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Vibha Swaminathan, ISC topper with perfect 100% Marks, wants to become a Lawyer

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: “Study to gain knowledge & enjoy it, rather for scoring marks. Whatever you like, dedicate your time & efforts to that. Enjoy the process of learning,” she says. Vibha Swaminat...

Expanding & Ever-evolving: Article 21 of the Constitution of India ‘Right to Life & Personal Liberty’ -By Rahul Gupta

11 May 2019

The Author, Rahul Gupta, is Practicing Advocate at the Delhi High Court, New Delhi. As rightly said “the Indian Constitution is known as a living document because it is not static and ever evolving...

Nirbhaya Case: Woman Police Officer who cracked the case to be awarded with "Leadership Award"

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: Chhaya Sharma, the Former DCP (South), who led the special investigation team that cracked the 2012 Nirbhaya case, received the prestigious Courage and Leadership award by McCain Instit...

WB: Families "awaiting justice" in 2007 Police firing case during anti-land acquisition movement; blames Govt of "taking political benefit"

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: Government jobs and financial compensation by the TMC Government has failed to heal the wounds of the kin of those who perished in the 2007 police firing during an anti-land acquisition...

PM curtails tenure of senior Railway officer who sought complementary IPL passes from

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: Gupta, a 1987 batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), is posted as the joint secretary, ministry of new & renewable energy.The central deputatio...

Supreme Court orders release of illegal foreigners detained at Centres in Assam for over three years

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Saturday, the Supreme Court has ordered the release of all illegal foreigners who were kept at detention centres in Assam beyond a period of three years but only after taking their b...

Journalist shot dead in Afghanistan by unidentified gunmen

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: An Afghani journalist and a Cultural Advisor to the Parliament was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the eastern part of Kabul.Mina Mangal, who had worked as a news presenter for thre...

To censor social networks; Pakistani Govt and spy agency ISI snooping on its own public

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: Pakistan's Government and its Spy Agency ISI have started snooping on its own people.Threats, arrests, blocked accounts and restricted posts – Big Brother is watching more closely than...

How to file an E-FIR and its benefits? By Pranav Kumar Kaushal

11 May 2019

May 11,2019: The Author, Pranav Kaushal, is 4th Year, B.A.LL.B. (H) student of BAHRA UNIVERSITY. He is currently interning with LatestLaws.com. INTRODUCTION The basic and the foremost purpose...

ITC Chairman Y C Deveshwar passes away at 72; suffering cancer

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: YC Deveshwar, Chairman of the ITC group, passed away this morning at an age of 72.The cause of his death is not known. He was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago. Deveshwar joined...

How to File a PIL in India? By: Nidhi Garg

11 May 2019

May 11,2019: The Author, Nidhi Garg is a student of University Institute of Legal Studies, Chandigarh University. She is currently interning with LatestLaws.com. Introduction The expression ‘Public...

Dalit Rights: Panchayat against Dalits practicing 'horse-ride' tradition at Wedding ceremonies; drama ensues

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Friday, tension gripped a village in North Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district after some upper caste residents objected to a Dalit bridegroom riding a horse during his wedding procession...

'Police Officials didn't follow rules', states preliminary probe in Alwar Gang-Rape case

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: Police officials failed to follow several rules in investigating a case of gang rape against a Dalit woman in Rajasthan’s Alwar, a preliminary inquiry by the department has found.The 19...

Sri Lanka Easter Attack: Police arrests IT-firm employee in connection

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Friday, Sri Lankan Police said they had arrested an employee of information technology services company Virtusa Corp in Colombo in connection with Easter Sunday bombings that killed...

Farmers Retaliate: Demand apology & compensation for harassment from PepsiCo after withdrawal suit filed by it

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Friday, PepsiCo withdrew Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) infringement legal suits against four of the Gujarat potato farmers in the Commercial Court of Ahmedabad and five farmers...

Indian man booked for sexually assaulting a sleeping British woman on Mumbai to Manchester flight

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Thursday, an Indian travelling to the UK on a tourist visa has been jailed for 12 months for carrying out a "prolonged" sexual assault on a young woman during a long-haul flight from...

War Warnings: 70 Countries urges North Korea to scrap 'Nuclear Weapon' programme for world peace

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: Seventy countries have urged North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and related programmes, decrying the "undiminished threat" posed to world peace.Signatories in...

