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Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah chaired a review meeting of Directors General of All Central Armed Police Forces on May 9, 2020. He appreciated the CAPFs commendable work in this difficult situation of COVID-19 management. Home...
The High Court of Delhi issued a new office order on May 8, 2020, in view of the on-going lockdown. The order intimated all the Advocates and litigants about the creation of a new link. The advocates and litigants...
A rather ghastly incident occurred between Badnapur and Karmad stations in Nanded Division in the early hours of May 8, 2020. In the said incident, an empty goods train ran over 16 migrant workers lying on the railway tracks;...
Taking note of the huge crowd outside the alcohol outlets,ย the Madras High Court directed the closure of liquor shops in Tamil Nadu. A day later, i.e. May 09, 2020, Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation(TASMAC) moved to the Supreme...
The Supreme Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation by an organisation, 'Kerala Pravasi Sangham' seeking directions to the Centre; to frame proper guidelines for rehabilitation package to all those who returned from abroad. Explicitly, the plea sought a direction...
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) suspended its Secretary, Ashok Arora, with immediate effect after the Executive Committee (EC) took this decision in a meeting summoned today. Rohit Pandey, the Assistant Secretary, will take over the duties and responsibilities...
Delhi High Court received a petition challenging the Delhi Government's recent imposition of 70% 'special corona fee' on liquor during the lockdown. Advocates Bharat Gupta and Varun Tyagi (The Legist Auxiliary) filed the petition.
'Special Corona Fee'- Against The Delhi...
In a suo moto case against the fateful incident of a chemical gas leak at Vizag, the National Green Tribunal constituted a five-member Committee to inspect the site and submit a report to it within ten days. The NGT...
In a major development, the Supreme Court on May 8, 2020, directed the CBI Court in Lucknow to conduct the proceedings of the decades-old Babri Masjid demolition case. In May 2017, the special CBI court charged BJP leaders L.K...
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 directions against the operations of Public Sector Enterprises amid the lockdown. Allegedly, these Enterprises like...
Delhi High court was hearing a case ofย Manisha Priyadarshini v. Aurobindo College-evening and others.ย In its judgment, the court quashed the decision of the private college. The college had refused the renewal of the service contract of an ad-hoc professor...
According to The Gazette of India on 5 May 2020, the Central government constituted the "Andhra Pradesh Coastal Zone Management Authority" using the powers given under sub-section (1) and (3) of Section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986....
There is a power struggle within the Supreme Court Bar Association after Ashok Arora, SCBA Secretary, called for an "extraordinary meeting"; to remove Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave from the post of SCBA President, and the primary membership of the...
On May 5, 2020, the Supreme Court of India designated as many as 228 Lawyers as Advocates-on-record. After the lawyers moved in an application for their registration; since they appeared in the Advocates-on-Record examination held in June 2019. The...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a phone call today with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali. PM Modi recalled the close ties between India and Ethiopia; and the excellent development partnership between the two nations. The two...
On May 6th, the Madras High Court quashed the criminal defamation proceedings initiated against Economic Times Journalists. Explicitly, against Sandhya Ravishankar and her husband, Editor and Grievances Redressal Officer of the Economic Times. Notably, in connection to an article...
Telugu Desam Party President and former Chief Minister Chandraprabhu Naidu while taking a dig at Andhra Pradesh government, accused it of facilitating the sale of liquor over farm produce. Expressing his concern for the farmers, he claimed that the...
The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) took suo moto cognizance of the incident of leakage of styrene gas in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Explicitly, of the media reports about the death of eight persons and over five thousand others...
The Ministry of Defence issued a notice in the Office Memorandum on May 5, 2020. It proposed the donation of one day salary every month from May 2020 to March 2021, to the Prime Minister Citizens' Assistance and Relief...
The Ministry of Home Affairs, on May 5, issued a circular to provide consular services to foreign nationals for a period of 30 days from the date of the lifting of the prohibition on international travel. This is done...
On March 23, the Supreme Court passed a general order following the implementation of the lockdown. The Court, through this order, extended limitation periods with effect from March 15, 2020. In doing so, it invoked its powers under Article...
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took suo moto (on its own) action against online abuse for allegedly outraging the modesty and questioning the character of pregnant Safoora Zargar. A Jamia Millia student arrested under the provisions of the Unlawful...
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 and Portugal will continue to work together and support each other in these trying times;...
Amid lockdown, various Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJK) are accepting orders for medicines on WhatsApp and e-mail; where on the basis of uploaded prescriptions medicines are delivered at the doorsteps of the patients. At present, there are over...
On May 4th, 2020, the Bombay High Court granted relief to Sanjay Leela Bhansali of Bhansali productions. The Court directed Eros International Media Ltd to pay Rs.19.39 lakh in dues. Explicitly, over a dispute regarding rights of the movie...
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 organizations, employment, and project categories would remain suspended. Until prohibition on international air travel of...
Ministry of External Affairs appoints state-level coordinators on May 6, 2020. This is to ensure close coordination between various Ministries, State governments and the Center. They have to facilitate the return of hundreds of thousands of Indians stranded around...
The District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey confirmed the imposition of Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code in Ghaziabad. The Section remains in place until May 31, 2020. Section 144 gives the power to issue an order in urgent cases...
India is in touch with Pakistan in ensuring implementation of the verdict by the International Court of Justice in the case relating to Indian death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav, official sources said on May 6, 2020. Jadhav, a retired Indian...
Three practising lawyers have submitted a letter petition to the Supreme Court. It asks for proceedings to be instituted in regard to the Instagram group 'Bois Locker Room'. The group's infamous screenshots have now gone viral.
The 5-page letter addressed...