Supreme Court To Hear PIL Challenging Legislative Competence Of State Assemblies In Adopting Resolutions Against Central Statutes Like CAA/Fram Laws

Supreme Court of India will on Friday hear a plea challenging the legislative competence of diverse State Assemblies in adopting 'Resolutions' against central statutes like CAA and farm laws which fall under the Union List of the Seventh Schedule.A bench of CJI SA Bobde and Justice Bopanna will hear the PIL filed by Samta Andolan Samiti impugning the Legislative actions of four different...

Meaning Of Term 'Cognizance' With Respect To Vinubhai Malaviya Judgment

Meaning and scope of cognizance The term cognizance has not been defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The term is often used but remains undefined in criminal jurisprudence. There exists no statutory definition of what the term means. The Black's Law Dictionary defines cognizance as the exercise of jurisdiction; judicial examination of a matter, or power and authority to...

Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar Destroyed Evidence, Connived With Accused In Saradha Chit Fund Case, CBI Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

The CBI has undertaken to produce the materials against Kumar and Trinamool Government in "sealed cover" in Court.

Breaking : Kerala HC Bans Flash Hartal Without Prior Notice Of 7 Days

The High Court of Kerala today passed an order banning 'flash' hartals.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar ordered that hartals can be declared only after giving prior notice of seven days. The Court held that within the 7 days, any citizen can challenge the declaration of hartal.The operative portion of the Court's order said :"Hartal without...

Five NLU Delhi Grads Crack UPSC Civil Service Examination

Five National Law University Delhi graduates have made it to the merit list of the UPSC Civil Service Examination, 2017. Saumya Sharma ('17) AIR 9, Aditya Vikram Yadav ('16) AIR 72, Kavya Tangirala ('17) AIR 381, Ritiraj ('16) AIR 583 and Karan Choudhary ('15) AIR 821 have cleared the Civil Services Examination.Saumya Sharma graduated from NLU Delhi in 2017 and cracked the Civil Services exam...

NIRF Law College Rankings, 2018: NLSIU, Bangalore No.1, Followed By NLU-D And NALSAR

The 2018 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) places National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore at the top of the list, followed by National Law University, Delhi and National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad.A total of 71 law schools had applied for the ranking, while NLIU, Bhopal and GNLU did not participate. However, according to an...

Pick Up Social Justice Litigation As A Career After Law School: Sr. Advocate Colin Gonsalves [Watch Video]

Senior Supreme Court Lawyer and Founder-Director of Human Rights Law Network Dr. Colin Gonsalves, called upon the young fraternity of law students to pick up social justice litigation as a career after their law school. On the occasion of 68th Republic Day, Nyaya Forum for Courtroom Lawyering, a students' initiative at NALSAR University of Law hosted Dr. Colin Gonsalves, He delivered a talk...