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Kerala HC: Mere Erroneous Exercise Of Judicial Power Sans Extraneous Considerations Not Criminal Misconduct

   14 July 2021 at 15:58

FACTS The petitioner, Assistant Commissioner (Assessment), Commercial Taxes, Thrissur was alleged to have taken a bribe from one M/s. Nano Excel Enterprises and help them evade taxes. The said information was given by the Commissioner of Commercial T ..

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SC Refuses To Hear Plea Against Thermal Plants Set Up In Neighbouring States

   13 July 2021 at 16:02

PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION The Delhi Government filed a PIL before the Supreme Court against the Centre seeking closure of 10 thermal power plants located in Punjab, Haryana, UP that contribute to air pollution in Delhi significantly. The PIL also so ..

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Gujarat HC Reserves Order On Petition Against Liquor Prohibition Laws

   13 July 2021 at 16:02

BACKGROUND The Gujarat Government passed the Gujarat Prohibition Act in 1949 prohibiting the manufacturing, selling, purchasing, and consuming liquor in the state. It has been challenged many times by different petitioners before the Gujarat High Cou ..

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SC Says The Issue Of Fundamental Rights And Legislative Privileges Pending Since 2005 Needs To Be Given More Importance

   13 July 2021 at 16:02

BACKGROUND Mr. Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of Facebook India, and the company Facebook were alleged to collude with the parties who had an interest in the recent riots that took place in the national capital, New Delhi. The after ..

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SC Directs The Centre To Ensure That People In Mental Health Homes Are Vaccinated

   12 July 2021 at 15:54

PIL BEFORE THE COURT Gaurav Bansal filed PIL before the Court saying that around 10,000 people are languishing in mental homes because of social stigma. He also stated that the Maharashtra Government is transferring people from mental homes to beggar ..

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Delhi HC Extends Interim Protection From Coercive Action For Newsclick Founder Prabir Purkayastha In Corruption Case

   12 July 2021 at 15:54

FACTS The Delhi Police alleged that NewsClick’s Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha received a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of Rs 9.59 crore from Worldwide Media Holdings in the United States in the year 2018-19. The Enforcement Directorate r ..

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SC Hears Appeals Against Gujarat HC Judgment Striking Down 97th Amendment

   12 July 2021 at 15:54

BACKGROUND The Central Government passed the 97th Constitutional Amendment in 2011, relating to encouraging the economic activities of cooperatives. The said Amendment was challenged before the Gujarat High Court through a PIL on the ground that it w ..

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Supreme Court Emphasizes The Need To Write Short & Clear Judgments

   12 July 2021 at 15:54

BACKGROUND Delhi faced communal riots and violence between 24th and 29th February 2020 causing loss to life and property. The result of these riots led to the formation of the Committee on Peace and Harmony by the legislative assembly of NCT of Delhi ..

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Delhi High Court Creates Intellectual Property Division To Deal Exclusively With Intellectual Property Cases

   09 July 2021 at 14:38

BACKGROUND The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 was enacted by the President and notified on 4th April 2021. The ordinance amended various acts relating to the protection of Intellectual Property Rights. T ..

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Restriction On Unvaccinated Persons For Leaving From Their Houses, Violative Of Articles 14,19 And 21: Guwahati HC

   07 July 2021 at 15:49

BACKGROUND The Mizoram Government on 29th June 2021 declared the Standard Operating Procedures for the movement of vaccinated and non-vaccinated within the state during the ongoing pandemic. The SOPs require all the persons to be vaccinated and the n ..

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