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The National Company Law Tribunal issued an order mandating that any application filed by a financial creditor under Section 7 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has to be accompanied by a default record from an information utility. Moreover, the...
Bombay High Court reprimanded City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO). CIDCO made gardeners work for them for several years; during the lockdown without pay and without protective gear. Despite an award by the Industrial Tribunal against them...
In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court notified relaxation in the dress code; for lawyers appearing before the court via video conferencing. Earlier today Chief Justice of India hinted at Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal that instructions would...
While being subjected to criticism, former Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi gave the Keynote Address on “Ensuring an Independent Judiciary under our Constitution: Confronting the Contemporary Challenges” in a Webinar; the Confederation for Alumni for National Law...
WhatsApp Inc. has assured the Supreme Court that it would not start its payment services in India without fulfilling all the regulations in India. It submitted an undertaking with regard to this; During the hearing of a petition seeking a...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12th May went on television for the fourth time in recent months; to talk about the novel coronavirus pandemic. PM Modi's address to the nation came a day after a six-hour meeting with Chief...
India strongly condemned the multiple terror attacks that took place in Afghanistan; including those on a maternity hospital in a Shia-dominated area in Kabul; on a funeral procession in Nangarhar, and on a military check post, in the last...
The Election Commission of India has directed to constitute a three-member committee on May 13, 2020. Being that, The committee has to examine the details of the judgment of the Gujarat High Court; concerning the Dhokla Assembly Constituency in...
The National Human Rights Commission took suo moto cognizance of a complaint accompanied by media reports. The reports highlighted the negligence in the treatment of Delhi Police Constable, Amit Kumar who died due to Corona infection. In effect, it...
The Supreme Court will hear the bail plea filed by Sajjan Kumar on May 13, 2020. Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress leader is serving a life sentence in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. He is an Indian...
The Kerala High Court has questioned the mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu, the contact tracing app. The National Informatics Centre developed the app to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Jackson Mathew, the Managing Partner of Leetha Industries, filed the petition....
The death of former Congress MLA Jitendra Deshprabhu has raised many questions. After a senior doctor was suspended for allegedly delaying the treatment of Deshprabhu. The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar demanded a judicial probe into Deshprabhu's...
The National Informatics Centre developed the Aarogya Setu App amid COVID-19 pandemic. It collects the personal details of the users to alert them. Being that, the Kerala High Court heard public interest litigation filed by John Dayal. The petition...
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation; on a bail plea of DP Yadav, on medical grounds. Yadav is a former cabinet minister, Uttar Pradesh. The CBI Court convicted DP Yadav in a murder case...
Amid COVID-19, on 11 May, 2020, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for the migration of people by train. The Ministry of Home Affairs in its order dated 11.05.2020 asked the Ministries/Department of...
A PIL, filed in the Delhi High Court, challenged the arbitrary and unreasonable calculation of the home quarantine period by the Delhi Government. As specified in the Home Quarantine Guidelines and the COVID-19 Regulations of 2020, Delhi High Court...
The Delhi High Court granted interim protection to Zafarul Islam Khan, the Chief of Delhi Minorities Commission. It is to protect him against any coercive action. The Single Bench consisting of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri held that no coercive...
The Bombay High Court directed the state to issue a clear directive to the police administration. It says not to stop or obstruct ambulances or pet taxies for ferrying sick animals to and from veterinary clinics. Further, the Court...
The Kerala High Court referred a batch of petitions, relating to whether the Managing Committee of the Guruvayur Temple can make donations for non-religious purposes, before the Chief Justice for consideration before a larger bench.
Justice Shaji P. Chaly and...
A Public Interest Litigation is filed in the Kerala High Court, challenging the Centre’s "unconstitutional and privacy infringing" directives; which make 'Aarogya Setu' app mandatory for public and private employees and persons residing in containment zones. Jackson Mathew, the...
This year, the BCI (Bar Council of India) will commence online registration for All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XV, from May 16, 2020. As per schedule, the exam will be conducted on 16th August 2020. Wishful candidates to apply...
Earlier today, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Tomar launched the integration of 177 new mandis; with the National Agriculture Market (eNAM). Especially, to strengthen agriculture marketing and facilitate farmers to sell their harvested produce...
Government of India launched Mission Sagar on May 10, 2020, as part of the government’s outreach initiative; towards five Island nations in the Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The deployment is in consonance with the Prime Ministers...
In a first for the Supreme Court, the single-judge benches will be hearing certain kinds of petitions from May 13, 2020. The purpose of introducing a new system is to dispose of piled up pending cases. The number of...
The Bombay High Court granted bail to ten Indonesians arrested for violating lockdown guidelines. Mumbai police arrested them for causing a threat to the health of the community by flouting lockdown rules. They returned to Mumbai from Delhi on...
On May 11, 2020, the Supreme Court disposed of the petition on internet speed restrictions. The Foundation of Media Professionals filed this petition. The petition pertained to the issue relating to the restoration of the 4G network in the...
The Supreme Court questioned the Government of Haryana over a policy of granting remission in view of the release of a murder convict. This is directed towards convicts who are imprisoned for life, aged 75 years (in case of...
The National Crisis Management Committee under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba met for the second consecutive day; to review the situation arising out of the Vizag gas leak that took place in Vishakhapatnam on May 7.
The...
As the COVID-19 death toll exceeded 30,000 mark in Italy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte. Prime Minister Modi conveyed his condolences to Mr. Giuseppe Conte for the loss of lives...
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 by police personnel; under the garb of enforcing the lockdown directives."
Advocate Anil Kamale, representing the petitioner,...