltd from invoking eight bank guarantees extended by Halliburton Offshore Services in connection with...
European Parliament while taking a dig at the Modi Government slams the Union Home Minister Amit Shah; for the systematic violation of human rights and misuse of anti-terror laws like UAPA. Maria Arena, Head of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee...
Karnataka High Court directs the state government to submit the report concerning the transportation of more than six lakh people. They are yet to reach their respective states; they are registered on the Seva Sindhu portal. The Division Bench...
The Apex Court allowed Cyrus Mistry's cross-action appeal against NCLAT's decision on May 29, 2020. Explicitly, the judgement had reinstated Mistry to his post of Executive Chairman of Tata Group. Via this appeal, Mistry sought expansive relief against the...
On May 28, the Supreme Court of Singapore dismissed the appeal of former promoters of Ranbaxy - Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh; against the judgment of the High Court of Singapore. The Supreme Court refused to set aside Rs...
Just 7 days after a special bench passed a caustic order addressing the COVID-19 situation in Gujarat; the High Court bench has abruptly changed its composition. This has not only happened on the last working day of the week...
On May 5, a disturbance broke out between Indian and Chinese troops; at the Pangong Tso Lake in the Himalayan region of Ladakh. The army personnel from India and China clashed with iron rods, sticks, and even resorted to...
A Public Interest Litigation filed by Baglekar Akash Kumar seeks actions against police officers accused of causing hurt. The police officers purportedly forced five persons to move the barricades at the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border; for a continuous period of 12...
National Human Rights Commission takes suo moto cognizance of the media reports airing that the trains ferrying the migrant labourers are starting late. Moreover, they are taking additional days to reach their destination. The reports alleged that many labourers...
The Kerala High Court heard the writ petition filed before it; concerning the detention of two Nigerian nationals. In effect, the court directed the authorities of Viyyur Central Prison in the state to provide separate cells and A-Class facilities...
The Madras High Court has declared that J. Deepak and J. Deepa, nephew and niece of J Jayalalithaa, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister as her class II legal heirs. They are entitled to inherit all properties left behind by...
A former judge of the Labor Court filed a PIL in the Apex Court today. He sought directions to change the name of the 'High Court of Bombay' to that of 'High Court of Maharashtra'. V P Patil had...
On 28th May 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting concerning the work of the Ministry of Power (MoP) and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MBRE). In addition, the meeting also assessed the policy initiatives including the...
Migrant laborers yet again faced a classic example of serious violation of their human rights in broad daylight. According to a media report, Vipin Kumar a 19-year old migrant worker, died en-route to his home town in Hardoi, Uttar...
Supreme Court heard the petition related to the Congregation of Tablighi Jamaat on May 27, 2020. The Bench comprised of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy. Prior to this, the court had...
Hon'ble Supreme Court heard the case of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited v. Sri Rabindra Choubey. The Court by a majority of 2:1 observed that disciplinary inquiry against an employee can continue even after his retirement. Moreover, if the...
Earlier today, the Delhi High Court directed Central Government to deal with a petition; seeking installation of CCTV cameras in the kitchen of all restaurants that are delivering food to control the transmission of coronavirus. Explicitly, the petition stated...
On 26th May 2020, the Bombay High Court, while assessing a PIL, directed the petitioners, “Abhinav Bharat Congress” and its founder, Mr. Pankaj Phadnis to pay Rs. 1 Crore with the registry. The court will consider this as a...
A group of advocates have challenged the constitutional validity of the Haryana official language (amendment) Act, 2020. Petitioners contended that the Act 'arbitrarily' made Hindi the official language of courts in Haryana. Advocate Sameer Jain, Sandeep Bajaj, Angad Sandhu,...
Delhi High Court took suo moto cognisance of the grievance of the citizen whose mother is COVID-19 positive. In effect, the court issued directions to both the Centre as well as the Delhi Government; they have to report about the arrangements...
REC Limited, a central PSU, under the Ministry of Power and one of India’s largest power financiers, launched a mission to feed the medical staff in key government hospitals as well as poor daily wage labourers across the nation....
Resident doctors pursuing their final year of the Diplomate of National Board (DNB) filed a petition against the Public Notice dated April 4, 2020. The notice extended the completion of the training period to six more weeks. The petitioners...
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu (on its own) action of the problems of the migrant labourers. “We take suo motu cognizance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers; who were stranded in different parts of the country,” held the Supreme...
The new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Niger is Mr. Prem K. Nair. The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed the appointment vide a press release. A notice was issued concerning the same on May 26, 2020. Prem...
A complaint stands filed before Punjab Police against the platform Amazon Prime Video and producers of the web series 'Paatal Lok'. G.S. Dhillon, advocate practising in Punjab and Haryana High Court filed the complaint. He contended that the web...
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air India filed petitions against the impugned order dated May 22, 2020, of the Bombay High Court. Thereafter, a special meeting took place on May 25, 2020. Subsequently, the Supreme Court allowed Air India...
India has welcomed the understanding reached between the Taliban and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani; for a ceasefire in Afghanistan for three days on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. The Press Release from the Ministry of External Affairs stated that; “India...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on his counterpart in Mauritius and had a telephonic conversation. Notably, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth received praise for controlling the COVID-19 outbreak efficiently. Accordingly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opined that Mauritius document its best...
On May 22, 2020, the Andhra Pradesh High Court drafted a model in the State for the shifting of migrant workers. For the reason of lack of coordination; between some Officers of the Government with the Red Cross and...