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NIA Court Grants Permission To Jailed Anti- CAA Activist Akhil Gogoi To Take Oath As Legislator of Assam Assembly Akhil Gogoi, a jailed anti-CAA activist who is the first Assamese to win an election from behind bars, obtained permission from a special NIA court on Tuesday to take oath as an Assam Assembly legislator. ..

Key Takeaways ● The Supreme Court's Portal for Assistance in Court Efficiency (SUPACE) was launched last month ● SUVAAS, an indigenously designed neural translation software was launched in November 2019 ● These tools can be useful for gathering..

Key Takeaways ● Same-sex marriage was legalized in 2017, but a Green Party bill to automatically recognize lesbian spouses as co-parents were defeated by parliament. ● Only the biological mother is legally recognized as a parent in Germany, and her female spouse, even if they are married..

Overview On 30th April 2021, while passing an order in the case of, Ramasamy Udayar V. The District Collector and Ors, the Honorable Madras High Court observed that any procession including religious procession cannot be prohibited or curtailed merely because another religious group is residing or doing business in th..

What Is The Case ● Digital courtroom trials, which have been in use since March 2020, have changed the way we think of lawsuits and courts. ● What was once thought to be impossible has now become the only way to get justice in India's courts. This decade will be a watershed moment fo..

What Is The Case ● The Supreme Court first heard the suo motu writ petition In Re: Contagion of Covid 19 Virus in Prisons on March 16, last year, by a bench consisting of the then Chief Justice of India (CJI), S.A. Bobde, and Justice L. Nageswara Rao. It was a foresighted decision, given that the bench had taken note of the s..

Background Facts An appeal was filed before Supreme Court to consider an appeal relating to the question that whether the agreement in the case should be understood as a license to carry a business or a license to inhabit the rented premises in which the business was situated. If the agr..

Overview On the 7th of May 2021, Mr. Mohit D. Ram, the Standing Counsel of the Election Commission of India resigned stating that his values are not in consonance with the current working of the Election Commission of India. What Was The Reason Given For Resigning ..

Plea For Conversion Of Religious And Charitable Places Enjoying Tax Exemption Into COVID Centres The President of the Taxpayers Association of Bharat have approached the Supreme Court seeking for directions to convert the religious and charitable places who own the property and enjoy the benefit of tax exemption under Section..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Calcutta High Courthasasked Mamta Banerjee’s Government to file an affidavit before the court within 3 days relating to the law and order situation in West Bengal. The public interest litigation (PIL)in reference is Anindya Sundar Das v. Union of India &a..

Overview The West Bengal Government through an affidavit has requested the Supreme Court in the suo moto case taken up by the Court to ask the Central Government for uniform rates of the COVID Vaccine. What Is The Issue The..

Background Facts On March 11, a notification and an order issued by the government that states that subsequent office memorandum for amalgamation and consolidation of primary schools that have poor roll strength with higher schools. A bunch of petitions was filed before the High Court of..

Background Facts Rajiv Dhaiya, chairperson of NGO Suraz India Trust granted an interim order by the Rajasthan High Court on stay on his transfer issued by the Rajasthan government. In the year In May 2017, Supreme Court forced an exemplary cost of Rs. 25 lakhs on the NGO for filing aroun..

Key Takeaways • West Bengal Government has approached the Honorable Supreme Court through an affidavit asking for Uniform price for COVID Vaccines under the suo moto case taken up by the Apex Court regarding the distribution of essential supplies during COVID. • The West Bengal..

KEY TAKEAWAYS A Public Interest Litigation was recently filed before the division bench of Calcutta Court comprising of 2 judge bench by an advocate. However, the Calcutta High Court felt that the matter which came before it needs to be addressed by a larger bench of this court ..