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Case At Hand A petition to the Supreme Court was filed, requesting the formation of an independent collegium to appoint members of the Election Commission. The Association for Democratic Reforms, represented by advocates Prashant Bhushan and Cheryl Dsouza, filed the petition./l..

Background Facts The plea has been filed before the SC to seek for SIT probe in a matter related to the alleged killing of the workers of BJP at the hands of people belonging to the Trinamool Congress Party in the wake of violence that happen post-poll in West Bengal. The plea was filed ..

Background Facts The Gujarat High Court while taking the suo-moto action in lack of availability of RT¬PCR facilities and other infrastructural facilities in this second wave of the COVID Pandemic that is spreading fast in a rural area. Directions by Court p style="text-ali..

Background Facts A woman pilot has filed the Plea at the Indian Air Force before Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking annulment of anticipatory bail granted by the Principal Sessions Judge in a matter related to sexual harassment lodged against Flight Commander. Before this, the women fi..

What Is The Case ● Axis Bank Limited v. National Stock Exchange of India Ltd ● Even if a technical member is not present on the Bench, the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has ruled that it has the authority to hear and resolve appeals. ● As a re..

‘Legal Issues Can't Be Raised And Settled In Streets’: Acting CJ Rajesh Bindal Of Calcutta HC Refuses Interim Bail To TMC Leaders In Narada Scam Case Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijit Banerjee of the Calcutta High Court's division bench delivered a split decision on the interim bail pet..

Key takeaways ● The Indian government told the Delhi High Court on Monday that the latest WhatsApp privacy policy violates Indian IT rules. ● Users who have not approved the new policy will not have their accounts deleted immediately, according to the messaging website. ● The updated WhatsApp privacy policy went..

What Is The Case ● TV5, an Andhra Pradesh-based news channel, has filed a contempt of court complaint against the state, alleging that the filing of FIRs against media outlets is a flagrant breach of the Supreme Court's April 30 order in the Suo Moto COVID crisis case. ● The contempt..

What Is The Case ● On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ordered a petitioner who had filed a Habeas Corpus petition under Article 32 against his wife's father's unlawful detention to seek relief under Section 97 CrPC (search for a person who is wrongfully confined). ● Because of these s..

Background The single judge bench of Justice Pankaj Bhandari was hearing an anticipatory bail application filed for offences u/s 457 and 354 of the a href="https://..

Background Father Swamy was arrested last year on October 8, 2020 and was charged under several sections of the IPC and offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. He was arrested along with 15 other Activists for allegedly supporting the cause of banned CPI (Maoists) through different civil organizations..

Background The Chief Justice S. Manikumar led bench of Kerala High Court was hearing two PILs against the decision to hold the oath ceremony of the newly elected MLAs. In view of the surging covid 19 cases, the government has imposed a nation-wide lockdown and hence the governme..

Live-In Relationships Not Prohibited; Such Persons Are Entitled To Equal Protection Of Laws: Punjab & Haryana HC In stark contrast to this order, the High Court last week refused immunity to live-in couples who sought it in two different cases. A week after two Punjab & Haryana H..

Facts in Brief Advocate Vimal Harishchandra Jha was arrested by the Kharghar Police for offences punishable u/s 323, 364 A, 365, 387, 506 r/w 34 for supposedly trying to extort Rs. 3 Crore from his client and consequently kidnapping him. The Police initially held that Jha was ar..

Background Since the year 1951, there has been a long-lasting dispute betwee..