Breaking : PM Modi Announces 21 Days Country Wide Complete Lockdown To Combat COVID 19 Transmission [Read The Guidelines]

Prime Minister Narendara Modi on Tuesday announced three weeks country wide lockdown for 21 days, starting from 12 AM tonight.The PM said that this measure was absolutely necessary to stop the transmission of COVID-19 virus.The PM emphasized the need for maintaining 'social distancing' and appealed to the citizens to stay at home and follow health instructions to break the...

Tips & Key Takeaways For Conquering Advocate-On-Record Exam: Hear It From The AoR Exam Toppers Of June 2019

The Supreme Court Advocate On Record (AoR) Examination Result for June 2019 was declared yesterday. Practicing at the top court of law in India requires robust expertise. According to numerous reports, only 18% of test takers pass the AOR exam which goes on to suggest that conquering the test is no easy task. So what does it take to crack the AOR Exam? Who better than...

Breaking: Calcutta HC Extends All Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It [Read Order]

In a case registered suo moto, a Full Bench of the Calcutta High Court has extended the subsistence of all the interim orders passed by it and the courts subordinate to it till April 30, provided they were subsisting on March 16. The order is passed in the backdrop of "non-availability of access to Courts", due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The extension has been granted by...

[Breaking] IBC Threshold Raised As ₹ One Crore; Govt May Consider Suspending Sections 7, 9 & 10

In view of the lockdown due to COVID-19, the Finance Ministry on Tuesday announced special relief packages for companies under the Companies Act and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.The existing threshold of Rupees one lakh for triggering insolvency is raised to Rupees one crore. The Ministry will also consider suspending Sections 7, 9, 10 of IBC for six months if the lockdown situation...

Breaking : Income Tax Returns Date For 2018-19 FY Extended Till June 30, 2020; GST Filings Dates Extended

The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that the date for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2018-19 has been extended till June 30,2020 from March 31 in the wake of COVID 19 outbreak.The interest for delayed returns is reduced from 12% to 9%.For delayed deposit of TDS, interest has been reduced to 9% from 18%.Aadhaar-Bank linking date has been extended...

COVID-19 Pandemic Must Receive Priority, Says SC Appointed Interlocutors After Clearance Of Shaheen Bagh Protest Site

Following the clearance of Shaheen Bagh protest site by police on Tuesday morning in view of the lockdown imposed in Delhi due to COVID19 pandemic, Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde and Advocate Sadhana Ramachandran - who were appointed by the Supreme Court as interlocutors in the issue- released a statement.Hegde and Ramachandran urged everyone to the see the issue not as "a question of win or...

[Breaking] J&K Administration Revokes Preventive Detention Of Former CM Omar Abdullah

Nearly after over seven months of detention, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday revoked the preventive detention of former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, reported the PTI.On Tuesday, order revoking his detention -presently under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act - was issued.He had been under detention since August 5, following the revocation...

COVID-19 : Penal Laws For Enforcing Pandemic Protocols [Explainer]

Many states in the country have declared lockdown as a precautionary measure to curb the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic.These orders are imposed invoking the powers under Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and Disaster Management Act 2005. On the top of it, District Magistrates have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in several districts.In this...

Avoid Physical Production Of Undertrial Prisoners Before Courts; Use Video Conferencing : SC Directs To Prevent COVID-19 Transmission [Read Order]

To prevent outside transmission of COVID-19 pandemic to prison, the Supreme Court on Monday directed that under-trial prisoners should not be physically produced before Courts and that video conferencing should be adopted for such purposes."Taking into consideration the possibility of outside transmission, we direct that the physical presence of all the undertrial prisoners before the Courts...

SC Extends Limitation For Filing In All Courts/Tribunals With Effect From March 15 Until Further Orders [Read Order]

With the objective of reducing physical filings in courts and tribunals across the countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday passed a general order extending the limitation, whether condonable or not, with effect from March 15, until further orders."To obviate such difficulties and to ensure that lawyers/litigants do not have to come physically to file such...

SC Lays Down Video Conferencing Procedure For Urgent Hearings

The judges of Supreme Court on Monday evolved the modalities for video conferencing after a meeting with the representatives of the Supreme Court Bar Association and Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association.The meeting was held by Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Surya Kant and Justice Aniruddha Bose and attended by Mr. Dave Sr Adv, President, SCBA, Ashok Arora Secretary. SCBA, Joseph Aristotle...

[COVID-19] Plea For More Testing Laboratories and Quarantine Centres: SC Directs To Consider It As Representation

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice on a plea seeking an increase in testing laboratories and quarantine centers in view of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country.Chief Justice of India SA Bobde also directed for Public Interest Litigations seeking orders regarding COVID-19 restrictions were to be considered as Representations by the appropriate ministry. This...