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JOB POST: Product Development Attorney @ Microsoft India Private Limited, Hyderabad: Applications Open

14 May 2019
About the organisation Microsoft India Private Limited is a subsidiary of American software company Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Hyderabad, India. Job description The Microsoft India...
 

4,322 days without 'Justice': Farmers at stir waiting for someone to turn to them

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Saturday, the farmers’ agitation, opposing the acquisition of their agriculture land for the Maitreya Buddha Project, completed 4,322 days on Saturday , being claimed as the longest...
 

JOB POST: Law Clerks @ High Court of Telangana, Hyderabad: Register by June 15

14 May 2019
About the organisation The High Court of Telangana was founded by the 7th Nizam H.E.H Mir Osman Ali Khan, initially it was set up as High Court of Hyderabad for the then Princely State of Hyderab...
 

US Supreme Court allows Consumers Antitrust suit against Apple

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: A divided Supreme Court ruled on Monday that consumers can pursue an antitrust lawsuit that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps. New Justic...
 

2 Saudi Oil Tanker Ships among 4 ‘sabotaged’ off, US Iran Crude Oil tensions flare

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: The UAE had not given the nationalities or other details about the ownership of the four vessels. Saudi Arabia said on Monday that two of its oil tankers were among those attacked off...
 

Punch on Pollution: NGT directs IOCL’s Panipat plant to pay ₹17.31 crore fine over violating norms

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Tuesday, In an interim order, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)’s Panipat refinery responsible for violating environmental norms and sp...
 

Worker's Exploitation: Woman trashed by employer publicly over salary issue

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Monday, a woman, working at a salon in Greater Noida, was thrashed in public by at least three men, including her employer, over the salary issue.The Police said they have arrested t...
 

Scholarship Scam: CBI raids at 22 different locations in ₹250 crore scam in HP

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Monday, the CBI carried out searches at 22 locations in three states after registering a case in connection with alleged irregularities in the distribution of scholarships worth ₹250...
 

Bigger say for church in St Stephen's admissions

14 May 2019
May 14 ,  2019 ; NEW DELHI: Starting this year, the interview panel for admission into Delhi University's St Stephen's College will have a member of the supreme council, a body higher in authority...
 

Karti Chidambaram ends in disappointment after SC declines to consider his plea for release of ₹ 10 crore security to travel abroad

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to consider Karti Chidambaram’s plea seeking release of his ₹10 crore deposit, submitted as security for travelling abroad.A Bench comprising of J...
 

Probe ordered after EC gets complaint of votes and VVPAT slip not getting matched here in Delhi

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Monday, the Election Commission asked the Delhi Chief Electoral Office to inquire into the allegations of a man who claimed that he was dissuaded from complaining about a mismatch be...
 

Car and SUV sales see steepest fall in nearly eight years

14 May 2019
 May 14 , 2019 ; NEW DELHI: Car and SUV sales saw their sharpest fall in nearly eight years while all the automobile categories – including two-wheelers and commercial vehicles – slipped into the n...
 

Amazon to provide financial aid to start-up set-ups by its employees; $10k + 3 month's salary

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: Amazon wants its employees to quit their jobs and create their own delivery businesses. It turns out that's an expensive proposition. So Amazon is upping the ante.In June 2018, Amazon a...
 

Morphed meme on CM Mamta Banerjee: Bail for BJP worker [Read the Order]

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ordered immediate release (on bail) of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested last week for sharing a morphed photo of West Bengal CM a...
 

Education Department to file plea against HC's order of turning guest faculty with 10 yr service to permanent

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: The Department of Higher Education is set to file an appeal against the Karnataka High Court order which directed the University of Mysore to consider senior guest/temporary faculty wit...
 

Delhi: Daughter Harassed, man Objects, Stabbed to death

14 May 2019
May 14 , 2019 ; Objecting to his daughter being harassed proved fatal for a 51-year-old man, who was stabbed to death outside his house in West Delhi Sunday morning.  Around 12.30 am, as Dhruv Raj...
 

US College Admissions Scandal: Actress Felicity Huffman pleads guilty; cries in courtroom

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Monday, Felicity Huffman tearfully pleaded guilty in the college admissions bribery scheme, the biggest name to do so in a scandal that has exposed the lengths to which some wealthy...
 

Three ATMs, seven days, 87 people: Delhi Police in action as Rs 19 lakh is stolen

14 May 2019
 May 14 , 2019 ; In a span of seven days, 87 people have reported fraudulent withdrawals from at least three ATMs in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar area, prompting the police to set up a cyber team to cr...
 

