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KEY TAKEAWAYS The Delhi High Court quashed the criminal defamation case filed against Business Standard, journalist Mitali Saran on Monday. The defamation case was filed due to her alleged defamation article about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and the members. A lawyer ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS This decision is in relation to: P Mohanraj v. M/S Shah Brothers Ispat Pvt Ltd. /l..

KEY TAKEAWAYS After years of demands of the citizens, the Cuban Government passed the awaited animal welfare law.  The citizens consider this as an unusual win of the society over the communist country, in a place where animal sacrifice and animal fighting for entertainment..

KEY TAKEAWAYS This decision is in relation with Rajat Agarwal v Sonal Agarwal, where the appellant challenged the Family Court's decision regarding the mother's custody of her daughter. The Bench of Justices Ashok Kumar Verma and Augustine George Masih observed that duri..

Freedom Of Expression During The Covid-19 Pandemic- Are We Being Silenced Or Ar..

NATIONAL NEWS SUMMARIES 1.    Did not ask accused to marry the girl: Supreme Court on Misreporting •    A few days ago, news had surfaced that CJI Bobde had asked a rape accused to marry the rape victim, which got a lot of criticism. •    The CJI stated that the question was asked with respect..

GENERAL OVERVIEW A Bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi held that the limitation period to file a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Co..

GENERAL OVERVIEW  After years of demands of the citizens, the Cuban Government passed the awaited animal welfare law.  The citizens consider this as an unusual win of the society over the communist country, in a place where animal sacrifice and animal fighting for ente..

GENERAL OVERVIEW The Supreme Court expressed disappointment and displeasure at the non compliance of the Central Government- to whom orders were directed to install CCTVs in the agencies that carry out interrogations and have the power of arrest, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), National Investigatio..

NATIONAL NEWS SUMMARIES 1.    Offences with imprisonment of 3 year or more are cognizable, non- bailable: Bombay HC •    In the case of Piyush Ranipa v. State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has held that the offences under laws other than IPC with imprisonment of more than 3 years or more are cognizable and non b..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Central Government opposes marriage opportunities and equality for the LGBTQ+ community in the Delhi High Court. On ..

OVERVIEW  Nodeep Kaur, a Dalit woman labour activist from Punjab was arrested on January 12, 2021, by the Soniapat Police. Her sister, Ms. Rajveer Kaur had alleged that she had been assaulted by the Police and that she had injuries all over her body, including her private parts. She..

OVERVIEW Facebook lifts the ban on news contents in Australia as had been declared by the tech-giant on Thursday. It restored the ability of the Australian users to share or watch news contents from their Facebook accounts, after a prolonged discussion about such ban or declaration with the US Government. The ban was on local..

OVERVIEW Amazon had entered into an agreement with Future retail, and now Amazon is of the opinion that Future Retail had violated the said agreement by entering into a parallel agreement with Reliance India Ltd. To that effect, in order to prevent the breach of the said agreement, Jeff Bezos led Amazon filed a plea in the De..

OVERVIEW Delhi High Court on February 26 ordered that in case an advocate is absent for the physical hearing, no adverse orders shall be passed by the lower courts. The case in point was Anil Kumar v. Hon'ble High Court of Delhi, with a petition seeking hybrid hearings and lower cour..