Category: Law News
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Apex court refused Mallya’s Review of order in contempt case
Saloni Subha ( Intern Journalist ) The Supreme court on Monday rejected the plea of a businessman Vijay Mallya seeking of its a review of its 2017 order holding him guilty of contempt of court for transferring $ 40 million to his children. A bench comprised of Justice U U Lalit and Ashok Bhushan said,…
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Prashant Bhushan fined 1 Rupee
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sentenced the lawyer Prashant Bhushan, a convict, guilty of criminal contempt, to a judicial penalty of Rupees 1, due to his abusive tweet to the judiciary. At the same time, Prashant Bhushan said that he will pay the fine respectfully. But he also reserves…
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First time in the history of New Zealand sentenced to life imprisonment
(Anjali Shreya, Intern Journalist): For the first time in New Zealand’s history, someone has been sentenced to life imprisonment for committing a terrorist act and killing 51 people. The person who has been sentenced is named Brenton Tarrant. Brenton was accused of killing 51 namazis on 15 March 2019 at Noor Mosque in New Zealand,…
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Bihar Assembly Election: Petition to ban assembly elections
(Anjali Shreya, Intern Journalist): The Supreme Court has approved the petition filed to ban the Bihar Assembly elections in the Corona era. However, the date on which the hearing will be held and when it has not been decided. Earlier, hearing on two petitions is also pending in Patna High Court. In the petition, the…
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Contempt of court: Prashant Bhushan refuses to apologize
(Anjali Shreya, Intern Journalist): Counsel Prashant Bhushan, who has been convicted of contempt of court on two disputed tweets, has refused to apologize. He said in a supplementary statement filed in the Supreme Court on Monday that he respects the court very much and everything he said was positive criticism with good intentions. Bhushan said…
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‘Rule of law should not be discarded’, TikTok sets to sue against Trump
(Rishitha Jaladi, Intern Journalist)USA: As tensions leap between the world’s two largest economies, President Donald Trump signed a govt order on August 6 giving Americans forty-five days to give up doing commercial enterprise with TikTok’s Chinese organization. “To make sure that the rule of regulation is no longer discarded that our users are handled fairly,…
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CLAT 2020 examination is scheduled
(Rishitha Jaladi, Intern Journalist)Delhi: The CLAT 2020 examination is scheduled on September 7, 2020, below strict COVID-19 precautions.CLAT 2020 admit card to be launched around August 24 A consortium of National Law Universities is predicted to launch the CLAT 2020 admit card around August 24. Once the admit card is released, all the candidates who…
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Babri Masjid case: SC gives CBI Spl court till Sep 30 to wrap up
(Rishitha Jaladi, Intern Journalist)Delhi: The Supreme Court on August 19 has prolonged the cut-off date until September 30 for the CBI Special Court for pronouncement of its judgment in the Babri Masjid case. The order is exceeded by the Bench comprising of Justices Rohinton F. Nariman, Navin Sinha, and Indira Banerjee. A crook case in…
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SC refuses to entertain plea against appointment of acting DGP in J’khand
(Riya Saha, Intern Journalist)New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to entertain a plea challenging the Jharkhand government”s decision to appoint M V Rao as the acting Director General of Police (DGP) saying a PIL cannot be accepted in a service matter. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna…