NEET-UG 2024 | Re-Evaluate All OMR Sheets Instead Of Cancelling Exam : Plea In Supreme Court

In the latest development pertaining to the NEET-UG 2024 controversy, a writ petition has been filed stating that cancellation of this examination will be an “arbitrary decision” and will violate their fundamental rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India. The petitioners, also the candidates who appeared in the examination this year, have averred...

Liquor Policy: Arvind Kejriwal Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Arrest, CBI Remand

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest as well as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) remand in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam.Kejriwal is in judicial custody in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged scam.The Chief Minister was remanded to CBI custody for three days on June 26 by...

Curtains Fall On IPC, CrPC & Evidence Act : New Criminal Laws Take Effect From Today

India's legal system is giving a jittery welcome to the new criminal laws which are taking effect from today(July 1) replacing the decades-old Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure. The IPC(1860) and the Evidence Act(1872), which were enacted during the British regime, have been replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam....

The Message And Implications Of The 2024 General Election

The nation has just completed the biggest dance and festival of democracy. The people of India have exercised their supreme right, their vote to choose a government. This is the largest experiment undertaken in human history in the art of democratic living and governance. Never before and nowhere else has more than one sixth of the human race lived as one political entity under conditions of freedom and voted smoothly for the same or a new government. As Harrison Moore puts it in his The...

On Humanizing Law : CJI DY Chandrachud's Address At Oxford University

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud recently spoke on the theme of 'Role of Law In The Lives Of Those It Affects' at Oxford University. In his address, he spotlighted the issue of law which dehumanises the essence of democratic living and how an 'effects-oriented' approach by the judiciary helps 'Re-humanize' the law.In the heart of his address, the CJI emphasized the need to approach the...

New Criminal Laws : Compilation Of Articles On BNS, BNSS & BSA

The new criminal laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam(BSA) are taking effect from tomorrow, July 1, 2024. These laws repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act respectively.Here is a compilation of the articles published in LiveLaw explaining,...

BREAKING | WB Governor CV Ananda Bose Approaches Calcutta High Court Alleging Defamation By CM Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has approached the Calcutta High Court with a suit of defamation against WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.The plea comes in the aftermath of the Chief Minister allegedly making comments against the Governor stating that she had been informed by women that they did not feel safe visiting the Raj Bhavan due to recent allegations of sexual harassment against...

Role Of Judges Is To Serve People, Not Be Revered As 'Deities' In The 'Temple Of Justice': CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, during the inaugural session of the two-day East Zone II Regional Conference of the National Judicial Academy in Kolkata, emphasized the dangers of equating judges with gods. He stressed that the role of judges is to serve public interest, not to be revered as deities.CJI Chandrachud expressed his discomfort with the notion of the court as a "temple...

Liquor Policy: Delhi Court Remands Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal To Judicial Custody In CBI Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday remanded Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till July 12 in the FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in relation to the corruption case connected to the alleged liquor policy scam.Vacation Judge Sunena Sharma of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order after Kejriwal was produced in court on the expiry of his three days of CBI...

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Postpone Implementation Of New Criminal Laws : PUCL Writes To Law Ministers

People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has written a letter to the Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal requesting the postponement of the implementation of 3 Criminal Laws beyond 01st July 2024. A national discussion on the nature, need, scope and content of the three new laws has also been requested. The laws, viz. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagarik...

Level-Playing Field Opens Up Legal Profession To Those Without Connects: CJI DY Chandrachud At 200-Yr Celebrations Of Calcutta HC Bar Library Club

Chief Justice of India Justice (Dr) DY Chandrachud on Friday, spoke at the bicentenary celebrations of the Bar Library Club of Calcutta High Court. Flanked by Supreme Court Judges, Justices BR Gavai and Dipankar Datta, the CJI spoke as a part of a panel also comprising Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court TS Sivagnanam.CJI Chandrachud began his speech by acknowledging the contribution...