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The Advocates League Presents Webinar on Emergence of ADR as the Ultimate Resort: No Registration Fee

05 Jul 2020
About The Advocates League ‘The Advocates League’ is an organization, which is devoted to work in the field of legal research, its publications, organizing conferences/ seminars on vari...
 

1st Edition Reñira Model United Nations on 11th and 12th July 2020

05 Jul 2020
The agendas and the committees are listed below •           United Nations General Assembly DISEC Agenda: Addressing the risks of cyber ter...
 

‘If Judges can decide on administration, what's the purpose of election?’, this State Assembly Speaker sparks row

05 Jul 2020
Andhra Pradesh State Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram has triggered a controversy by accusing the judiciary of interfering in the policy decisions of the popularly elected state government. &ldqu...
 

Won’t allow provisional recognition of NSFs without adherence to sports code: HC to Sports Ministry

05 Jul 2020
On Friday, the Delhi High Court said the practice of granting provisional recognition to National Sports Federations (NSFs) in the country without ascertaining whether they are following the spor...
 

Home buyers of delayed Real Estate projects hit by Lockdown as Courts, Govt Agencies function at a limited capacity

05 Jul 2020
Homebuyers of several delayed real estate projects in the city have been hit hard by the ongoing nationwide lockdown as several governmental agencies and the courts continue to function at a limited c...
 

High Court allows 12-year-old rape survivor to terminate Pregnancy

05 Jul 2020
The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed a 12-year-old rape survivor to get her 23-week long pregnancy medically terminated. The mother of the survivor had filed the petition in the first week of Ju...
 

'If anyone has seen God, his skin colour?', HC Judge stresses on elimination of Racial Abuse

05 Jul 2020
Stressing that more efforts are required to eliminate racial abuse, the Punjab and Haryana high court’s justice RN Raina asked if anyone has ever seen God or knows his skin colour. The remark...
 

LatestLaws.com Partner Event: RKB Law College & Kokrajhar Law College present National Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (8th - 12th July,2020), Register Now!

05 Jul 2020
LatestLaws.com is Proud Media Partner for the Workshop. ABOUT THE HOST INSTITUTES Dr. Rohini Kanta Barua Law College popularly known as RKB Law College was  established in the year 1976. Th...
 

High Court removes controversial 'Our Women' remark from Judicial Order [Read Order]

05 Jul 2020
The Karnataka High Court has expunged the remarks on a complainant in a rape case.  Justice Krishna S Dixt, while allowing regular bail, had remarked in the order that that it was "unbeco...
 

HC seeks instruction from State regarding reopening of Nursing Education Institutions (Read Order)

05 Jul 2020
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed Additional Advocate General Manish Goel appearing for the state to seek instruction from the UP government pertaining to its decision of reopening all nu...
 

Chief Justice of HC: Judges should refrain from taking up Administrative issues of HC on their Judicial Side

05 Jul 2020
The running of a High Court on the administrative side cannot be permitted to be “taken up” by each and every judge on the judicial side as he thinks fit as that would lead to collapse of...
 

British Judge denies Maduro's claim on gold worth $2 billion in London bank

04 Jul 2020
A British judge on Thursday refused to give Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro control of nearly $2 billion in gold sitting in a Bank of England vault because Britain does not recognize the sociali...
 

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Lawmaker leaves homeland after China passes Security Law

04 Jul 2020
With China imposing the national security law in Hong Kong, several pro-democracy activists are fleeing their homeland. Nathan Law, a former lawmaker, and pro-democracy&...
 

Criminal Complaint against Lady Advocate for abusing and threatening IPS Officer's Wife

04 Jul 2020
Vandana Venkatesh, a 28-year-old corporate advocate, who is accused of abusing and threatening an IPS officer’s wife, said the complaint against her is false and it was in fact the latter who sp...
 

NEET, JEE Main Exam 2020 postponed to September; correction window re-opned

04 Jul 2020
National Testing Agency has reopened the correction window for NEET and JEE Main exam 2020 on the official websites neet.nta.nic.in and remain.nta.nic.in respectively from today that is July 4, 2020....
 

HDFC Chairman disagrees with SC seeking explanation from RBI on Loan Moratorium, terms it unfortunate

04 Jul 2020
Chairman of India’s largest mortgage lender HDFC Ltd, Deepak Parekh in his annual letter to shareholders has questioned the Supreme Court’s decision to bring the Reserve Bank of India (RBI...
 

TN Wall Collapse: VCK demands ₹ 25 lakh compensation, govt job for deceased's kin

04 Jul 2020
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) Zonal Secretary Susi Kalaiyarsan on Monday demanded Rs 25 lakh compensation for the kin of those who lost their lives in compound wall collapse here at Mettup...
 

Man enters Jarawa Tribe Reserve to exploit Members for Wild Boar, Local Admin fears COVID-19 spread

04 Jul 2020
Andaman Police arrested a man after he tried to exploit the Jarawa tribe members by offering alcohol in exchange of wild boar, turtle and venison for meat. The administration now fears spread of the n...
 

HC quashes Non-Bailable Warrant issued against former MP Jaya Prada (Read Order)

04 Jul 2020
The Allahabad High Court while allowing the application filed by former MP Jaya Prada before this Court quashed all orders as well as non-bailable warrant issued against her by  the Additional Di...
 

