MMU | 6th Edition of National Moot Court Competition , 2023
DEPARTMENT OF LAW, MM(DU) MULLANA IS ORGANIZING ITS 6TH NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION IN THE MONTH OF APRIL (20TH, 21ST & 22ND
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11th RGNUL National Moot Court Competition, 2023| Register by March 5
ABOUT RGNUL The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (RGNUL) is an autonomous National Law University (NLU) established under the second
Evidence can be appreciated best only when it is recorded in the language of the witness: Supreme Court
The observation of the Supreme Court came in a case where the deposition of the prosecutrix was recorded by the trial court in English language though she had deposed in her vernacular language.
‘Each breach of promise to marry is not a false promise’; Supreme Court acquits man accused of rape by a mother of three
The Supreme Court observed that the prosecutrix had betrayed her husband and three children by having relationship with the accused during the subsistence of her marriage and had continued to live with the accused even after finding out that he was a married man having children.
Supreme Court calls out Rajasthan High Court for making ‘unwarranted observations’ while deciding a murder case remitted to it
It was observed that judicial discipline required that once the conviction was confirmed by the Supreme Court that too after hearing the accused, the High Court should not have thereafter made any comment on the merits of the case.
NLUD | Advanced Course on Skills for Practicing Law [6 — 10 February 2023]
The National Law University Delhi Pro-Bono Club invites applications from students studying law from any law school for an online, ‘Advanced Course
Right to Information| Chargesheets and final reports not equivalent to FIRs; can’t be published on State Websites for public access: Supreme Court
The prayer seeking free public access to chargesheets and final reports was made relying on ruling in Youth Bar Association of India v. Union of India, (2016) 9 SCC 473, wherein the Supreme Court had directed copies of FIRs to be published within 24 hours of their registration on the police websites or on the websites of the State Governments.
In conversation with Puneet Bhasin on her journey in the field of Information Technology Laws
Interviewed by Achintaya Soni
UWSL International Moot Court Competition, 2023
ABOUT UWSL Unitedworld School of Law (UWSL) is a constituent school of Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The school is duly
Journey of Samrridhi Mishra from being a science student to securing AIR 1 in CLAT PG
Interviewed by Saman Rahman
5th Bennett University National Moot Court Competition (BNMCC)
ABOUT BENNETT UNIVERSITY Bennett University has been established by the ‘Times Group’, India’s largest media conglomerate through Act No. 24
Can’t allow collateral attack on the criminal convictions: High Court of the Republic of Singapore dismisses constitutional challenge by 4 inmates against provisions in drug law
“Despite the claimants’ assertion that they seek only to examine the Constitution, the true subject matter of the present application is the propriety of the claimants’ convictions, which were the remit of their respective cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal. This application for permission amounts to a collateral attack on the earlier criminal decisions.”
2nd Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, National Moot Court Competition, 2023 [February 10-12, 2023]
About MNLU, Nagpur Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur was established by the Government of Maharashtra by way of enactment known
Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to a woman accused of Bigamy
The woman has alleged that she has been falsely implicated in a case of bigamy and cheating, on the basis of a clerical mistake committed by the Bank agent who mistakenly entered the name of her business partner as her husband and Nominee.
‘Sentencing policy’s twin objective is deterrence and correction’; Bombay High Court reduces POCSO convict’s sentence in a 7-year-old’s sexual assault case
The Court observed that the convict was a young boy of 20 years, who has no father, and was shouldering the responsibility of his widowed sister and her son, hence, imprisonment for a term of 14 years would be adequate, to teach him a lesson.
Uttaranchal High Court | Word “appears” under Section 319 CrPC has great significance; Higher level of satisfaction than mere prima facie case is required for summoning of an accused
Uttaranchal High Court: While allowing the revision petitions, the single judge bench of Ravindra Maithani, J. has held that Sessions
“Definition of ‘victim’ as found in CrPC cannot be rendered a restrictive meaning”; Karnataka HC holds that legal heir has locus to continue the case initiated by the deceased complainant
Karnataka High Court: In the instant petition for quashment, the issue arose that whether a legal heir should be permitted to come
DSNLU | National Seminar on Mass Torts and Industrial Disasters [7th & 8th January 2022]
About DSNLU With the growing importance of quality legal education, various national law schools have matured a lot in their innovative ideas
Karnataka HC | In sexual assault cases, DNA report favouring the accused will not automatically absolve such accused of the offences so alleged
Karnataka High Court: While deliberating over the instant petition seeking termination of proceedings under the provisions of the POCSO Act,