Independence Day : What Does Freedom Mean When Institutions Carry Colonial Baggage?

'The Constitution sought to bring in an attitudinal shift in the approach of the institutions even while retaining their colonial structure, by redefining the nature of the relationship between the individual and the State'.

[TODAY AT 5.30 PM] Gautam Bhatia's Lecture Series On Landmark Cases Of Supreme Court (1950-2020)-Episode [1] AK Gopalan Vs State Of Madras

LIVELAW PRESENTSGAUTAM BHATIA'S LECTURE SERIES ON LANDMARK CASES OF SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (1950-2020]EPISODE-1 AK GOPALAN VS STATE OF MADRASAUGUST 15 AT 5.30 PM[Gautam Bhatia graduated from the National Law School of India University in 2011. He read for the BCL and the MPhil at the University of Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship, and for an LLM at the Yale Law School. He practiced law for...

[Full VIDEO] LiveLaw Practitioner Series: "Law of Writs [Part 2] - Writ of Mandamus" By Vibha Datta Makhija, Senior Advocate

Senior Advocate Vibha Datta Makhija (Supreme Court of India) will speak on the topic "Law of Writs ( Part 2 ) - Writ of Mandamus"Moderated By: Aditya SidhraThe details of the webinar are as follows:YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42La8U2RKVAZoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/94521111460?pwd=SlJyZ0NSdW45RmJucWcwaXpCMndHdz09Meeting ID: 945 2111 1460Password: 674553Facebook...

[Breaking] 'How Can There Be Exams Without Teaching? UGC Directions Arbitrary': Singvhi Seeks Cancellation Of Exams

"No one is against the exams in normal times. We are against exams during the pandemic", he submitted in SC.

[Breaking] SC Holds Prashant Bhushan Guilty Of Contempt For Tweets Against Judiciary; Will Hear Him On Sentence [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Friday held Advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court in the suo moto contempt case taken against him over two of his tweets about the Chief Justice of India and the Supreme Court.Justice B R Gavai, reading out the judgment, observed that Bhushan committed "serious contempt of the Court".The bench will hear him on sentence on August 20.A bench comprising...

DU Open Book Exams : Delhi HC Issues Notice To Pro Vice-Chancellor On Plea Alleging Failure To Operationalise Grievance Redressal Committee[Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi University's Pro Vice Chancellor Prof PC Joshi in an application claiming that the Delhi University has not taken any steps to operationalise Grievance Redressal Committee, violating the previous order of the court. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has further issued notices to the Ministry of Human...

Draft EIA 2020: SC Stays Delhi HC Contempt Proceedings Against Centre For Failure To Publish Notification In Regional Languages [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the contempt of court proceedings initiated by Delhi High Court against Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) for failing to publish draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020 in multiple regional languages.The Centre, however, withdrew its Special Leave Petition filed in the apex court to avail the remedy of...

[Enrica Lexie] Permanent Court of Arbitration Publishes Award & Dissenting Opinions

The Permanent Court of Arbitration has published its Award and concurring/dissenting opinions in the case between India and Italy on 'Enrica Lexie' Incident.Earlier the Court had published only an extracts from the Award since the Rules of Procedure provides that the full (redacted) Award can be published only after the Parties' confidentiality review.Now, a 326 paged Award has been uploaded...

Students vs UGC : Live Updates Of Hearing In Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court begins hearing on petition filed by students of the Bangalore Institute of Technology, seeking the option of online exams for the exams held by Visvesvaraya Technological University.Yesterday, the Court had asked the VTU if viva can be done online, why can't exams be held online.Follow this page for live updates....

Students, UGC & State : Why There Is More At Stake Than Just Final Exams?

The UGC had recognised the limitations of year-end exams as a one-time evaluation. Yet our obsession with the exam persists.

Kerala HC Expresses Concerns About Police Officers Conducting Press Meetings About Ongoing Investigations [Read Judgment]

"Recently the practise of police officers rushing to media with speculative information about on going investigations is on the increase."

The Need To Protect Legal Profession From Silent Invasion By Non-Advocates

Rules are necessary to be made to ensure that persons practising other professions sare prohibited from engaging themselves in the practice of law.