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MHA clarifies Misplaced Apprehensions of Industry Associations regarding Legal liability on Company CEOs, if employees found COVID-19 positive

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on 15.04.2020, had issued an order to exempt certain activities under the consolidated revised guidelines to fight COVID-19, in

Appointments & Transfers News

Transfer Order | Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC Justice Mohammad Rafiq transferred as Chief Justice of Orissa HC

President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, transfers Justice Mohammad Rafiq, Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, as Chief

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Karnataka HC | Appointment of an Additional Judge for a period of two years

President appoints Savanur Vishwajith Shetty, to be an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court, for a period of two years with

Appointments & Transfers News

Appointment of Justice Dipankar Datta of Calcutta HC as the Chief Justice of Bombay HC

President appoints Justice Dipankar Datta, Judge of the Calcutta High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court with

Appointments & Transfers News

Justice Biswanath Somadder, Judge of Allahabad HC appointed as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC

President appoints Justice Biswanath Somadder, Judge of the Allahabad High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court with

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Press Council of India takes Suo motu Cognizance on the alleged attack on Journalist Arnab Goswami – Calls for a Report from Government of Maharashtra

The Press Council of India is distressed to know about the alleged attack on Mr Arnab Goswami purportedly for his views as

Law School News Others

Change in Law Colleges/Universities Schedule due to COVID-19

Reported by Student Ambassadors

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Union Power Ministry advises States/UTs to allow construction activities in the power projects outside Municipal limits during nation-wide lockdown for COVID-19 outbreak after observing health protocols

Union Power Ministry has advised the State/UT administrations to allow construction activities in the power projects outside Municipal limits during nation-wide lockdown

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Defilement of river Periyar; Court takes suo motu cognizance, issues notice to State authorities

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. took suo motu cognizance of issue regarding suspected defilement of river Periyar. Bench stated that pollution of

Case Briefs High Courts

[Coronavirus] Kar HC | State Govt. response sought on incident wherein doctors, nurses, ASHA workers assaulted; breach of social distancing guidelines, held in a marriage ceremony at a political leader’s house

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J., asked for the State Government’s response with regard

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Depositing Rs 25,000 to Corona Relief fund as a condition to grant bail — improper and unjust

Kerala High Court: C.S. Dias, J., allowed the present petition while quashing the condition imposed by Sessions Judge for granting bail. Petitioner was

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[Coronavirus] State of Missouri v. The People’s Republic of China | “Appalling campaign of deceit, concealment, misfeasance, and inaction by Chinese authorities unleashed this pandemic”

As reported by Economic Times, A Lawsuit has been filed by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt against the Chinese government, the ruling

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Increase of threshold — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 | An Act done in Haste?

by Wasim Beg* & Swarnendu Chatterjee**

Legislation Updates Statutes/Bills/Ordinances

President gives assent for promulgation of Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020| To protect healthcare service personnel and property including their living/working premises against violence during epidemics

President gives assent for promulgation of Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020| To protect healthcare service personnel and property including their living/working premises

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Masterclass @ Daksha: Regulatory and Policy Forecast for the Telecom Sector

While the world grapples with coronavirus, the telecom and technology sector has seen one of the biggest deals ever in the form

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Bombay HC | High Court of Bombay and Courts subordinate to it shall not avail Summer Vacation

Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and the Administrative Judges of the Bombay High Court have decided that the High Court

Cabinet Decisions Legislation Updates

Cabinet approves extension of relaxation of mandatory requirement of Aadhaar seeding of data in respect of beneficiaries of States of Assam and Meghalaya and UTs of J&K and Ladakh for 1 year

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to relax the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar seeding of data beneficiaries of the States of

Case Briefs High Courts

Jha HC | State informs that alternate burial/cremation sites for persons dying due to COVID-19 infection have been identified & notified

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. disposed of a petition with regard

High Courts

Coronavirus | Kar HC | Decision to open super markets 24×7 is a policy decision; Nothing per se illegal in allowing BMTC buses to transport people connected with essential services

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J., while addressing a petition held that, “…decision

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MHA directs States/UTs to take strict action against offenders obstructing last rites of healthcare professionals and frontline workers succumbing to COVID-19

Under the directions of Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has again directed all