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Kolkata Court To Deliver Verdict On RG Kar Rape-Murder Case On January 18
A sessions court in Kolkata's Sealdah area will deliver its verdict on the gruesome RG Kar rape and murder case where a trainee doctor was raped and killed after completing her night shift at the city's RG Kar medical college and hospital.The incident, which occurred in August 2024, caused great furore across the country, with the High Court transferring the matter to the CBI, which filed...
Jurist Dr KN Chandrasekharan Pillai Passes Away
Legal Jurist, author, former director of Indian Law Institute, founder and director of National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Dr. KN Chandrasekharan Pillai passed away on Friday at the age of 81.Dr Pillai hails from Alappuzha district in Kerala. He completed his degree from the University of Kerala and received his LLB and LLM from the University of Delhi. Dr Pillai...
Sharon Murder Case: Kerala Court Finds Greeshma, Her Uncle Guilty; Mother Acquitted
A Court in Kerala's Trivandrum district has found Greeshma and her uncle Nirmalakumaran Nair guilty in the Sharon Murder case. The order was pronounced by Neyyattinkara Additional Sessions Court. The sentence will be pronounced only later after hearing both sides. Greeshma's mother, Sindhukumari was acquiited.Sharon Raj was allegedly poisoned by Greeshma to weasel out of their...
Maha Kumbh 2025: Plea Filed In NGT To Comply With Directions Pertaining To Maintaining Purity Of River Water
A plea has been filed in the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) principal bench seeking directions to Central Board of Pollution Control (CPCB) , Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and other authorities to ensure the compliance of the guidelines issued by NGT pertaining to maintaining purity of the rivers during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj.In Kamlesh Singh v. State of UP,...
NCLT Mumbai's Contractual & Outsourced Staff Go On Strike Over Delay In Payment Of Salary
The contractual and outsourced staff of the National Company Law Tribunal (Mumbai Bench) have issued a memorandum dated 14 January 2025, declaring a strike and refraining from performing their duties until their grievances are addressed and met through proper communication channels in a timely manner.The memorandum also stated the reasons for the said strike, which are as...
Delhi Riots: Court Raps Police Over Clubbing FIRs And Implicating Accused Based On 'Manipulated Video', Asks Commissioner To Take Action
A Delhi Court has recently rapped the Delhi Police over clubbing of six FIRs in a 2020 North-East Delhi riots case, observing that the concerned IO “shrugged off” his duty to properly investigate the 6 complaints. It also slammed the Police for implicating an accused on the basis of “manipulated piece of video.”Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Of Jayalalithaa's Legal Heirs Seeking Return Of Her Properties Confiscated In DA Case
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal challenging a trial court filed by the legal heirs of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking to release her property/assets seized by the authorities in the disproportionate assets case registered against her in 2004, in their favour. A single judge, Justice V Srishananda, dismissed the appeal filed by J Deepak and...
NUJS Kolkata Hosts AmiQuiz Curiae Legal Quiz Eastern Regional Rounds
NUJS Kolkata on Sunday hosted the eastern regional zone finals of the legal quiz 'AmiQuiz Curiae' organised by Qshala in collaboration with Live Law.The keynote speakers at the event were Calcutta High Court judge Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Senior Advocate Dr S Muralidhar.After a long day of quizzing, the following teams emerged as finalists:1st place: Jhuma Sen, Arpan Banerjee, Gaurav...
Tripura High Court Seeks Updated Statistics Of HIV/ AIDS Patients In State
The Tripura High Court recently asked the Tripura State AIDS Control Society to file updated statistics as regards the incidence of HIV/AIDS patients in the State including the youth to ascertain whether the steps being taken by it have led to improvement in arresting the upward trend of incidence of HIV/ AIDS in the State. The division bench of the Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh...
Law Schools Must Help Students Identify Injustice, Encourage Inclusivity: Dr S Muralidhar
NUJS Kolkata on Sunday hosted the Eastern Zonal Round finals of the AmiQuiz Curiae quiz conducted by Qshala in partnership with LiveLaw. Justice Joymalya Bagchi (Judge, Calcutta High Court) and Dr S Muralidhar (Senior advocate and former Chief Justice, Orissa HC) were the keynote speakers at the event. On the topic of legal education and social responsibility, Justice Bagchi stated that...
Centre For Judicial Archives At High Court Of Orissa Inaugurated
On 11th January, 2025 inauguration of the Centre for Judicial Archives was held under the aegis of the High Court of Orissa.The Centre was inaugurated by Shri Mohan Charan Majhi, Chief Minister of Odisha in presence of Shri Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Chief Justice, High Court of Orissa, Shri Prithiviraj Harichandan, Minister, Law, Government of Odisha, the Companion Judges of the...
