Bombay HC Dismisses Petition Challenging Validity Of The Official Languages Act 1963 [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by two societies, Rashtrabhasha Mahasangh and Mumbai Rashtriya Rashtrabhasha Prachar Sabha praying to declare the Official Language Act, 1963 unconstitutional or in the alternate to quash and set aside Section 3(5) of the said act as unconstitutional. Division bench of Acting Chief Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice NR Borkar held...

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi Court Rejects Mukesh's Plea Seeking His Trial To Be Declared As Invalid

A Delhi Court on Tuesday rejected a plea moved by one of the convicts Mukesh seeking the trial court order dated 10/09/2013, wherein he was convicted for the rape and murder of Nirbhaya, to be declared as invalid on the ground of concealment of vital documents.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana while dismissing the matter, has referred the matter to to the Bar Council of India to take...

Nirbhaya Case: Convict Mukesh Moves Court For Quashing Death Penalty

In yet another twist pending the March 20 execution date, the 2012 Delhi gang-rape convict Mukesh has now sought vitiation of the trial itself alleging concealment of material documents and facts.Moving an application before Additional Sessions Judge Shri Dharmendra Rana, Mukesh has contended that the State concealed vital documents in the trial court and secured the final order to execute...

Nirbhaya Case : Death Row Convict Mukesh Files Plea To Declare Trial Invalid

In yet another twist pending the March 20 execution date, the 2012 Delhi gang-rape convict Mukesh has now sought to declare the trial as vitiated alleging concealment of material documents and facts. Moving an application before Additional Sessions Judge Shri Dharmendra Rana, Mukesh has contended that the State concealed vital documents in the trial court and secured the final order to...

COVID-19: AP HC Restricts Functioning To Hear Urgent Cases For 2 Weeks; Telangana HC Issues Containment Directions For District Courts [Read Circulars]

The High Courts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have issued circulars to restrict functioning to hear only urgent matters, in light of the COVID-19 scare. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has decided that with immediate effect, all pending cases, except bail applications and petitions seeking suspension of sentence, will be heard only in case of urgency for next two weeks. In cases...

IDIA Collab With NUJS, Kolkata To Launch "Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer Accessibility Lab" [Read Press Release]

The IDIA Charitable Trust, in collaboration with the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, has launched a one of its kind initiative namely 'Prof (Dr) Shamnad Basheer Accessibility Lab', to foster greater inclusion of students with disabilities. The Accessibility Lab launched in the honour of Founder of IDIA and famous IP Portla SpicyIP, late Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad...

Rajya Sabha Passes Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 (With Amendments) [Read Bill]

Cutting across party lines, the members of the Rajya Sabha on Monday came in support of the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 and passed it by a voice vote. The Bill to centralize three deemed-to-be Sanskrit Universities was cleared by the Lok Sabha during the 2019 Winter Session on December 12. Minister of Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal had introduced the Bill...

COVID-19: NLUD Introduces Free Online "E-PG Pathshala Courses" For Law Students To Avail Study-At-Home Facility

In a bid to safeguard students' interest amidst closure of universities and suspension of classes across the country till March 31 as a result of COVID-19 scare, the National Law University, Delhi has come out with an initiative to offer online courses to law students from across the country, for free. The University has developed a program by the name "NLU Delhi's E-PG...

Amulya Leona, Booked For Sedition Over Alleged Pro-Pakistan Slogans, Files Bail Application [Read Bail Application]

A sessions court in Bengaluru has asked the prosecution to file its statement of objections, by March 24, to the bail application filed by Amulya Leona, who has been booked for sedition for allegedly raising pro-pakistan slogan during a protest held against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Amulya (19 was arrested by the police on February 20 in respect of an FIR registered for...

COVID-19: Functioning Of Meghalaya HC & All Subordinate Courts Restricted To Hear Urgent Matters Till March 27 [Read Circular]

The Meghalaya High Court has decided to hear only urgent matters until March 27, as a measure to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Through a circular issued in that behalf on Monday, the High Court has adjourned all the cases in both the high court as well as subordinate courts for two weeks, except urgent ones. The cause list of the High Court and other courts will be prepared...

COVID-19: Regular Work Suspended In Allahabad HC, NCLT Bench & Subordinate Courts; Only Urgent Cases To Be Listed [Read Circulars]

The Allahabad High Court on Monday restricted its functioning to hear only urgent matters forthwith, as a preventive and remedial measure to combat the impending threat of COVID-19 pandemic. The high court has also requested the UP state government to deploy adequate medical staff at its premises to ensure thermal screening and also to set up a Laboratory so as to conduct...

Breaking: UP Ordinance On Recovery Of Damages Challenged In Allahabad HC [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in the Allahabad High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the recently promulgated Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Properties Act 2020.The petition filed by Advocate Shashank Shri Tripathi states that the Ordinance is a "mischief played on the Constitution".The Ordinance provides for the constitution...