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AILET 2021 To Be Conducted On June 20, 2021 In Offline Mode
National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) has announced the admission in BA LLB (Hons.), LLM and Ph.D programme for the session 2021-22. The All India Law Entrance test (AILET) 2021 will be conducted on June 20, 2021 in an offline mode. However, according to the notification, the conduct of offline exam is subject to revision. The last day for submission of applications for AILET 2021 is May...
Karnataka High Court Halts Further Construction Inside Cubbon Park
The Karnataka High Court on Monday restrained further construction of a building being built by the Karnataka State Government Employees' Association (KSGEA) in Cubbon Park while directing that another building, put up by the Horticulture Department for housing HOPCOMs, should not be occupied without leave of the court. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka...
Telangana High Court Directs Police Commissioner To Permit Farmers' Rally In Hyderabad On Republic Day
The Telangana High Court on Monday (25th January) directed the Rachakonda Police Commissioner to accord permission to the Telangana Rashtra Rythu Sangam (TRRS) to hold a 'farmers parade' on Tuesday (26th January) in Hyderabad. The Bench of Justice K. Lakshman was hearing the plea of Telangana Rashtra Rythu Sangam (TRRS) and a social activist who stated before the Court that they wish...
'This Is Not A Committee Of Experts' : Karnataka HC Asks State Govt To Reconstitute Committee To Protect Great Indian Bustard
The Karnataka High Court on Monday orally said that the State government will have to reconstitute the advisory committee formed for development and upliftment of Great Indian Bustard, (GIB) in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum on going through the minutes of the meeting held on January 15, expressed displeasure and said...
'No Emergent Situation To Extend Tenure': Allahabad High Court Directs Govt To Hold Fresh Elections To UP Sunni Central Waqf Board
"Elections for a democratically elected body are sine qua non for application of democratic values and working of the institution accordingly," observed the Allahabad High Court on Monday while issuing directions for election of members to the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board by February 28. A bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice SS Shamshery appointed...
'Court Does Not Take Cognizance Of People Going For Pilgrimage': Allahabad High Court Imposes Cost For Seeking Adjournment
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday made it clear that going for pilgrimage is no ground to seek adjournment in a court of law. In response to a request made at the Bar for adjourning a Bail application on the ground that all the counsels have gone for pilgrimage, a Single Bench of Justice DK Singh observed, "This Court does not take cognizance of the...
'Constitution Doesn't Envisage Reservation In Judicial Appointments, But Government Committed To Social Diversity': Law Minister RS Prasad
In response to concerns over inadequate representation of minorities/ vulnerable communities in the judiciary, the Union Law Ministry has assured that it is "committed to social diversity". Law Minister RS Prasad clarified that the Government has been insisting on increasing diversity at the High Court level, from where Judges at the Top Court are usually appointed. "The Government...
Can't Issue Writ To Stop Media From Using 'Modi Govt', 'BSY Govt' For Union & State Govts : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court on Monday disposed of a public interest litigation filed by an agriculturalist, taking objection to the media, releases issued by Press Information Bureau (PIB) and ministers and executives, referring the Government of India, as Modi Government and the Karnataka State Government as BSY or Yediyurappa's Government.The petitioner Mallikarjuna A, contended that "Can...
Conduct Preliminary Inquiry If Complaints Contain Wild, Unusual, Unbelievable Allegations: Kerala High Court Directs Police
The Kerala High Court has directed the State Police Chief to give instructions to all station House Officers in the state to conduct a preliminary inquiry before registering crime if complaints contain wild and unbelievable allegationsThis direction was issued in the order granting bail to a woman accused of sexually abusing her minor son (Kadakkavoor POCSO case)."This Court also finds...
TRP SCAM-Partho Das Gupta's Condition Stable: Mumbai Police Tells Bombay High Court, Bail Hearing Adjourned
The State informed The Bombay High Court on Monday that Ex- Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Patho Dasgupta is "stable" in the Taloja Prison Hospital after his discharge from the state run JJ Hospital. Justice PD Naik, hearing Dasgupta's bail application had, on Friday sought a report on his health be placed on record, while refusing to intervene in his transfer from...
Bombay HC's 'Skin To Skin' Judgment: NCPCR Asks Maharashtra Government To File 'Urgent Appeal' Against The Judgment
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Monday (25th January) asked the Government of Maharashtra to file an "urgent appeal" against a recent Bombay High Court Judgment which held that groping a child's breasts without 'skin-to-skin contact' would not amount to 'sexual assault' under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act. The Judgment by...