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Serial Killer ''Cyanide'' Mohan Convicted In 20th Murder Case

22 Jun 2020
A Local court has convicted serial killer ''Cyanide'' Mohan, holding him guilty in the rape & murder of a young woman from Kasaragod in Kerala in 2009. This is the 20th & la...
 

NGT imposes Rs.10 Lakh Fine on State, says Polluting Lake is a Criminal act

22 Jun 2020
Pulling up the Govt. of Karnataka for its failure in stopping the unregulated discharge of pollutants into Kithiganahalli lake near Bommasandra, the National Green Tribunal imposed an interim pen...
 

Corporate Law: The Basic Concepts

22 Jun 2020
The Author, Adhip Ray, is a 3rd-year, BA.LLB student at Amity University, Kolkata. He is currently interning with LatestLaws.com. The article on “The Essential Elements of Corporate Law:...
 

Sigh Of Relief for HT Media in ‘HINDUSTAN.COM’ Domain Name Dispute

22 Jun 2020
In this promising digital age, any information whether related to IT, law, insurance, beauty, sports or whichever field someone wants to gain knowledge about, is right in front on the screens. Undenia...
 

Advocate remanded to Three Day Police Custody for fabricating Evidence

22 Jun 2020
The Court of Duty Magistrate Amandeep Kaur sent Lawyer Sohail Singh Brar & Moga based car dealer Pankaj Bansal to 3-day police custody for their alleged role in fabricating evidence in the Behbal...
 

HC Judge cites ’70s Bollywood hit Bobby to express concern over failing love marriages

22 Jun 2020
All is fair in love and war but judges of the Punjab and Haryana high court beg to differ. In the past week, two judges have expressed concern over the rise in the number of love marriages falling...
 

State lays down Criteria to appoint Pollution Board Chief

22 Jun 2020
The Govt. of Karnataka has set the criteria to appoint a chairperson to the State Pollution Control board.The aspirants to the post should hold a master’s degree in environment engineering or eq...
 

HC to BCI: Treat as representation plea to hold CLAT in Local Languages

22 Jun 2020
The High Court of Delhi has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to treat as a representation a plea seeking holding of the Common Law Admission Test of 2020, & those in future, in all local la...
 

SC allows Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra on certain conditions

22 Jun 2020
On Monday, the Supreme Court said it can't "micro-manage" Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra in Puri, and will leave it to the wisdom of state, Centre and temple management to take a c...
 

Safoora Zargar Case: Police opposes 'pregnancy' as ground for bail, states 39 deliveries took place in Tihar Jail in 10 yrs

22 Jun 2020
Stating that 39 deliveries have taken place in Delhi's Tihar Jail in the last 10 years, Delhi Police have maintained that pregnancy is no ground to give bail to Jamia Coordination Committee member...
 

Court fines Applicants who opposed use of Homoeopathic Drug against COVID-19

22 Jun 2020
A Pune Court has levied a fine of Rs 10,000 against two applicants, including a doctor, for filing case against civic officials for violating human rights by distributing & promoting the use of ar...
 

‘Allow Rath Yatra without Public participation’: Apex Court hears plea

22 Jun 2020
The Apex Court is hearing a bunch of pleas seeking modification in its order in which it had stayed Lord Jagannath’s famous Rath Yatra in Odisha. The Centre told the Supreme Court that annual...
 

Freedom of Speech and Expression: Case Analysis- Romesh Thappar v. State of Madras

22 Jun 2020
The Author, Udita Dalal is a­­ second year student of LL.B. at Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, NCR. FACTS The petitioner Romesh Thappar was a well-kno...
 

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22 Jun 2020
LatestLaws.com is proud Media-Partner of Two Days Online Workshop on 'Legal Drafting & Pleading Skills' organised by Law Joint to be held on 27th to 28th June. About the Organizati...
 

COVID-19: Bar Council of Gujarat permits Advocates in need to take up alternative job or do side business until Dec 31st [Read Resolution]

22 Jun 2020
On Sunday, in a major relief to its member lawyers, Bar Council of Gujarat has passed a resolution that needy Advocates, who are finding it difficult to meet ends due to the pursuant to...
 

Commissioner to Police: Ensure every Arrested Accused takes a Bath and is Tested for C19

22 Jun 2020
Detaining a suspect or arresting a habitual offender? Ensure the accused has taken a bath and changed his/her clothes before picking him/her up. This is a directive from Bengaluru city police commissi...
 

