BACKGROUND Provision of sedition law was placed under Section 113 of the IPC and was later amended to Section 124A. One of the important post-independence cases dealing with sedition law is Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar where the constitutional ..
BACKGROUND Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021(IT Rules, 2021) were implemented in February 2021, under Section 87 of the IT Act. The objective of these guidelines is to establish the Government& ..
Who filed the appeal An appeal was filed by Sanjay Sharma against two reputed schools situated in Lucknow. The schools did not disclose information as they are not aided by the State, thus, falling out of the purview of the RTI Act.What was the decis ..
Overview The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) had issued a circular authorizing a forcible deduction from retired employees' pensions towards the Relief Fund. Rajan E G and M Kesavan Nair (retired KSEB employees) brought to the notice of the ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE In January 2020, an affidavit was filed before the Apex Court, which challenged the constitutional validity of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1972. A Division Bench of Justice R F Nariman and Justice Ravindra Bhat ..
Background The name of the case is Franklin Templeton Trustee Services Private Limited v. Amruta Garg. The constitutional validity of the Clause (a) of Regulation 39 (2) of the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations is challenged as arbitrary as it does not ..
Private Schools In UP Are Now Under The Purview Of RTIAll private schools in Uttar Pradesh would be now under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005. They would have to provide information and appoint public information officers. The rulin ..
FACTS The petitioner was appointed as the Junior Engineer in the Karnataka Electricity Board and after completing graduation, he was promoted to Assistant Engineer. A chargesheet was issued against him and a departmental inquiry led to the imposition ..
Who is Mehul Choksi Mehul Choksi is an Indian fugitive jeweler who is involved in a Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case of Rs. 13,500 Crore. He had been residing in Antigua as a citizen since 2018.Previous Proceedings He went missing from Antigua a ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE A three judge Bench of the Supreme Court headed by then Chief Justice of India, J S Khehar, had obtruded on the Suraz India Trust, an NGO, an outstanding cost of Rs 25 lakhs. This was done in the view that the NGO had filed var ..
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