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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...
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...
Criminal Law is one of the most intimate branches of law when viewed from a societal standpoint. Crime stands intertwined with society itself, and with the lives of almost every person within society. Often, victims or witnesses of crime...
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 developing at a rapid rate. But there are still some age-old and objectionable practices that pull us miles behind. Sex-selective infanticide is one such a practice. Female infanticide is a heinous crime. In simple terms, it is...
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...
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.
Statements of the...
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...
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...
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...
A division bench comprising of Justice SS Shinde and Justice VG Bisht Bombay High Court rejected a quashing petition last month. Explicitly, the petition was for the quashing of an FIR. The FIR stated sexual assault and criminal intimidation...
Delhi High Court has directed initiation of proceedings against police officers. For the reason of not registering FIR upon receiving complaints of abuse and harassment of a Dalit man. The issue of such proceedings comes under Section 4 of...
42 CRPF officers for 51st batch of the Directly Appointed Gazetted Officers turned up wearing the uniform with face masks and gloves for the force's first E-Passing Out Parade (POP). The trainee officers completed their 52 weeks-long training at...
Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment. It related to kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old for ransom in Nagpur in 2014. The Supreme Court bench comprised of Justices UU Lalit, Indu Malhotra &...
The Union Cabinet approved the promulgation of an ordinance on April 22, 2020. The President has given his assent for the promulgation of the ordinance. The Ordinance is to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. In effect, there would...
NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) has issued a notice to DGP, Maharashtra on 21.04.20. The notice was in effect to a complaint. The complaint was about the mob lynching of three persons in the presence of police in Palghar...
The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Centre to issue an advisory. They asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to issue guidelines/ advisory to all the states and Union Territories. The advisory must emphasize on the implementation...
Bihar Sharif Court in Nalanda district of Bihar rescued a 16-year-old boy. Juvenile Justice Board in Bihar Sharif area detained him. He was apprehended for committing theft. He snatched the purse of a woman in the marketplace. However, interestingly,...
The office of Special Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra issued an advisory warning on April 08, 2020. The warning stated that admins of WhatsApp groups along with users could be punished for posting objectionable content on WhatsApp groups. The...
The Delhi Bar Association addressed a letter to Delhi Chief Minister and Delhi Police Commissioner. For allowing advocates to commute to their chambers. Given that, Delhi Bar Association assured that advocates will maintain strict social distancing norms while commuting....
A PIL seeking a writ of certiorari for quashing of registration of FIRs under Section 188 of IPC has been filed in the Supreme Court. Section 188 of IPC states "Disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant"....
INTERPOL has issued guidelines to help enhance the safety and effectiveness of law enforcement agencies in the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing the importance of law enforcement agencies in the battle against COVID-19, the guidelines highlight the emerging crimes in the...
Shaleen Kabra, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government of J&K issued an order dated 03.04.2020 stating that the internet speed restrictions as imposed earlier shall continue till April 15. The move comes with a view to maintain public order...
Six people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat were sent for observation in Ghaziabad after they showed symptoms of COVID-19. This step was taken as the Tablighi Jamaat is a mass religious gathering at Nizamuddin in Delhi attended by people...
The nationwide lockdown was announced by the union government on 24.03.2020. The Supreme Court of India also issued guidelines to adhere to in the lockdown. However, cases of overcrowding have been consistently increasing. In terms of the rise in...
India has a comprehensive set of legislation in place to maintain law and order. The defence of the country is taken care of by the Indian Army and other paramilitary forces, and the internal peace and security are taken...
Mahatma Gandhi and Bal Gangadhar Tilak were the first prominent personalities who were charged with Sedition during the British Colonial Rule.
“Sec 124 (A) under which I am happily charged, is perhaps the prince among the political sections of the...
The Constitution of India grants the right to freedom of religion under Articles 25 to 28. The sub-section 2 of Article 28 does not bar an educational institution, which is administered by the State but has been established under any endowment or...
The Road Transport Ministry has notified a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that encourages more bystanders to come forward and help road crash victims by taking them to hospitals or informing the police about such an accident.
According to the SOP,...
Perjury in law is the crime of telling a lie in a Court after promising to tell the truth promised under an oath. In the Jessica Lal Murder case, the apex court has nullified the perjury prosecution against the...