All about International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019

22 Jun 2020
The Author, Deepin Sahni is a 4th B.A.LLB. from Sharda University, Greater Noida. He currently interning with LatestLaws.com. Q 1) What is International Financial Services Centres A...
 

HC disposes of some petitions challenging Special Corona Fee on alcohol levied by GNCTD

22 Jun 2020
The Delhi High Court disposed of a batch of petitions challenging Special Corona Fee on alcohol but granted liberty to some of the petitioners, interested in the recovery of the excess amount paid con...
 

SC: Lockdown not akin to Emergency; Default Bail is an Indefeasible Right [Read Judgement]

22 Jun 2020
On Friday, Supreme Court has enunciated that the Lockdown announced by the Government due to COVID-19 is not akin to the proclamation of Emergency and thus holding that default bail is an indefeasible...
 

C19: Parents Body writes to DM to not reopen schools till September 30

22 Jun 2020
The members of Ghaziabad Parents’ Association (GPA) have written to the District Magistrate (DM) to suspend reopening of schools till Sept 30 due to high incidence of Coronavirus cases in the di...
 

Noida Golf Course fined ₹25 lakh by NGT for illegally extracting Groundwater

22 Jun 2020
The National Green Tribunal has slapped an interim fine of ₹25 lakh on the Noida Golf Course for allegedly illegally extracting groundwater through tube wells and using the same for horticulture purpo...
 

High Court: Justification cannot be created to bypass the mandate of Article 329(b) of the Constitution of India [Read Judgment]

21 Jun 2020
On 17 June 2020, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh comprising of Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal and  Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla in the case of Aman Sharma vs. The Chief Election Commissioner and anothe...
 

PIL in High Court: Challenging the validity of PMNRF and PM CARES Fund.

21 Jun 2020
On 19 June 2020, a PIL entitled Diva Pal Singh and ANR. V. Union Of India and ANR. is filed by Adv. Divya Pal Singh and Adv. Anubhav Singh filed the petition in Allahabad High Court challenging t...
 

SC expounds: Punishment of not being released until the last breath is Punitive enough to send a signal to the society rather than Death Sentence. [Read Order]

21 Jun 2020
On 15 June 2020, the Supreme Court of India comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice k.M. Joseph, in the case of State of Telangana v. Polepaka Praveen, deals with the issue that the death...
 

High Court directed the Bar Council of India to consider the issues regarding BCI Elections  [Read Order]

21 Jun 2020
On 18th June, The High Court of Delhi, in the case of Hari Shankar Singh versus Bar Council of India, comprising of Justice Navin Chawla ordered that for elections of Bar Council in Uttar Pradesh, the...
 

Judges in New York are killing the Housing Plans with orders

21 Jun 2020
The city badly needs housing. New zoning rules can help foster it, along with hundreds of millions’ worth of neighborhood goodies from builders and the city. And all with few tenants displaced....
 

Sr. Advocate Shyam Divan: When parties go to arbitration forum, that's the end of case; Don't expect award to be set aside except in rarest of rare scenario

21 Jun 2020
On Sunday, speaking in a Webinar Senior Advocate Shyam Divan called for adoption of an approach in Arbitration which is consistent with global norms He remarked that when partie...
 

SC expounds: Person whose name vehicle stands registered on the date of the accident to be treated as owner [Read Judgment]

21 Jun 2020
On 18th June 2020, the Supreme Court of India comprising of Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Indira Banerjee, expounds in the case of Surendra Kumar Bhilawe vs. The New India Assurance Company Limited...
 

SC reiterates: Maintenance of free and fair elections is one of the Fundamental Principle of Election Laws [Read Judgment]

21 Jun 2020
On, 19th June 2020, the Supreme Court of India, comprising of 3 judge bench, Justice N.V Ramana, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Krishna Murari, in the case of Laxmi Singh and ors vs. Rekha Singh an...
 

Justice Indu Malhotra: Ad-hoc Arbitrations keep on lingering as lot of Retd Judges delay them deliberately

21 Jun 2020
On Sunday, Supreme Court judge, Justice Indu Malhotra joined in a Webinar on the theme 'Evolution of Arbitration Law In India' and pointed the drwabacks of ad-hoc arbitration and nee...
 
 

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