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The Delhi High Court heard a petition concerning the interstate movements of the advocates. The Delhi High Court Bar Association filed the petition. It was with regard to the lawyers living in the Delhi NCR region being given passes....
INOX Leisure Limited filed a petition in the Delhi High Court under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution. The Court decided against the petitioner; for it indulged in judicial adventurism against it's competitor PVR (defendant). Moreover, The Delhi High...
The Telangana High Court on May 18 pulled up retired Justice P Swaroop Reddy of the Hyderabad High Court. The Court criticized him for levelling allegations against sitting Justice MS Ramachandra Rao. Justice Reddy is the Chairman of the...
The Bombay High Court, on May 15, 2020, observed that every possible option needs to be explored by the State Government and the Municipal Corporation; to ensure minimization of people's suffering caused due to COVID-19. A division bench of...
Political rivals of Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing agreement. The Ministry of External Affairs of India praised the agreement; signed between the two leaders in a press release on May 17, 2020. India welcomed...
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 conduct of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020. They released a notification for the...
The Delhi High Court today directed Delhi Police and Cyber Crime Cell to speedily complete probe in the 'Bois Locker Room' case. The Petitioner informed the Court that the participants of the chat group/ students belonged to high profile...
Earlier last week, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Ilesh Vora of the Gujarat High Court directed the state government; to take necessary steps to regulate the enormous fees charged by private hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. In effect, the High...
Amid the on-going global pandemic and the nationwide lockdown, the Registrar of Examinations, National Law University Delhi on May 14th released a notification stating All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) - 2020 is expected to be held in the...
The Bar Council of India issued a show-cause notice against the Supreme Court Bar Association President Dushyant Dave and other officers. The notice is to initiate disciplinary action against them under Section 35 and 36 of the Advocates Act....
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 of Indian Exports Organisation’s (FIEO) Press Release.
The Fall In Imports, Exports And Trade Deficit
Imports also...
The c of 12-hour shifts for workers in industrial units, as compared to the normal 8-hour day shift, after a notice from the Allahabad High Court. The notification on labour laws is revoked as per the order dated 15...
SEBI on May 16, 2020, discussed several issues pertaining to raising of capital and corporate debt market with corporates. The Conference Call was part of the series of meetings that the Securities and Exchange Board of India is having...
The media reports concerning a mother pulling a suitcase with her small child hung over it, is hitting the headline. The media persons captured the images on Agra highway. The lady was walking all the way from Punjab to...
The Hon'ble Chief Justice of India declared the five-week summer vacation period to be a period of functioning of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. The said summer vacation was from 18th May to 19th June (both days inclusive). The requests...
The National Human Rights Commission took suo moto cognizance of the media reports; alleging that a 20-year-old girl hailing from Manipur was subject to racial discrimination and violence. The locals from Faizapur, Gurugram attacked her while she was passing from...
The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that all the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) canteens and stores across the country will now sell only indigenous products, from June 01, 2020; in light of Prime Minister’s appeal for making...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark. Explicitly, the leaders discussed the steps taken in both countries to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, Prime Minister Modi appreciated Denmark’s success in lifting...
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been engaged with counterparts from US, Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and Vietnam; in weekly telephonic conversations to share ideas and best practices in the Indo-Pacific region. For responding to COVID-19 pandemic....
The Allahabad High Court on May 15, 2020, allowed Azaan from mosques. While doing so, the Court did not permit the use of loudspeakers. The bench comprising Justice Shashikant Gupta and Justice Ajit Kumar gave this ruling on separate...
Earlier today, the Supreme Court stayed the Gujarat High Court order; allowing the election of former state law minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama as void. A Bench comprising of Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar issued a notice in the petition filed by...
The Delhi High Court heard a petition against GooglePay on May 15, 2020. Shubham Kapaley filed a petition in the High Court after GooglePay did not allow him to contribute to the PM CARES Fund; without making another VPA/UPI...
A petition was moved in Delhi High Court challenging the interim bail by Sessions Court; to the accused guilty under Section 376 (Rape) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the POCSO Act. The Single bench consisted...
Advocate on record Nirmal Kumar Ambastha moved a petition in the Supreme Court. The petition sought directions to quash the notifications issued by the state of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat; concerning the dilution of labour laws. The...
The Allahabad High Court on May 14, 2020, issued a notice in a Public Interest Litigation; challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government’s move to relax certain labour law regulations concerning working hours, rest periods and overtime. Advocates Pranjal Shukla and...
In view of the nationwide lockdown, the Supreme Court exempted lawyers and petitioners-in-persons from filing petitions and documents on A4 size papers; until June 15, 2020. Earlier, the Supreme Court made it mandatory to file all the documents on...
The Uttarakhand High Court passed an interim order which restricts private schools in the state from sending emails and WhatsApp messages; asking parents of students to pay tuition fee for conducting online classes during this period of COVID-19 lockdown....
The research organization Project 39A of National Law University, Delhi drafted a report titled ‘Death Penalty Sentencing in Trial Courts’. The Trial Courts in Delhi often cite shock and impact of a crime on the collective conscience of society; ...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 13, 2020, participated in a video-conference of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO); in light of situations arising due to coronavirus pandemic. According to a statement from the External Affairs...
The Delhi High Court while hearing a petition issued a notice dated May 14, 2020, to the Delhi Government. The petition sought directions to the Delhi government to resume public transport. Shreesh Chadha, a final year law student filed...