Employee's family sues Tiger Woods after he dies 'drunk and driving'

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Tuesday, the family of a Florida man who purportedly was drunk when he crashed his car is suing Tiger Woods, his girlfriend and his restaurant company, saying they should have pr...
 

16 year old 'Teen Activist' plea to PM Modi to act on "Climate Change" with immediate effect

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: Greta Thunberg started a protest against climate change outside the Swedish Parliament in Aug, 2018. Now, her initiative is a movement, with thousands as participants.Thunberg who has t...
 

Christian Michel's complaint on jail food and weight loss proves to be 'false' before Court

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Monday, a Delhi Court found a complaint by Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, that he has lost 16 kilogram, to be “incorrect” after Tihar...
 

Differently abled girl files plea against school in Delhi High Court

14 May 2019
May 14 , 2019 ; A 13-year-old differently abled girl Monday approached the Delhi High Court alleging that she was deprived of basic facilities and assistance by a private school, which, at the time...
 

Over 150 foreign nationals will walk free from detention centers in Assam after Supreme Court order

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Monday, an Official said, around 190 declared foreigners in detention camps in Assam could be set free after the Supreme Court’s order on conditional release of those who have served...
 

Indian-origin woman kills minor step-daughter in New York

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: On Monday, an Indian-origin woman in the US has been convicted by a jury of killing her nine-year old stepdaughter in 2016 and faces up to life in prison at sentencing.Shamdai Arjun, 55...
 

Justice Patel likely to become next Delhi HC Chief Justice

14 May 2019
 May 14 , 2019 ; The three-member Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice D N Patel as the next Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, in view of the fact that the current Chie...
 

Supreme Court’s In-House Procedure, by which allegations against CJI were examined, has stood the test of Time by Soli Sorabjee

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: If we do not trust judges of the Supreme Court, then God save the country. We must put a lid upon the unfortunate controversy and save the institution, the office of the Chief Justice o...
 

What is the meaning of early hearing in Supreme Court: 5 months

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019:   One Pushpa had filed SLP against the order dated 06.05.2008 passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The SLP was filed in the year 2009 in the Supreme Court. In the year 2011...
 

Action against woman complainant in CJI allegation case? NGO Purush Aayog demands so

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019 The protesters belonged to Purush Aayog, an NGO fighting for the rights of men. They demanded punishment for the women who accused the CJI. They demanded gender neutral laws. A group of...
 

Section-138 NI Act: No separate application for condonation of delay: Apex Court accepted condonation of delay in filing of case where reasons were mentioned in complaint itself [Read the Order]

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: Supreme Court has allowed a complaint for cheque bounce to continue where the case was filed beyond limitation period but sufficient reasons for delay were indicated in the complaint...
 

In a cheque bounce case, first notice will constitute cause of action if second notice was given beyond limitation [Read the Order]

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019: Supreme Court has held that even if second notice has been given by the complainant the same will not invalidate the first one and first notice can be taken into consideration for cause...
 

Supreme Court has sent a tenant to tihar jail for not vacating the rented accomodation [Read the Order]

14 May 2019
May 14, 2019 The contemnor shall remain confined in Tihar Jail until the contempt petition is taken up.   Supreme Court has sent a tenant to tihar jail for not vacating the rented accomodation...
 

SC expounds: For Qualifying Examinations there cannot be any Reservation, it is totally misconceived

13 May 2019
May 14,2019: On Monday, Supreme Court expounded that,"For qualifying examinations there cannot be any reservation".SC's Vacation Bench comprising of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Sanjiv Khanna...
 

All about Rights of Persons With Disabilities (RPWD) Act, 2016 By: Rozat Akolawala

13 May 2019
May 14,2019: The Author, Rozat Akolawala is a 2nd Year student of Maharashtra National Law University. She is currently interning with LatestLaws.com. Introduction The Rights of Persons With...
 

Yuva Josh presents: Online National Quiz on Criminal Law (Register by May 25,2019), Cash Prizes & much more

13 May 2019
May 14,2019: The basis of Law is awareness, so are you aware enough to participate in the first Online Legal Quiz Competition to be organised by Yuvajosh? Unlocking knowledge with the speed of thoug...
 

Copyright Infringement case filed by Nora Roberts against Advocate & Author For Plagiarism in Brazil

13 May 2019
May 14,2019: This week Nora Roberts filed a case against Cristiane Serruya for copyright infringement. For a long time, several readers and novelists accused Brazilian advocate and author Serruya of...
 

SC reiterates: Even without registration a written document of family settlement can be used as corroborative evidence, explaining the settlement. Read Judgment

13 May 2019
May 14,2019: Through the judgment of the case – Thualsidhara & Another v. & Others, delivered on May 1, 2019, the division bench of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice M.R. Shah, at the Su...
 
 

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