[Full Video] [Download Notes] "Prosecution For Offences Including "Perjury" Under Section 195 Cr.PC By Justice V Ramkumar"

LiveLaw is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series" tomorrow 11 am.Justice V Ramkumar (Former Judge, High Court of Kerala) will speak on the topic "Prosecution For Offences Including "Perjury" Covered By Section 195 Cr.PC"."Prosecution for contempt of the lawful authority of "public servants" and for offences such as perjury, forgery etc committed in relation...

[WATCH FULL VIDEO]Patriarchy, Misogyny & Sexual Assault : Women and the Courts [Navroz Seervai, Senior Advocate And Gulnar Mistry, Advocate]

Senior Advocate Narvoz Seervai, Bombay High Court will speak on the issue "Patriarchy, Misogyny & Sexual Assault: Women And The Courts ". followed by a Q& A Session.The session would be moderated by Advocate Gulnar Mistry.Navroz Seervai is a Senior Advocate at the Bombay High Court. Seervai has been a lawyer for 40 years, and active in the fields of environment and civil...

RBI Must Monitor Implementation Of Loan Moratorium Circular; Borrower Entitled To Seek Moratorium As A Matter Of Right For Continuity Of Business : Karnataka HC

The High Court of Karnataka has held that a borrower is entitled to seek loan moratorium on the basis of the Reserve Bank of India's March 27 circular, on the ground that the non-grant of it would affect the continuity of buisness.While acknowledging that the grant of moratorium as per the RBI circular is the discretion of the bank, the Court stated that it is "mandatory" for the banks to...

Kerala Gold Smuggling Case : Swapna Suresh's Conduct Suspicious; FIR Under UAPA Registered, Centre Tells Kerala HC

The application filed by Swapna Suresh seeking anticipatory bail in the Kerala gold smuggling case is not maintainable, in view of the fact that the National Investigation Agency(NIA) has taken over the probe, submitted the Central Government before the High Court of Kerala on Friday.Pointing out Section 21 of the NIA Act, Mr. Ravi Prakash, Central Government Counsel, submitted that the...

US Supreme Court Rules Against Absolute Immunity For President From Investigation; Allows Access To Trump's Tax Records

'There is nothing inherently stigmatizing about a President performing 'the citizen's normal duty o furnishing information relevant' to a criminal investigation'

Use Of Pre-Printed & Fixed Forms To Record Patients' Consent Amounts To 'Unfair Trade Practice' : NCDRC [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that the use of fixed "informed consent cum undertaking" by the hospitals to record consent from the patients amounts to "unfair trade practice" within the meaning of Section 2(1)(r) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The Commission asserted that the uniform use of the pre-printed and fixed informed consent cum undertaking...

Women Lawyers Express Grave Concerns about Composition, Time Frame and Methodology Adopted by The Committee for Reforms in Criminal Law

Expressing their "concern" and "in fact anger" that there is not even a single woman on their National Level Committee for Reforms in Criminal Law, apart from it being totally non representative of minorities and other marginalised communities, women lawyers from across India have written to the Committee "It is essential that the Committee be expanded to include eminent women, Dalit,...

[AIBE- XIV] Plea In AP High Court Challenges Withholding Of Results of Bar Examination [Read Petition]

A petition relating to declaration of results of AIBE-XIV is pending before the Andhra Pradesh High Court, whereby a candidate is contesting withholding of his result by the Bar Council of India, "without any valid grounds". The plea was filed by Advocate Bilaal Ahmed Syed in March this year, aggrieved by the Council's decision to withhold the result of the only Examination Center in...

Centre Publishes Draft Code On Wages (Central) Rules; Invites Objections & Suggestions From Public [Read Notification]

The Central Government has published a draft of Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2020, inviting objections and suggestions from the public. Code on Wages, 2019, which subsumes four existing laws on labour wages - the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 was passed by Parliament last year. The Code received...

J&K Govt Extends Internet Restrictions Even As SC Directions For Review By 'Special Committee' Await Compliance

With another order being passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Administration, extending the restrictions on internet speed till 29thth July, the contempt petition filed by Foundation of Media Professionals against the failure of government officials in constituting a "Special Committee" to review internet restrictions in J&K as per Supreme Court directions comes to the fore as it is yet to...

[Breaking] Karnataka HC Stays Govt Ban On Online Classes; Says It Violates Right To Education Under Article 21A

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday expressed the prima facie view that State Government orders banning online classes encroached upon the Fundamental Right to Life and Education conferred by Article 21 and 21A of the Constitution of India."Prima facie we are of the view that both orders of June 15 and June 27, encroached upon the Fundamental Right conferred by Article 21 and 21A of...

Delhi University Decides To Postpone Exams Till August; Petitions Challenging DU Exam Notification Referred To Division Bench Of Delhi HC

The Delhi University has decided to postpone the examinations till August, but has not provided a specific date on which the examinations will be held. The information was given to the Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh which has directed to transfer all the petitions concerning the DU examinations before the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium...