Allegations Of Illegal Detention By Police Officers: Madras High Court Directs To Preserve CCTV Footage

The Madras High Court recently directed the Superintendent of Police, Deputy Superintendent Of Police and Inspector of Police of Sankarankovil Town Police Station, Tenkasi District and Inspector of Police, Rajapalam Police Station, Viruthunagar District to preserve the CCTV footages recorded on the 6th and 7th April in connection with an allegation of illegal detention against certain...

'Not Making It To NLUs Not The End': In Conversation With CLAT-PG 2022 Topper Samriddhi Mishra

The CLAT 2022 results for both UG and PG programs were released on June 24. In CLAT PG (LLM exam), Samriddhi Mishra from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh secured All India Rank 1. In an exclusive interview with Live Law, Mishra shared her preparation strategy and other relevant factors which contributed in achieving this feat. Live Law: Hello Samriddhi! Thanks for speaking to Live Law. First of...

Gauhati High Court Directs Excise Department To Hear Objections Of Local Public As Per Assam Excise Rules Before Setting Up Liquor Shop

The Gauhati High Court has directed the Excise Department to dispose the representation filed by a large number of public organisations of a locality in Damara against opening of a liquor shop in their locality, as per Rule 289, Rule 294 and Rule 295 of the Assam Excise Rules, 2016 and after affording opportunities of hearing to the local public, as Rules envisage. The Petitioner is...

Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt To Look Into Constitution Of State Board & Regulatory Authorities For Surrogacy

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra Government to expeditiously look into the constitution of regulatory authorities for surrogacy procedures under the new Assisted Reproductive Technology Act (ART) and Surrogacy Act. A division bench of Justices SV Gangapurwala and Shriram Modak was hearing a couple's plea seeking to complete their surrogacy procedure initiated...

AILET 2022 ANALYSIS

Finally, AILET 2022 paper happened with a lot of surprising elements! The overall paper was moderate with following paper scheme: Section A: English Language (50 questions; 50 marks). Section B: Current Affairs & General Knowledge (30 questions; 30 marks).Section C: Logical Reasoning (inclusive of CR, AR and Legal reasoning) (70 questions; 70 marks). As the pattern...

Surrogacy Regulation Act, 2021 Does Not Contemplate Retention Of Newly Born Child's Custody By Surrogate Mother For Breastfeeding: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that the Surrogacy Regulation Act, 2021 does not envisage any provision that would require the custody of a new-born child to be retained by the surrogate mother for a particular period of time, for the purpose of breastfeeding. A division bench of Justice Vipul M. Pancholi and Justice Sandeep N. Bhatt held that the court must interpret the law as it...

Application For Appointment Of Arbitrator Filed After Many Years : Jharkhand High Court Dismisses The Application

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that if the application for appointment of Arbitrator under Section 11(6)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) is itself not maintainable on the ground of inordinate delay in filing it, the issue of limitation cannot be referred to the Arbitrator for adjudication. The Single Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad held that,...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Beating People Who Were Raising Slogan Of 'Jai Sri Ram'

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted conditional bail to a man accused of beating people were returning back to their house raising the slogan of 'Jai Sri Ram. The Bench of Justice Jayant Banerjee ordered the release of the accused (Irfan) on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/ with two sureties.As per the prosecution version, at about 8.00...

Allahabad HC Judge Recuses From Hearing Plea Of Prayagraj Violence Accused Javed's Wife Against Razing Of Her House

Justice Sunita Agarwal of the Allahabad High Court on Monday recused herself from hearing a petition moved by the wife of the Prayagraj Violence (June 10) accused Javed Mohammad against the demolition of their house by the district administration and Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) on June 12.The matter was listed before the Division Bench of Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Vikram...

Alt News Co-Founder Mohommed Zubair Remanded To One Day Delhi Police Custody

Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair has been remanded to one day police custody, after he was arrested by the Delhi Police today for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity. Reportedly, Zubair has been charged under sec. 153 and 295A of the Indian Penal Code.Soon after the arrest, Zubair was produced before a Duty Magistrate's residence in Burari late in the night. The...

Co Founder Of Alt News Mohommed Zubair Arrested By Delhi Police

Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair has been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity. Reportedly, Zubair has been charged under sec. 153 and 295A of the Indian Penal Code.According to a tweet by Pratik Sinha, another co founder of Alt News, it has been stated that Zubair was called by Special Cell today for investigation in a 2020...

Bombay High Court Imposes Rs. 5 Lakh Cost On Adani Port In Challenge To Disqualification In JNPA Tender

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited's petition challenging its disqualification in the tender for upgradation of the container terminal in Navi Mumbai by the Board of Trustees of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA).A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik said the plea was "non-meritorious" and imposed costs...