Tag: law news
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Five accused filed surrender petition in court
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern journalist) Kanpur: The five accused of the Bikaru case have filed a surrender petition in the court. The police and the STF looking for them, are unable to find any clue about them. All of them are constantly in touch with their advocates and neighbors. CO Bilhaur, Santosh Singh said that the…
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High Court closed again for three days
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Prayagraj: In view of covid-19 infection, the Allahabad High court and its Lucknow bench will remain closed from August 17 to 19. During this time, there will also be no manual filing of cases. Only urgent cases will be heard on all three days. Chief Justice in chief bench Allahabad and…
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Petition seeking equal grounds for divorce filed
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) New Delhi: A public interest litigation filed in the Supreme Court has demanded equal rights of divorce for all citizens of the country in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution and international agreements. The petition has been filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. In this, he has…
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SC holds lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): On Friday, the Supreme Court held activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two offensive tweets against the judiciary. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said it would hear on August 20 the arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan in the matter. The apex court…
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SC refuses demand of inquiry into center’s Covid-19 ‘mismanagement’
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): On Friday, the Supreme Court said that it is not in favor of appointing a commission to inquire into the alleged mismanagement of the covid-19 pandemic in the country. A bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao along with Justices Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat observed that it cannot have…
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PIL to stop inhumane animal husbandry procedures
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the Centre and Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) on a PIL seeking prohibition of allegedly “inhumane animal husbandry procedures” in India. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Centre, AWBI, and animal…
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Plea against UGC final year exam decision adjourned
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing, of the plea against UGC order to hold final year exams, to August 18. The top court was hearing a plea filed by students against the UGC order to conduct final year exams by September 30. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Subhash…
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Consider amending Official Languages Act: SC tells Centre
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Supreme Court today stayed the Delhi High Court’s contempt of court proceedings initiated against the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) for failing to publish the draft EIA notification in multiple regional languages. The Solicitor General of India, Mr. Tushar Mehta seeks permission to withdraw the special leave petition with…
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Advocate Rajeev Dhavan ‘smoking’ during virtual hearing
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan got some advice on the perils of smoking from a high court judge on Thursday, as a video clip surfaced showing the lawyer apparently taking a puff from a hookah during a virtual hearing. The clip shows Dhavan holding a sheaf of papers in front of his…
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The system of reading whenever you want and whatever you want
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) New Delhi: Although many changes have been made in the new education policy, by providing credit transfer options in higher education, the students will get the convenience of reading whenever they want and whatever they want. This is expected to end the drop out in higher education. And the gross penetration…