[Tomorrow, 5:30 pm] Webinar On "The Criminal Law Reforms Committee And The Imagination Of Law Reform"

LiveLaw invites you on a webinar on October 1, 2020, 5:30 pm.Rebecca John (Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India) and Jawahar Raja (Advocate, Delhi High Court) will speak on 'The Criminal Law Reforms Committee and the Imagination of Law Reform'.The details of the webinar are as followsDate & Time: October 1, 2020, 5:30 pmZoom...

Can't Provide Legal Opinion In Application Moved Under Sec 151 of CPC: Delhi HC Holds While Advising Petitioner To Seek Advice Judge After He Demits Office [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has clarified that it doesn't have the advisory jurisdiction to provide legal advice to the parties in applications moved under section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code. The Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Asha Menon further advised the Petitioner that he's free to seek the opinion of Justice Endlaw after he demits office on August 13...

Breaking: All Accused Acquitted In Babri Masjid Demolition Case; Act Not Pre-Planned, Says Court

A Special CBI Court at Lucknow on Wednesday acquitted all 32 persons accused of hatching the criminal conspiracy behind the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque on December 6, 1992.The acquitted persons include prominent BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Kalyan Singh etc.Special CBI Judge S K Yadav, in his 2000-page verdict, held that the demolition of the mosque was...

[Live Updates] SC Rejects Plea To Defer UPSC Exams

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Bombay City Civil Court Passes Gag Order Against Publication Of News/Social Media Posts Connecting Actor Arbaaz Khan With Sushant Singh Rajput Case [Read Order]

Bombay City Civil Court has passed a John-doe order restraining known and unknown persons from making defamatory allegations in posts and online videos, alleging his involvement in the recent unfortunate deaths of Disha Salian and Sushant Singh Rajput which are currently under investigation.Bollywood Actor-producer Arbaaz Khan has filed a Defamation Suit against certain known as well...

[Breaking] 2G Spectrum Case: Delhi HC Allows ED, CBI's Applications Seeking Early Hearing In Appeals Filed Against A Raja And Others

Delhi High Court has allowed the applications moved by Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation seeking early hearing in 2G spectrum appeals. The Single Bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi will now be providing an early hearing in leave to appeal filed by the investigating agencies against the acquittals of A Raja and others in the 2G Spectrum case.The court has decided to hear...

"IDIA Is Like Family,Legal Career Can Be Truly Diverse": In Conversation With Yamuna Menon, NLSIU Topper

Yamuna makes history by winning the most number of gold medals in the history of NLSIU

Delhi HC Directs Centre To File Report In Rakul Preet Singh's Plea Seeking Interim Direction Restraining Media From Reporting On Her NCB Investigation

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by actress Rakul Preet Singh an "urgent ad interim direction" restraining the media from reporting on the Bollywood Drug Mafia case, so far as she is concerned. The Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla has further directed the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Union of India, and other regulatory authorities to submit a...

[Rhea Bail Hearing-LIVE UPDATES] Bombay HC Hearing On Bail Application Of Rhea Chakraborty And Others In NDPS Case

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"A Blot To Cultural Conscience Of This State": ISIS War Zone Operative Sentenced To Life Imprisonment By NIA Court Kochi [Read Judgemnt]

A Special NIA Court at Ernakulam on Monday convicted ISIS terrorist Subahani Haja Mohideen and sentenced him to life imprisonment, in connection with the ISIS Omar Al-Hindi module case. Mohideen, a 35-yr-old resident of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu was arrested by the NIA in October 2016, subsequent to seizure of incriminating materials from his residence, including...

IDIA Scholar Yamuna Menon Becomes NLSIU Topper With 18 Gold Medals

IDIA Scholar, Yamuna Menon who graduated in law from NLSIU Bangalore this year, bagged as many as 18 Gold Medals and was declared the University Topper, at NLSIU's XXVIII Annual Convocation. She has been awarded the title of 'Best Outgoing Under-Graduate Student' among others, and has been awarded medals for excellence in the following subjects: (i) Business & Corporate...

Explained : Changes Brought To Foreign Contributions Regulation Act

The Parliament last week passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 ("the Bill") to amend the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 ("the FCRA or the Act"). As per the 'Statement of Objects' of the Bill, "the annual inflow of foreign contribution has almost doubled between the years 2010 and 2019, but many recipients of foreign contribution have not utilised...