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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...
 

RBI to High Court: Google Pay not a Payment System Operator

21 Jun 2020
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has told the Delhi High Court that Google Pay is a third party app provider (TPAP) and does not operate any payment systems. Therefore, its operations are not in vio...
 

Call for Blogs by Vidhitvam, Submissions on Rolling basis: Register Now

21 Jun 2020
About the Organization Vidhitvam is a student-founded and student-run platform supported by professionals from the field of law. With the objective of fostering legal discussion on contemporary leg...
 

Implement Supreme Court order, give COVID-19 test reports directly to Patients: HC

21 Jun 2020
On Saturday, the High Court of Bombay directed the state & Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to implement the Apex Court order to hand over COVID-positive reports directly to patients. The...
 

National Essay Writing Competition by Nav Jan Chetana Samiti: Submit by 30 June

21 Jun 2020
About the Organization Nav Jan Chetana Samiti is a Non-governmental Organization which was established in 2005. This NGO is dedicated to the welfare of living beings and to create awareness about v...
 

HC directs State to carry out raids on Chemists and Manufacturers to check Overpricing, Poor Quality of Sanitisers, Masks

21 Jun 2020
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Govts of Punjab & Haryana & Chandigarh Administration to conduct raids at chemist shops & drug manufacturers to ascertain quality of sanitise...
 

Pollution Body fines Builder for not taking Dust Control measures

21 Jun 2020
On Saturday, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) slapped a fine of ₹5 lakh on a builder developing a group housing project in Greater Noida for not taking adequate anti-pollution measure...
 

Call for Content Writers at Legal Startups: Apply By June 26, 2020

21 Jun 2020
About Legal Startups Indian Legal System going through a tough time because of pendency of cases for years. Many efforts have been made to cope up with this situation. We need a radical change in t...
 

2008 Mumbai attack Accused Tahawwur Rana re-arrested, faces Extradition

21 Jun 2020
Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian sent to a United States Jail for his role in planning the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been arrested after being freed from prison in order to face extradition t...
 

China Security Law to override Hong Kong legal system

21 Jun 2020
China confirmed that a proposed national security law would allow Beijing to override Hong Kong’s independent legal system, shedding new light on a move that has stoked tensions with the U.S. an...
 

Secretary of State Pompeo slams UNHRC for holding vote on resolution regarding policing in US

21 Jun 2020
On Saturday, the United States slammed UN Human Rights Council for holding a vote on a resolution focusing on policing and race in the US, saying that the world body has once again reaf...
 

SC to hear pleas on June 22 seeking modification of its Stay Order on 'Rath Yatra' in Odisha

21 Jun 2020
On Monday, the Apex Court will hear 4 pleas seeking modification of its earlier order of June 18, which had stayed the 'Rath Yatra' in Puri & all other places in Odisha keeping in vie...
 

All about NALSA's Witness Protection Scheme, 2018

21 Jun 2020
The Author, Tanya Gorshi is a 2nd Year student of University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIPU. She is currently interning with LatestLaws.com. Introduction Testimony is an essen...
 

Conduct CLAT in Local Language: HC directs BCI to consider plea as representation [Read Order]

21 Jun 2020
On Friday, the Delhi High Court has directed the Bar Council of India to consider a petition as representation in which conduction of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), including for the 2020...
 

All about the Code on Wages,2019

21 Jun 2020
The Author, Ajin Raj is student of 3rd year, BA.LLB, University of Kerala. He is currently interning with LatestLaws.com. Q1. What is the Code on Wages, 2019? Ans: The Code on Wages, 2019 i...
 

Silent protest held outside UN over persecution of Christians in Pakistan

21 Jun 2020
On Saturday, a silent demonstration was held in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva alongside Broken Chair to raise a voice in solidarity to eradicate the malicious blasphemy law an...
 

State Govt moves SC, challenges Auction of Coal Blocks for Commercial Mining

21 Jun 2020
On Saturday, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that the Govt. of Jharkhand has moved the Apex Court challenging the Centre’s decision to auction coal blocks for commercial mining. The CM...
 
 

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