'Certificate Cases cost Public Money', SC raps Govt Officials for filing in appeals in cases as sham

04 Jul 2020
The Supreme Court has criticized the attitude of government officials to file appeals in cases as a sham to get "certificates of dismissal". Pointing out that these pretenses cost public...
 

SCDRC: Delayed Issuance of Passport, not under the ambit of Consumer Protection Act (Read Order)

04 Jul 2020
The Punjab State and Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has observed that the service provided by the airport authorities does not qualify or equate with the definition of “service” as...
 

Settlement between Mask Merchants in 3M Co. V. Geftico LLC

04 Jul 2020
It is not incorrect to pin-point that COVID-19 has impacted the life of humans in different ways. Alas! Who thought that a time would arrive where it shall become mandatory for humans to cover their m...
 

'No request ever from Chinese Govt for Indian-user's data', TikTok letters Indian Govt

04 Jul 2020
Social Media app TikTok distanced itself from Beijing after India banned 59 Chinese apps in the country, according to a correspondence seen by Reuters. In a letter to the Indian government dated Ju...
 

'Accepted Int'l Arbitration Award', Centre asks SC to dispose all pending pleas related to Italian Marines Case

04 Jul 2020
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has accepted the international tribunal award in the killing of two India fishermen by Italian marines and asked it to close the matter pending before...
 

DHCBA writes to CJ of Delhi HC for waiver of license fee and min electricity charges in respect to Lawyer's Chamber [Read Letter]

04 Jul 2020
On Thursday, the Delhi High Court Bar Association has written to the Chief Justice, Delhi High Court regarding the waiver of of license fee and min electricity charges in respect to Lawyer's...
 

Constrain of Pre-existing legal theories on judicial practice: Exemplified by cases

04 Jul 2020
The Author, Kumar Kaustubh, is a 1st-year, BBA.LLB student at Christ University, Bangalore. He is Campus Ambassdor of LatestLaws.com. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywher...
 

Provide basic necessities to convicts’ families whose bail plea denied due to COVID-19 situation: HC

04 Jul 2020
The Gujarat high court has ordered jail authorities to ensure that basic necessities are made available to distressed family members of murder convicts, whose pleas for temporary bail in vie...
 

'Hub and Spoke' Cartelisation by Ola and Uber: Explained

04 Jul 2020
The Author, Shivam Goel is an Advocate practising on the original and appellate side of the High Court of Delhi. Preface: A traditional hub and spoke cartel is one wherein there is exchange...
 

SC to reopen its Filing Counters for physical acceptance of documents/filing from 4th July [Read Notice]

04 Jul 2020
On Friday, the Supreme Court Registry informed that Filing Counters will re-open for physical acceptance of documents/filing from 4.7.2020 onwards in continuation of Circular dated 19th June, 202...
 

This HC's Judges to 'work from home' after death of Judicial Officer due to COVID-19

04 Jul 2020
Chief justice J K Maheshwari of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has finally dispensed with the practice of judges and staff having to go to the court complex in the capital city of Amaravati to conduct...
 

Journalist suspended for 'Hinduphobic' tweet on Lord Krishna

04 Jul 2020
On Thursday, Hindustan Times said it was suspending a journalist for her tweets on Hindu god Lord Krishna. Several Twitterati had called her tweets ‘derogatory and Hinduphobic’. HT twee...
 

HC: Greed driven investors aiming High interest shall be prepared for consequences

04 Jul 2020
In a significant judgment that may change the way courts proceed against those receiving investments on promises of giving unbelievably high returns, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clea...
 

Spitting in Public Areas in National Capital to attract Rs.1000 fine

03 Jul 2020
Receiving flak from the traders for inaction against people violating norms during the pandemic in public places, New Delhi Municipal Council launched a special drive on Thurs...
 

Digital payments bounce back to pre-Covid levels

03 Jul 2020
Digital payment transactions through the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), cards and mobile wallets have made a near V-shaped recovery this month. Volumes had plunged nearly 60% in April after a c...
 

In big relief to GST taxpayers; Late fee on returns capped till July to ₹500

03 Jul 2020
In a major relief to GST taxpayers, the government has decided to cap the maximum late fee for Form GSTR-3B at Rs 500 per return for the tax period July 2017 to July...
 

'India's move to Ban apps discriminatory under WTO rules', says China

03 Jul 2020
China said on Thursday it hopes India would correct its “discriminatory” actions against Chinese companies, three days after the latter banned 59 mobile applications, mostly Chinese, amid...
 

HC directs Witness Protection to Eye Witnesses in Custodial Death Case

03 Jul 2020
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court (HC) on Thursday ordered the police to send a lady police official, who is the key eyewitness in the alleged Tuticorin custodial father-son death case, on a...
 

Priest in US files Petition to stop federal Execution of Death row Convicts over Covid 19

03 Jul 2020
A Zen Buddhist priest, who is a spiritual adviser to one of three federal death row inmates scheduled to be executed this month, filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing the Bureau of Prisons is putting him a...
 

Two journalists tortured in Pakistan for covering Quarantine Centre in Balochistan province

03 Jul 2020
Two Pakistan TV reporters were recently tortured for three days by the paramilitary force for covering a quarantine centre located in southwestern Balochistan province, reported&nb...
 

'Knowledge of English no determinant of Intelligence', BCI constitute 7-Member Committee to look into 'CLAT in Regional Language' issue

03 Jul 2020
Bar Council of India has constituted a committee to consider the feasibility of conducting the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for law school admissions in vernacular languages. The BCI said...
 
 

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