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OVERVIEW  • According to the apex court webside, the Collegium, in its meeting held on December 14, has also approved the proposal to elevate Delhi HC judge Justice Hima Kohli as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court, Calcutta HC judge Justice Sanjib Banerjee as Chief Justice of Madras High Court. p sty..

OVERVIEW  •  The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Environment, Forest and Urban Development Ministry, CBI and states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, National Disaster Management Authority in a case pertaining to regularization of illegal layouts and constructions. p ..

NO.11 - STATUS OF LAW COMMISSION REPORT REPORT NO: 153 - INTER COUNTRY ADOPTIONS The Thirteenth Law Commission was constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice K.N. Singh to study the matters related to adoption of Indian children by foreigners. The Repor..

NO: 10 - STATUS OF LAW COMMISSION REPORTS REPORT NO: 275 - LEGAL FRAMEWORK: BCCI vis-à-vis RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 The Twenty-First Law Commission was constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice B.S. Chauhan and submitted Report No.275 to t..

NO: 9 - STATUS OF LAW COMMISSION REPORTS REPORT NO: 159 - REPEAL AND AMENDMENT OF LAWS: PART I – PARA 3.14 THE CINEMATOGRAPH ACT, 1952 The Fifteenth Law Commission was constituted under the Chai..

KEY TAKEAWAYS · Attorney General K K Venugopal spoke about the possibility of extending the jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal under Wildlife Protection Act · A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justice AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, which is hearing a plea f..

THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY SET ASIDE A HIGH COURT ORDER UNDER SECTION 482 CRPC, OBSERVING THAT APPLICATION FILED BY A PERSON UNCONNECTED WITH PROCEEDINGS CANNOT ORDINARILY BE ENTERTAINED BY HIGH COURTS. WHAT IS SECTION 482 OF CRPC? •  Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure allows High Court to pass necessary orders, which it thinks wo..

Background •  The Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act was enacted in 2018 prohibiting conversion from one religion to another religion by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion, allurement or marriage. •  The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of ..

Background • In 2014, the Allahabad High Court in the case of Noor Jahan Begum and Ors. Vs. State of U.P. and Ors. held that converting religion for the sole purpose of marriage is not valid. • In October, 2020, in Priyanshi @ Km. Shamren and ors. Vs. State of UP and another a ..

THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY REMANDED IN TWO PILS SEEKING UNFORM CIVIL LAW FOR MATTERS RELATING TO DIVORCE AND MAINTENANCE, ASKING HOW COULD IT (SUPREME COURT) ENCHROACH ON IT (PERSONAL LAWS). THE PRESENT CASE • In the present case, a three-judge's Bench headed by..

BACKGROUND  •  A petitioner had filed a writ of mandamus praying a refund of Rs. 7,45,000 arguing that he is entitled for a refund because the case was never file, therefore, in such cases the fees remains unutilized.  •  The petitioner had purchas..

BACKGROUND • An appeal was filed before the Supreme Court against the Trial Court and High Courts order dismissing a suit seeking the relief for a permanent injunction. While allowing appeal against the concurrent findings the Supreme Court observed that adverse inference can be drawn against a party who does not appear ..

Background • Farmers have been protesting against the three Farmers’ Acts viz; Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act as they are apprehensive that the..

Over 10 Lakh cases worth settlement value of nearly Rs. 3228.Cr disposed of in last National Lok Adalat of the year 2020 organised through both virtual and physical mode Last National Lok Adalat of the year 2020 was organised through virtual and physical mode across the country under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority on 12.12.2020. T..

THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY HELD THAT SUMMARY EVICTION PROCEDURE UNDER SENIOR CITIZENS ACT CANNOT BE INVOKED TO DEFEAT RIGHT OF RESIDENCE OF WOMAN IN A SHARED HOUSEHOLD AS PER DVACT HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRESENT CASE A senior citizen couple filed application for see..