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Link to register - https://livelawacademy.graphy.com/courses/Practical-and-Procedural-aspects-of-Criminal-Laws--The-Old-CrPC-and-the-New-BNSS-6683c4a7000d434e736beb93Registrations closing on 12th July 2024 (11.59 PM)Background:In 2020, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious exercise of reforming the Criminal Justice System. In an attempt to decolonise the criminal justice...

Supreme Court Reopens Tomorrow : Key Hearings & Verdicts Anticipated

As the Supreme Court is set to reopen on July 8 after its summer vacation period, here is a brief recollection of the major verdicts and hearings anticipated for the coming half of the year. Key Pronouncements Which Are Awaited : 1. Constitutional Validity Of Section 6A Of Citizenship Act Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 allows foreign migrants of Indian origin, who came to Assam...

Groww Settles SEBI Violations, Pays Rs 9 Lakh Following Regulatory Review

Groww Asset Management Ltd, formerly known as India bulls Asset Management Company Ltd, along with Groww Trustee Ltd, has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regarding alleged violations of regulatory norms. This settlement came into effect with payment of Rs 9 lakh by the applicants to SEBI. The settlement stems from a suo motu...

High NEET-UG 24 Scores Majorly Due To Reduction In Syllabus; Wrong To Say Top Scorers Are From Certain Centres : NTA To Supreme Court

The National Testing Agency (NTA), in its affidavit filed in the NEET-UG 2024 case, has submitted that the allegations of students scoring high marks exclusively from certain centres are “unsubstantiated”. To strengthen this, the testing agency cited an analysis of the top 100 candidates' results. Based on this, it was submitted that the top results were distributed across 95...

Raselle Capital VCC Settles With SEBI For Alleged FPI Regulation Violations With Rs 1.23 Crore Payment

Raselle Capital VCC, a foreign portfolio investor, has settled an adjudication case with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regarding alleged violations of Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) rules. The settlement was reached after the investor paid Rs 1.23 crore as settlement charges. The matter originated from alleged violations of SEBI's FPI regulations by...

SEBI Settlement: SBICAP Trustee Company Ltd Agrees To Rs 25.08 Lakh Payment Over Regulatory Violations

SBICAP Trustee Company Ltd, a subsidiary of SBI Capital Markets Ltd, has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) concerning alleged violations of debenture trustee regulations. The settlement, prompted by an application from SBICAP to SEBI, requires the company to make a payment of Rs 25.08 lakh. The resolution pertained to SEBI's issuance of a...

NEET-UG 2024 | Giving Two Correct Options For One Question Didn't Affect Exam : NTA To Supreme Court

The National Testing Agency (NTA) recently refuted the allegation that a physics question in NEET-UG 2024 has adversely impacted the candidates because it had two correct options. The NTA refuted the challenge to the NEET-UG 2024 exam on this ground as “untenable.” To support its arguments, the testing agency has cited one of the instructions in the information bulletin: “If...

Aadhaar Card Has Nothing To Do With Citizenship, Can Be Given To Non-Citizens: UIDAI Tells Calcutta High Court

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has told the Calcutta High Court that granting of Aadhaar cards has nothing to do with citizenship and that even non-residents who have lawfully entered the country can be granted Aadhaar cards if applied for.These submissions were made before a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, who were hearing...

Confiscate Electoral Bonds Donations Received By Political Parties: Plea In Supreme Court

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the legitimacy of funds received by political parties through the Electoral Bond Scheme of 2018 which was recently struck down in ADR v. Union of India. The petition argues that these funds, amounting to a staggering Rs. 16,518 crores, were not mere donations but rather transactions that involved quid pro quo, where benefits...

No Systemic Failure In NEET-UG 24, Instances Of Paper Leak & Unfair Means Isolated : NTA To Supreme Court, Opposes Cancellation Of Exam

Like the Union Government, the National Testing Agency (NTA) also filed an saffidavit in the Supreme Court opposing the pleas for the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam.The NTA stated that the instances of alleged malpractices are isolated and confined to centres in two cities, i.e., Patna and Godhra. Thus, in view of that, it is submitted that if the entire examination is cancelled, then...

High Courts & Trial Courts Have Forgotten That Bail Is Not To Be Withheld As A Punishment: Supreme Court

Sending an important message to the Courts across the country, the Supreme Court recently lamented that the High Courts and Trial Courts have forgotten that bail cannot be denied as a punishment."Over a period of time, the trial courts and the High Courts have forgotten a very well settled principle of law that bail is not to be withheld as a punishment," observed a bench comprising Justices...

Centre Opposes Cancellation Of NEET-UG 2024, Tells Supreme Court That Scrapping Entire Exam Will Affect Lakhs

The Union Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam, saying that it is not rational to scrap the entire exam in the absence of any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality."Scrapping the exam in its entirety would seriously jeopardise the lakhs of honest candidates who attempted the question paper in 2024," stated the...