Mental Illness: Supreme Court seeks report from States of patients 'fit to go home'; plan to built rehabilitation centres

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Friday, the Supreme Court asked chief secretaries of four states and administrators of two Union Territories to provide in four weeks the data of people who have recovered from menta...

Cheque Bounce case: Acquitted accused has been directed to compensate in the interest of justice, his acquittal however has nowhere been reversed [Read the Order]

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: In a cheque bounce case, the Supreme Court has directed an accused (who was acquitted by Sessions Court and the High Court) to compensate the complainant by paying Rs. 4 lakhs. &nbsp...

Is Gambhir 'Gambheer'? Cricketer turned politician says will hang himself in public if proven guilty of derogation of woman counterpart

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Friday, Stepping up his counter-offensive, BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir said he will "hang" himself in public if the Aam Aadmi Party can prove that he has any link to the derogatory...

Facebook sues South Korean analytics firm 'Rankwave' over alleged misuse of its data

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Saturday, Battling the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook has now filed a lawsuit in California State Court against Rankwave, a South Korean data analytics company that ran a...

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre to regulate content on featured on OTT platforms such as Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon etc

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: On Saturday, Supreme Court has issued a notice to Centre to regulate the content featured on OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hotstar.Earlier the same petition was dismissed...

Was CJI Gogoi required to step down or avoid Judicial work in the light of allegations? [Read Part-3 of the Series]

11 May 2019

May 11, 2019: The demand is clearly without any legal or other foundation and was raised without caring for the established law or precedent just with a view to sensationalize a Complaint made by a...

Attorney General Venugopal clarifies: Wrote letter to Top SC Judges & CJI to constitute Special Panel of Retired SC Judges, letter sent in personal capacity

11 May 2019

May 11,2019: On Friday, Attorney General KK Venugopal, stated that he wrote to top five Supreme Court (SC) judges, including Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, seeking constitution of a spe...

Competition Commission orders probe into Google’s alleged abuse of Android to block rivals

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: India’s antitrust watchdog has ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc’s unit Google for alleged abuse of its popular Android mobile operating system to block rivals, two sources awa...

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Death penalty in SC/ST Cases

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: The advocate told the court that the provision is "manifestly arbitrary, disproportionate, excessive, unreasonable, unjust, unfair, harsh, unusual and cruel". The Supreme Court on...

CJI Gogoi seeks Delhi Govt's response on plea challenging CCTVs in Classrooms on Privacy concerns

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: On December 11 2017, it was decided to provide online access to parents to see their child's classroom. The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Delhi government on a ple...

Advocate entered the chamber of Magistrate and abused him: Now the advocate has been debarred from entering the entire District Judgeship [Read the Judgment]

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: Supreme Court has upheld the order of conviction of advocate for contempt but shown him some leniency by suspending the sentence for a period of 3 years in which the advocate has to f...

Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka sworn in as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: On Friday, Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka took oath as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.At a simple ceremony here, Governor Vajubhai Vala administered oath to Justice Oka who had...

Judges have to be fearless preachers so as to preserve the independence of the judiciary [Read the Judgment]

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: Supreme Court has observed that judges cannot be intimidated in any manner or insulted by hurling abuses.   A bench of Justice Mishra and Justice Sinha has passed the order in...

CCI ordered probe into alleged abuse of Android by Google for blocking rivals

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: On Friday, India’s antitrust watchdog has ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc’s unit Google for alleged abuse of its popular Android mobile operating system to block rivals.The C...

BBC fired its Radio Presenter over 'racist' tweet on new born Royal Baby

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: On Thursday, Veteran British broadcaster Danny Baker was fired by the BBC after tweeting a picture of the well-dressed couple holding hands with a chimpanzee in a suit, tagged with the...

Issue of Paternity: High Court is not entitled to examine in a Writ of Habeas Corpus [Read the Order]

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: Delhi High Court has held that in a writ of habeas corpus, the Court is not entitled to examine the issue of paternity and that the primary consideration of the Court is not the legal...

NDPS case: Police officers spending around seven hours at the spot is not improbable

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: Delhi High Court has maintained a conviction by rejecting the argument that availability of police officials for 7 hours at the spot is improbable.   A bench of Justice Mukta G...

Rafale Row: SC reserves order on review petition seeking CBI probe and plea against Rahul Gandhi for contempt of court

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: On Friday, the Supreme Court reserved verdict on petitions challenging its Dec 14 judgment against a probe into the controversial fighter jet deal.The Court also reserved its orders on...

