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National Migrant Information System for capturing information on movement of migrants and better inter-State co-ordination launched

Government of India has allowed the movement of migrant workers by buses and ‘Shramik’ special trains to enable them to travel to

Interviews

Bhumika Billa, on writing a book with Wolters Kluwer, getting into Oxbridge and working with the Negotiation Academy

Interviewed by Shreya Aggarwal

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Call for Papers | UPES Law Review

UPES Law Review is pleased to announce its upcoming Special Issue on “COVID-19: Impact on Law and Policy” (Last date for Submission

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Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow | National Webinar on Financial Planning and Awareness During COVID

Reported by Saman Rehman

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Supreme Court Summer Vacation rescheduled

The Registrar (ADMN.G) has notified that the period from 18th May, 2020 to 19th June, 2020 (both inclusive) shall be declared as

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[Day-5] 20 Lakh Crore Economic Package | FM unfurls last crunch of economic stimulus; Non-Strategic PSUs to be Privatised by GOI; No fresh Insolvency proceedings upto 1 Year [Read Major Breakthroughs]

LIVE UPDATES [17th May, 2020]: Focus: MNREGA, Health, education, Business, De-Criminalisation of Co. Act, Ease of Doing Business, State Governments, Public Sector

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XIII NLSTIAM goes virtual this year

Reported by Anushree Jain

Interviews

In conversation with Naseer Husain Jafri and Umair Ahmad Andrabi on starting FAITH(NGO) to bring reforms in the field of higher education and research

Interviewed by Syed Haroon

Fact Checks News

Fact Check: Did the Supreme Court pass any order staying MHA Order dated 29-03-2020 directing private companies to make full payments to their employees? [Updated]

Nilufer Bhateja, Editorial Assistant has put this story together

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | “Host State in which migrant workers were working should be made accountable for their safety & well being; States expected to act in unison, rendering assistance to poorer section”

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of N. Kirubakaran and R. Hemalatha, JJ., while addressing a petition, held that, “It is not only

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Breaking | [Day-4] Unravelling of 20 Lakh Crore Package | FM cracks the 4th tranche of economic relief package; Power Distribution Companies in UTs to be Privatised

LIVE UPDATES [16-05-2020]: Focal Point: Structural Reforms Reforms 8 Sectors: Coal, Minerals, Defence Production, Airspace Management, MRO, Distribution Companies in UTs, Space

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[COVID-19] Karnataka HC and its Subordinate Courts to remain closed till 6th June, 2020

Karnataka High Court alongwith all the District Judiciary, Family Courts, Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals in the State shall be closed till

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Additional Advocate General, Government of Haryana assures Court that issuance of e-passes to people manning essential services has started

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ., addressed a Public Interest Litigation with regard to issuance of e-passes

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20-year-old Manipur Girl, subjected to racial discrimination & brutally attacked by some locals in Gurugram; Victim was called “Corona”: NHRC takes suo moto cognizance

The National Human Rights Commission, has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a 20-year-old girl hailing from Manipur, was subjected

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Challenges for listed companies in conducting Annual General Meeting through video-conferencing

by Gaurav N Pingle*

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Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry: UN rights expert

UN independent expert while monitoring the Vizag Gas Leak stated, “deadly toxic gas leak at a Korean-owned polymer plant in south-eastern India,

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Kerala HC to start functioning with full strength from 18th May, 2020 onwards, after Mid Summer Vacation

Kerala High to open with its full working strength from 18th May, 2020 after the Mid Summer Vacation, if there are no

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MHA to States/UTs: Ensure Migrant Workers do not have to walk back home, and perform the journey only in buses & ‘Shramik’ Special Trains being run by Government specifically for this purpose

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on 11.05.2020, wrote to all States/UTs to facilitate faster movement of stranded migrant workers to their

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NHRC takes cognizance of a migrant mother pulling a suitcase with her child sleeping half hung thereon on Agra Highway

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about a mother pulling a suitcase with

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Rehana’s Dreams | 1st National Level Literary Competition ‘Penlightenment’ : Register by June 10

Reported by Nisha Gupta