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THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION HAS CARRIED OUT MASS ARRESTS OF ITS DISSIDENTS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE HONG KONG'S INCLINATION TOWARDS CHINA. •  On January 5, Hong Kong Police arrested over 50 to 100 pro-democracy activists. •  The arrests..

BACKGROUND • In a huge judgment, a Full Bench of the Bombay High Court, [Nagpur Bench] on 4th January held that the High Court while practising the inborn forces under Sec. 482 CrPC can't put aside the request for conviction of denounced in a non-compoundable case only on the ground that the blamed and complaina..

• Mincing no words about the absolute disappointment of the arraignment and the trick preliminary embraced by the preliminary court, the Kerala High Court recently subdued the exoneration of the relative multitude of men blamed in the Walayar assault case which included the rape and self-destruction of two minor sisters (State of Kerala v. Madhyu Kutti and..

President – elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the next US President on January 20, 2021 in front of the famous US capitol building but before that an interesting rather horrific events took place which caused havoc in the Capitol in Washington DC.  WHY IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE CAPITOL BUILDING ..

DETAILS ABOUT THE ATTACK •  A group of muslims vandalised and set ablaze a Hindu temple in north western region of Pakistan on December 30, 2020.  •  The occurrence took place in Karak district in the western province of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. p st..

The President of India, in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, appointed Shri Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court, as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court. Department of Justice has issued today a notification in this regard. Shri Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia,was enrolled as an Advocate on July 0..

OVERVIEW •  The Central Vista redevelopment project is a development intend to give India's capacity hallway another spatial personality in what is normally called the Lutyen's Delhi.  • The present parliament building was planned by Edwin Lutyens an..

WHAT IS A DEFAULT BAIL? * Under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure(CrPc), the maximum period for which the Judicial Magistrate can grant custody of an accused in the course of the investigation is 90 days for offences punishable with not less than 10 years, and 60 days for offences punishable with less than..

THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY REITERATED THAT A CONTRACT CANNOT BE SAID TO HAVE CONCLUDED IF THE CONDITIONAL OFFER WAS ACCEPTED BY ADDING A FURTHER CONDITION. SECTION 7 INDIAN CONTRACT ACT • Section 7 of the Indian Contract Act provides that “In order to con..

The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe recently held that compelling school children to recite religious words in national pledge and to salute the national flag is unconstitutional. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CASE • The Education Minister had rolled a pledge which was to be recited in school assemblies everyday by all students. • The pl..

THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT RECENTLY STRUCK DOWN THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES (SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1963, CALLING IT ULTRA VIRES TO THE CONSTITUTION. PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES ACT, 1963 •  The Act was amended in 1999. ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Call Records are simply the systematic logs of telephonic calls made from a particular number to other numbers. Unlike "phone tapping", it does not contain the contents of the call. Call Records are admissible as ev..

LL.M COURSE IN INDIA The one-year LL.M course in India was introduced in 2013 by the Bar Council of India. LL.M is the Masters' Course in Law which gives a post-graduate degree. There were two options of opting either the one-year LL.M..

OVERVIEW • Lawyer Abha Singh and Janaki Chaudhary, a social worker seeking changes to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace under Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, 2013 filed a public interest litigation before the Bombay High Court. • Petitioners oppose that the..

OVERVIEW “There is no harm in the publishing of the names of persons declared as absconding accused (as are statutory allowed to be published vide Punjab Police Rules, 1934), in the social media,” stated Punjab & Haryana High Court. • Previously in a similar order, Punjab and Haryana HC had made it clear that the entry of the name of any offender in th..