BCI directed to furnish annual report in compliance with RTI Act
Central Information Commission (CIC): While reprimanding the Bar Council of India (BCI) for not complying with mandatory disclosure clause in S. 4(1)(b) RTI
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CNLU wins 4th edition of the Mahamana Malviya Moot Court Competition
Reported by Shivam Narain
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Repudiation of insurance claim of overloaded bus, justified
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): While observing that huge overloading of vehicles adversely affects the steering control and increases the chance of
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Obscene act in private place will be no offence
Bombay High Court: Quashing an FIR against men who were arrested from a party, a bench comprising of Naresh H Patil and
Continue readingMental Health Centres directed not to place patients with suicidal/behavioural problems in the nude in solitary confinement
Kerala High Court: Observing that the right to life is the right to live with dignity which applies equally to those of
Continue readingEnglish Court has jurisdiction to determine proceedings concerning the future welfare of two young girls who are Hungarian Nationals
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: Deciding on an appeal as to whether courts of England or Hungary should have jurisdiction to determine
Continue readingDirections issued to the Tamil Nadu Government to create Special Cells to tackle the growing menace of honour killings in the State
Madras High Court: Raising concerns over the rising cases of honour killing, the Bench of V. Ramasubramanian, J., issued directions in order
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Merchant Shipping (Seafarer’s Bio-metric Identity Document) Rules, 2016
The Central Government in exercise of power conferred by sub-section (2) of section 99A and section 457 of the Merchant Shipping Act,
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Delhi High Courts’s order striking down the S. 8(2) of the Delhi School Education Act, 1973 held bad in law
Supreme Court: Upholding the validity of Section 8(2) of the Delhi School Education Act, 1973 the Court held the said provision is
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HDFC Bank directed to pay Rs 5 lakh to an Indian couple who was stuck abroad due to non-activation of debit card
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): NCDRC has directed HDFC Bank to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to an Indian couple
Continue reading‘Rule of law’ cannot be administered if Courts are boycotted and prevented from functioning properly
Tripura High Court: Taking suo motu cognizance of the disturbances created by the respondent by not allowing the Additional and District Sessions
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Introduction of definition of e – commerce in Foreign Trade Policy (2015-2020)
The Central Government in exercise of power conferred by Section 5 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 of the
Continue readingAccused cannot be subjected to narcoanalysis, polygraph and BEAP tests against his will & consent
Chhattisgarh High Court: Deciding the question as to the legal permissibility of narcoanalysis, polygraph test (lie detector) and BEAP (Brain Electrical Activation
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The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Rules, 2016 notified
The Principal Rules namely the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 has been amended by the Scheduled
Continue readingContracting second marriage without the permission of the Central Government even if permissible under the personal law, amounts to misconduct
Tripura High Court– Deciding on a writ petition directed against the order of a court of inquiry whereby the petitioner had been
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No Rebate/Remission for Stamp duty paid in another State in case of Scheme of Arrangement
Bombay High Court: While discussing the scheme of stamp duty pertaining to the chargeability of instruments, the Court held that in case
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Allegations of anti-competitive conduct against National Securities Depository Ltd., rejected as premature
Competition Commission of India (CCI): While observing that an alleged anti-competitive conduct can be initiated by the Commission in terms of provisions of
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RML Reacts: BCI’s Recommendation on Dress Code in Institutes
Reported by Ankit Yadav
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