'My Constitutional Right To Fair Trial Will Be Violated If This Court Doesn't Intervene': Mehul Choksi Submits Before Delhi HC In Plea Against Netflix's Big Boy Billionaire

Mehul Choksi has submitted before the Delhi High Court that his constitutional right to fair trial will be severely affected if the court doesn't exercise its writ jurisdiction against Netflix's docu-series Big Boy Billionaire. While addressing the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan, Choksi submitted that the investigation against him is going on and he has agreed to join the same through video-conferencing. Mehul Choksi has moved an appeal against the...

'Court Is Required To Ensure That Petitioners Are Deported To Their Country', Karnataka HC Quashes Case Against 5 Thailand Nationals [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (21st September) quashed the case against 5 Thailand nationals who were arrayed as an accused in Cr.No.14/2020 pending in C.C.No.10933/2020 on the file of Metropolitan Magistrate, Traffic Court, Bengaluru for the offence punishable under section 14(b) of the Foreigners Act.The Single Bench of Justice John Michael Cunha also observed that since all...

Parliament Nod To Bill For Declaration Of 5 Official Languages For J&K [Read Bill]

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jammu & Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, to declare certain languages as official languages of the UT. It was passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday. The Bill declares the following languages as the official languages to be used for the official purposes of the union territory, from such date as the Administrator of the union territory...

Kerala HC Mandates Use Of A4 Sheets With Double Side Printing From November 2 [Read Notification]

Through a notification issued on Tuesday, the Kerala High Court has paved way for the use of A4 sheets for filing petitions, affidavits, memoranda of appeal and other proceedings before it. The High Court has said that all filings before it from November 2 onwards shall be mandatorily be typewritten/printed on both sides of A4 sheets. The detailed specifications are as...

Kerala Govt Decides To Challenge Farm Bills In Supreme Court

The Kerala government has decided to approach the Supreme Court against the Farm Bills passed by the Parliament earlier this week.A decision in this regard has been taken by the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, according to regional media reports.The cabinet termed that the laws amounted to not just "gross violation of States' powers" but also "blatant and serious transgression...

Parliament Clears Three Codes To Reform Indian Labour Laws [Read Bills]

The Rajya Sabha today passed three Labour codes namely: Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020The Industrial Relations Code, 2020The Code on Social Security, 2020 These Bills were introduced by Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar. They were passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday. The three codes are part of the four codes that consolidate 29...

'A Person Under Detention Can't Be Prevented From Taking Examination'. J&K HC Directs Govt. To Facilitate Appearance Of Detenu In Exam [Read Order]

Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Monday (21st September) directed the government to make arrangements for a detenu (Omer Akbar Mir) to appear in Class-12th examination commencing from September 22.The Single Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar observed,"a person under detention cannot be prevented from taking the examination, unless there are pressing circumstances, which may even involve the...

Draft EIA Notification 2020 Does Not Provide For Ex Post Facto Clearance To Violation Cases: Centre Tells Lok Sabha [Read Statement]

The Draft EIA Notification 2020 does not provide for ex post facto clearance to violation cases, the Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change stated in Lok Sabha today.Minister of State Babulal Suproyo was responding to the query made by MP Hibi Eden in this regard. He asked whether there is any provision for post facto clearance in the EIA 2020 draft notification. He also...

PIL Seeks Formulation of Guidelines For Protection Of Medical Professionals & Institutions From Violence In Case Of Medical Accidents; Bombay HC Seeks State's Reply [Read Order]

Calling it a concern of seminal importance, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the State and sought a reply within two weeks, in the PIL seeking directions for formulation of guidelines for protection of medical professionals and medical institutions from violence and attacks in case of medical accidents etc.Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni...

[Missing BHU Student] 'Searching Student Sincerely; Departmental Action Taken Against Erring Officers', Varanasi SSP Tells Allahabad HC [Read Order]

On Tuesday (22nd September) Amit Pathak, S.S.P., Varanasi submitted before the Allahabad High Court that a special team has already been constituted and efforts are on to search the missing BHU Student, namely, Shiv Kumar Trivedi.The Bench of Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Subhash Chandra Sharma was hearing the PIL filed in relation to a missing student from Varanasi, who...

Parliament Clears Bill For RBI Supervision Of Cooperative Banks [Read Bill]

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, by voice vote. It was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with an aim to protect the interest of the depositors and regulate functioning of Cooperative Banks by bringing them under regulatory framework of Reserve Bank of India. It may be noted that since the Parliament was not in...

CLAT 2020: Consortium OF National Law Universities Issues Instruction For Candidates Appearing On September 28 [Read Instruction]

The Consortium of National Law Universities has issued instructions for candidates appearing in the Common Law Admission Test 2020 examination. It has been clarified that those candidates who have tested positive for Covid-19 and are under medical surveillance will not be permitted to take the examination scheduled to be held on September 28.The said examination will be held between 2 pm and 4...