AILET 2020 To be Held On September 26 Via Centre Based Computer Test [Read Notification]

The National University, Delhi (NLUD-D) has announced that the All India Law Entrance Test 2020 (AILET 2020) shall be held on September 26, 2020. The examination will be conducted from 11 am till 12.30 on the said date via Computer Based Test (CBT) methodology at various Centers throughout the country. It has been intimated that the National Testing Agency will provide all...

AYUSH Doctors Shall Not Prescribe Any Medicine As Cure For Covid-19: Kerala HC Directs Medical/Police Departments To Monitor [Read Order]

"Only those tablets or mixtures shall be given as immunity booster and not as cure for COVID-19."

'Complete Prohibition Of Essential Religious Practices Is In Proportion To The Unprecedented Pandemic': Allahabad HC Refuses To Permit Muharram Processions [Read Order]

"It is only together with cooperation, understanding and support, we as 'One Nation', can emerge stronger from these treacherous times and overcome this season of darkness."

Insurance Scheme For Advocates Will Be Defeated By The Steep Rise In Premium Amount: Delhi HC Directs Companies To Come Up With Better Solutions [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Life Insurance Corporation and New India Insurance Company to hold meetings with the Technical Evaluation Committee and the Bar Council of Delhi to address the issue of steep increase in the premium rate for the Chief Minister Advocates Welfare Scheme. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has also directed the said insurance companies to depute...

For Parole, Inmate Can't Claim Parity With Co-Convicts In FIR: P & H HC Says 'Subjective Satisfaction' To Be Arrived At By Police, DM [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that for being released on parole, the convict "cannot claim parity with his co-convicts in the FIR" for the "role played by each accused in the crime cannot be exactly identical". Noting that the nature and gravity of the offences in other cases in which such accused/convict is involved is also to be assessed independently in light of the...

Delhi HC Directs Center To Provide 'Firm Timeline' For Appointments To PMLA Appellate Tribunal [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Central Government to file an affidavit indicating the status of appointments at the Appellate Tribunal, PMLA. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh has asked Union of India, represented by Standing Counsel Amit Mahajan, to provide a "firm timeline" for the appointments to be finalized. The order has been passed in a writ petition...

[NDPS Act] Orissa HC Stresses Filing Of Chargesheet Within Statutory 180 Days, Crystallises Law For Further Detention U/S 36A(4) [Read Order]

The Orissa High Court has stressed upon filing of charge-sheet against accused held under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act within the stipulated 180 days. Justice S. K. Panigrahi was hearing a bail plea in connection with a FIR U/s 20(b)(ii)(C)/29 of the N.D.P.S., Act for possession of 270kg 200gms of Ganja. The Petitioner along with other accused persons...

SC Asks Two CERC Members To Go On Leave Until Appointment Of A Law Member [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday asked two members of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to go on leave until a Member law is appointed to the Commission. The order was passed by a bench comprising Justices SK Kaul, Ajay Rastogi and Aniruddha Bose in a contempt petition filed by KK Agarwal through Adv.Ravi Sharma, against non-appointment of a law member to the Commission. The...

MP HC Refuses To Quash Criminal Proceedings Against Man Accused Of 'Induced Religious Conversion' [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a man accused of induced religious conversion even after the complainant stated that he has no objection for the same.George Mangalapilly was charged under Section 153-B(1) and 295-A of Indian Penal Code as well as Section 3/4 of the M.P. Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 1968 [MP Religion Freedom Act] on the basis of...

'Surrenders Right Of Judiciary In Making Appointments To Judicial Tribunals To Executive': Lawyer's Plea In Kerala HC Challenges Section 6(4) Administrative Tribunal Act

A writ petition has been filed before the High Court of Kerala challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6(4) of the Administrative Tribunal Act, on the ground that it is violative of basic structure of the Constitution of India. The writ petition filed by Advocate Shamem M.S. contends that this provision surrenders the right of judiciary in making appointments to judicial...

[Jamia Violence] Regardless Of Isolated Cases of Violence, Police Action In Totality Was Legitimate & Proportionate: Delhi Police Tells Delhi HC

In the matters pertaining to the violence that took place inside the Jamia Millia Islamia campus last December, the Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that regardless of some isolated cases, the action taken by police was legitimate and proportionate in totality."There are isolated cases of injured students, but seen in totality, the action of police was legitimate and...

Patna HC Seeks Report On Implementation Of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act [Read Order]

The Patna High Court has sought a report from the Central as well as the State Government, delineating the steps taken by them to implement the welfare provisions contained under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar has also asked the Government to show steps taken for compliance...