Citizenship (Amendment) Act row | SC issues notice to Centre; No stay on the implementation of the Act
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and BR Gavai and Surya Kant, JJ has issued notice to Centre on
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New details regarding CLAT 2020 released
The Executive Committee of Consortium of NLUs met on 11th December, 2019 to discuss the modalities that were initiated in the previous
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Citizenship (Amendment) Act row | SC refuses to intevene in Jamia protests; Asks petitioners to approach HCs first
Supreme Court: Refusing to intervene in the incidents involving the violence taking place at the Jamia Milia University and the Aligarh Muslim
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New Guidelines and Simplified Approval Process for Coal Projects; to Enhance Ease of Doing Business
In sync with the Government’s commitment to ‘Ease of doing business’, the Ministry of Coal has decided to simplify the process of
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Death Penalty to Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case
As reported by media, A Three-Judge Bench of the Lahore High Court has pronounced the death penalty for General Pervez Musharraf in
Continue readingJessica Lal Murder Case | Delhi HC | Convict Manu Sharma’s plea for release to be heard on 6-2-2020
As reported by ANI, Delhi High Court has set 06-02-2020 as the date on which Manu Sharma’s plea will be heard with
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Editors Guild of India has deplored indefensible acts of violence perpetrated on employees of Prag News a 24×7 Assamese news channel by police forces
Statement issued by — Editors Guild of India The Editors Guild of India has deplored the indefensible acts of violence perpetrated on
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United Nations | India’s new Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 is fundamentally discriminatory in nature
United Nations Human Rights Commissioner in a press briefing has put forward its concern stating that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 is
Continue readingJamia Milia Violence | Delhi HC | No urgent listing of plea against police action
Jamia Milia Violence | Jamia Protest | Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 Sunday evening on 15-12-2019 turned out to be full of fear
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Citizenship (Amendment) Act row| We will hear the matter tomorrow but the rioting must stop: SC
Supreme Court: When a battery of senior lawyers including India Jaising, Colin Gonsalves, Salman Khurshid, etc approached the Court to take the
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Unnao Rape case | Tis Hazari Court | Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar convicted under S. 376 IPC & Ss. 5(c) & 6 of POCSO
UPDATE Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar accused of raping a minor in Unnao in the year 2017 has been now convicted and found
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In Lok Sabha | Online Selling of Medicines without qualification
Sale of drugs in the country is regulated under the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945 thereunder by
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Winter Session of the Lok Sabha adjourned sine die; Apology demanded over Rahul Gandhi’s “Rape remarks”
Winter Session of the Lok Sabha adjourns sine die with few major bills being passed. As reported by PTI, An apology was
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Ayodhya| All petitions seeking review of the 5-judge bench Ayodhya verdict dismissed
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench headed by SA Bobde, CJ has dismissed a batch of petitions seeking review of its November 9
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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet passes a bill that proposes capital punishment & justice in 21 days in cases of rape
As reported by media, Cabinet of the State of Andhra Pradesh has cleared the passage for a bill that proposes capital punishment
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Hyderabad encounter| 3-member panel headed by former SC judge Justice V S Sirpurkar to look into the legality of the encounter
Supreme Court: After the Court suggested yesterday that it was considering to appoint a former Supreme Court judge to enquire into the
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Hyderabad encounter| SC proposes to appoint Former SC judge to look into the legality of the encounter
Supreme Court: A bench of SA Bobde, CJ and SA Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has said it was considering to appoint
Continue readingTransparency in chit fund schemes
The Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, has informed that to facilitate orderly growth of the Chit Funds sector, to remove
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Nirbhaya Case| One of the death row convicts files review petition seeking leniency
Supreme Court: Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the brutal December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, has filed
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Delhi-NCR Pollution| SC partially lifts ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR; Allows construction from 6 AM to 6 PM
Supreme Court: The bench Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta, JJ has allowed construction activity in the Delhi-NCR region between 6 am and
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