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The Madras High Court rejected a writ petition seeking an absolute ban on manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the state of Tamil Nadu. The Petitioner, R. Dhanasekaran stated that as people have become used to not consuming...
The Delhi High Court declined to grant interim stay on airing Vir Das's Hasmukh on Netflix. It dismissed the plea that claimed, the fictional series defamed the reputation of advocates, moved by lawyer Ashutosh Dubey. The main petition seeking...
The Bombay High Court on May 04, 2020, issued a circular on precautions to be taken during the course of business in courts of Goa, Maharashtra, Union Territories of Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli. The circular mentions...
Days after an FIR was registered against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, the senior journalist approached the Supreme Court; demanding to quash the FIR. The FIR against Goswami alleged trying to disturb communal harmony'. Raza Educational Welfare Society secretary...
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) issued a circular under challenge in the Supreme Court. The impugned circular excludes donations made to Chief Ministerโs Relief Fund from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Ms.Mahua Moitra, a Member of Parliament from Krishnanagar,...
The Delhi High Court postponed the hearing in a bail matter; as the applicant's counsel could not come to the court. The counsel informed the court over a telephonic depiction. To elaborate, he had to come to the court...
Kerela High Court bench consisting of Justice Bechu Kurian Joseph heard a petition. The issue in the petition was with regard to the changed name of the petitioner. The Bench observed that to have a name and express the...
The online summit of Non-Aligned Movement Group took place on May 4, 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also participated in the summit which took place through video conferencing.ย 'United Against COVID-19' was the theme of the summit. The present...
Aย Public Interest Litigationย (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court seeks return of Indian migrants from Kuwait. Done through a specific direction permitting only chartered flights from the State of Kuwait to land at Indian airports. Apprising the Court of Kuwait's...
The Supreme Court of India reserved order on a plea seeking restoration of 4G internet connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir.ย Particularly to enable access to health services and online education during COVID-19 lockdown. A bench comprising ofย Justices N...
Tis Hazari Courts rejected the bail application of a patient who showed symptoms of COVID-19 virus. He was arrested as he tried to escape the quarantine centre. He also created a disturbance and beat up police officials.
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India has demarche a senior Pakistani diplomat; in addition to registering a strong protest to Pakistan against Supreme Court of Pakistan order on the so-called Gilgit-Baltistan. โIt was clearly conveyed that the entire Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir...
The Governor of Karnataka, on April 27, 2020, gave his assent to the National Law School Of India (Amendment) Act, 2020. Thereby, the school (NLSIU, Bengaluru) shall reserve horizontally twenty-five per cent of seats for students of Karnataka.
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A group of eminent citizens and members of civil society have written to the Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar; demanding immediate measures to implement the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)....
The Delhi High Court decided to limit its and the district courts' functioning to urgent matters only till May 17; as per the extended nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Justice D N Patel heads the Administrative...
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC); has recommended granting of Environmental Clearance (EC) to the expansion and renovation of the existing Parliament building. The EAC, in its meetings held...
Advocate Siddharth Acharya filed a petition in the Delhi High Court. The petition sought action against Zafar-ul-Islam Khan, the chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission. He allegedly made inflammatory and threatening statements against the Hindu community. The petition cites...
Advocate Sanjay M Nuli filed a petition in the Supreme Court on behalf of Sri Master RKGMM Mahaswamiji. The petition sought quashing of presidential orders dated April 30. Explicitly, appointing a "junior" as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High...
Fearing the risk of COVID-19 spreading through infected dead bodies, a Mumbai resident moved Supreme Court seeking a stay on burials being allowed in three cemeteries next to his residential area. Petitioner Pradeep Gandhy moved a Special leave petition;...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a writ of Habeas Corpus filed before it. The petition was filed in the case of Mustak Hussain & Anr. v. State of Haryana & Ors. The petition sought the release of...
The Rajasthan High Court, in a case, upheld the rights of a child rape survivor over the rights of an unborn child. The judgment was delivered in an appeal to a writ petition filed by a pregnant child rape...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court launched a project under which inmates at Patiala Central Jail will prepare face masks for the needy. Justice Rajan Gupta, Administrative judge of Sessions Division, Patiala has launched the project. He is also...
After reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the country, the Centre extended the lockdown by two more weeks. In essence, from May 4, 2020, to May 18, 2020. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), issued guidelines for different zones across the...
A corporate lobbyist, Deepak Talwar was accused in the aviation scandal. Talwar filed for bail before a Special Judge. Of course, Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed the bail during the hearing held via video conferencing. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) claims...
Two days ago, MHA allowed migrant labourers, students, pilgrims or tourists with no COVID-19 symptoms to return to their home states. For this reason, the centre said special trains will run amid the nationwide lockdown. Addressing a press conference,...
Calcutta High Court heard a PIL related to the progress made by the State Government in terms of tackling the menace of COVID-19 pandemic. During the hearing, the Court cautioned the media to dissuade itself from "irresponsible reporting". The...
On April 16, two saints travelling from Mumbai to Surat lynched at Palghar by a mob of 200 people. As a result, both the sadhus died. Advocate Shankar Shekhar Jha filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking Court-Monitored...
Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi helped convert an old bus into Mobile Testing Laboratory for COVID-19. He also funded the acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for frontline healthcare workers. Additionally, the former Attorney General donated to the PM-CARES...
Renowned Advocate Prashant Bhushan filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution. The writ petition sought quashing of the FIR registered against him. The FIR was filed by the Gujarat Police alleging that...
Advocate Amit Sahani sought directions to the telephone operators and internet services providers; not to charge any amount from businesses or households that remained closed amid lockdown. The advocate filed the petition before the Delhi High Court seeking such...