"Rafale not for ornamentation. Nowhere in world will such matter brought up to Court",Attorney General KK Venugopal to SC

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: On Friday, the Centre argued in Supreme Court that the Rafale deal is a question of national security and such defence deals are not examined in court the world over.“This (Rafale fight...

Can additional accused be summoned if trial is concluded? SC wants answer [Read the Judgment]

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: Supreme Court wants an answer to a delicate question related to summoning power of a court in respect of additional accused when the trial has been concluded.   A bench of Just...

San Diego Shooting: 19 y/o Shooter dialed 911 and said 'I just shot up a synagogue'; to face death penalty

10 May 2019

May 10, 2019: As the 19-year-old college student sped away in his 2012 Honda Civic, he dialled 911 and said: “I just shot up a synagogue.”He told the dispatcher that he thought he had killed some peo...

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Vibha Swaminathan, ISC topper with perfect 100% Marks, wants to become a Lawyer

Expanding & Ever-evolving: Article 21 of the Constitution of India ‘Right to Life & Personal Liberty’ -By Rahul Gupta

Nirbhaya Case: Woman Police Officer who cracked the case to be awarded with "Leadership Award"

WB: Families "awaiting justice" in 2007 Police firing case during anti-land acquisition movement; blames Govt of "taking political benefit"

PM curtails tenure of senior Railway officer who sought complementary IPL passes from

Supreme Court orders release of illegal foreigners detained at Centres in Assam for over three years

Journalist shot dead in Afghanistan by unidentified gunmen

To censor social networks; Pakistani Govt and spy agency ISI snooping on its own public

How to file an E-FIR and its benefits? By Pranav Kumar Kaushal

ITC Chairman Y C Deveshwar passes away at 72; suffering cancer

How to File a PIL in India? By: Nidhi Garg

Dalit Rights: Panchayat against Dalits practicing 'horse-ride' tradition at Wedding ceremonies; drama ensues

'Police Officials didn't follow rules', states preliminary probe in Alwar Gang-Rape case

Sri Lanka Easter Attack: Police arrests IT-firm employee in connection

Farmers Retaliate: Demand apology & compensation for harassment from PepsiCo after withdrawal suit filed by it

Indian man booked for sexually assaulting a sleeping British woman on Mumbai to Manchester flight

War Warnings: 70 Countries urges North Korea to scrap 'Nuclear Weapon' programme for world peace

Mental Illness: Supreme Court seeks report from States of patients 'fit to go home'; plan to built rehabilitation centres

Cheque Bounce case: Acquitted accused has been directed to compensate in the interest of justice, his acquittal however has nowhere been reversed [Read the Order]

Is Gambhir 'Gambheer'? Cricketer turned politician says will hang himself in public if proven guilty of derogation of woman counterpart

Facebook sues South Korean analytics firm 'Rankwave' over alleged misuse of its data

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre to regulate content on featured on OTT platforms such as Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon etc

Was CJI Gogoi required to step down or avoid Judicial work in the light of allegations? [Read Part-3 of the Series]

Attorney General Venugopal clarifies: Wrote letter to Top SC Judges & CJI to constitute Special Panel of Retired SC Judges, letter sent in personal capacity

Competition Commission orders probe into Google’s alleged abuse of Android to block rivals

Supreme Court​ issues notice to Centre on Death penalty in SC/ST Cases

CJI Gogoi seeks Delhi Govt's response on plea challenging CCTVs in Classrooms on Privacy concerns

Advocate entered the chamber of Magistrate and abused him: Now the advocate has been debarred from entering the entire District Judgeship [Read the Judgment]

Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka sworn in as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

Judges have to be fearless preachers so as to preserve the independence of the judiciary [Read the Judgment]

CCI ordered probe into alleged abuse of Android by Google for blocking rivals

BBC fired its Radio Presenter over 'racist' tweet on new born Royal Baby

Issue of Paternity: High Court is not entitled to examine in a Writ of Habeas Corpus [Read the Order]

NDPS case: Police officers spending around seven hours at the spot is not improbable

Rafale Row: SC reserves order on review petition seeking CBI probe and plea against Rahul Gandhi for contempt of court

"Rafale not for ornamentation. Nowhere in world will such matter brought up to Court",Attorney General KK Venugopal to SC

Can additional accused be summoned if trial is concluded? SC wants answer [Read the Judgment]

San Diego Shooting: 19 y/o Shooter dialed 911 and said 'I just shot up a synagogue'; to face death penalty

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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Death penalty in SC/ST Cases