LIVE NOW- Webinar On 'Constituting Gender: Equality And The Constitution'

LiveLaw in association with Centre for Human Rights Studies, Jindal Global Law School is organising a webinar on 'Constituting Gender: Equality And The Constitution'The speakers for the webinar are:- 1. Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya (Calcutta High Court) 2. Dr.Kalpana Kannabiran (Sociologist, Hyderabad) 3. Dr Anandita Pujari (Advocate on Record, Supreme Court) 4. ...

Traders Association Moves Madras High Court Seeking Parking Facility For Cargo Unloading To Control Soaring Tomato Prices

Amid soaring tomato prices, a traders association from Koyambedu Market Complex in Chennai has approached the Madras High Court with an assurance that the prices will be controlled if adequate parking facilities are provided for cargo unloading.Justice R. Suresh Kumar, while acknowledging the 'dire situation', agreed to settle the matter on Monday, immediately after admission cases are...

NEET-PG: MBBS Graduates Approach Kerala High Court To Quash State Circular Granting 27% Reservation To SEBC

A group of MBBS graduates has moved the Kerala High Court challenging a circular issued by the State government increasing reservation for the socially and economically backward classes (SEBC) from 9% to 27% in medical postgraduate courses. Justice N. Nagaresh has admitted the matter and posted the matter for hearing on 29th November.The petitioners are a group of doctors eligible...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice To Centre, RBI On Plea Against Amendments To Banking Regulation Act

The Amendment Act strips the State of its legislative power, the plea states.

People Will Continue To Be Chained, Killed Until State Takes Prompt Action: Kerala High Court On Handcuffing Of Man To Station Handrails By Police

Police have to be protectors, not persecutors, the Court observed.

Param Bir Singh Agrees To Appear Before Chandiwal Commission On Monday; Thane Court Cancels Non-Bailable Warrant

A day after making an appearance in Mumbai, former Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, has filed an application at the Esplanade Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for cancellation of the non-bailable warrant and the order of proclaimed offender against him. Today, the Thane court cancelled the non-bailable warrant against Param Bir Singh after he appeared before it. The officer has...

'Degrading' And 'Unscientific' Two-Finger Test- Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt To Strictly Follow Guidelines Against It

The Bombay High Court on Thursday took exception to the 'degrading' and 'unscientific' "two-finger" test performed by doctors of the largest Maharashtra state-run hospital on one of the two survivors in the 2013 Shakti Mill gang rape case."We hope that the State of Maharashtra would take necessary steps to shun all such unscientific and heavily criticized "two finger tests". It appears...

"He Deserves 'Super Nobel Prize'": ASG Comments About Petitioner Seeking Govt Grant To Implement His Ideas For Clean Environment

"I think he deserves a "super nobel prize" before we give him any grant," Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma commented today about a petitioner seeking review of a Delhi High Court's order dismissing his plea for grant of ₹70,000 crore from the Centre for implementing his project to clean environment.When the matter came up for hearing, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel...

Know The Constitution [Part I]: The Preamble

We Are Introducing A New Series In LiveLaw -'Know The Constitution' If the Constitution has to be of the people, by the people and for the people, it must first capture the imagination of the masses. The 'Know the Constitution' series is a humble attempt by the team of LiveLaw to unravel the Indian Constitution in all its majesty. The aim is to demystify the Indian Constitution one...

'No Provision For Re-Evaluation' : Supreme Court Dismisses Advocate's Plea Challenging AOR Exam Results

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by an advocate challenging his result in the 2019 AOR examination which he had failed.Noting that there is no provision for re-evaluation in the Regulations Regarding AOR Examination, issued in pursuance of the 2013 SC Rules, the bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and A. S. Bopanna said that the bench cannot undertake...

Adrija Ghosh From NUJS Gets Rhodes Scholarship For 2022

Adrija Ghosh, a 2021 Batch graduate from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) has been recently awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for 2022 to pursue her academic interests at the University of Oxford. Hailing from the city of Kolkata, Adrija Ghosh has completed her BA, LLB (Hons) from NUJS in 2021. She has undertaken research on sentencing in death penalty...

Calcutta High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Centre's Power To Decide Jurisdiction of Border Security Force

The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the Central government's power to decide the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF). The petition challenges Section 139(1) of the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (BSF Act) for being ultra vires to the Constitution to the extent that it provides 'unbridled, unrestricted...