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History of Acts for qualifications requirements The U.P. Basic Education Act was enacted in 1972 to regulate and control the basic education in U.P. Section 19 of the Act authorises the state government to make rules in order to fulfil the purpose of the Act. The..

• Attorney general K K Venugopal has granted his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra in connection with a tweet he posted on Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on November 18. • The consent came on a request made by Allahabad-based Advocate Anuj Singh. p style="text-ali..

OVERVIEW The Supreme Court has observed that a 'default bail' illegally or erroneously granted under Section 167(2) Cr.PC can be cancelled under Section 439(2) Cr.P.C. In this case, the High Court had allowed the petition filed under Section 439(2) CrPC, by the Intellige..

With the Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on our state of physical, mental, and financial well-being, it is necessary to rely on life insurance plans. Although a health insurance policy is quite a handful during these challenging times, nothing works better than safeguarding the future of your loved ones under a life insurance policy, especially with the pandemic sp..

Matter in issue • The single judge bench of justice A. Muhamed Mustaque, was hearing the case of K. Sivadasan v. Kerala State Election Commission (Writ Petition no. 13002 of 2017). • The petitioner K. Sivadasan, had won election to Koduvally Municipality in 2015 as an independe..

BACKGROUND • The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked for suggestions as to the relief which it may grant to the victims in the 2018 Ponzi scheme run by Future Maker Life Care Pvt Ltd, which involved a fraud of thousands of crores of rupees. • The writ petition by the aggrieved was b..

1. TEJ BAHADUR’s INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS • Former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was dismissed in 2017 after he posted a video complaining about the quality of food served to the troops of the force, • On 29th September, 2019 he joined the..

SYNOPSIS President Ram Nath Kovind on November 4 promulgated an ordinance amending the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, making changes in Article 43J (as inserted by Amendment Act 2019) and omitting the related 8th Schedule, thus, abating the stringent qualification criteria and general norms applicable to the arbitrat..

SYNOPSIS Simply explained, Special Courts are those courts which, having a limited jurisdiction, deal with a specific area of law. They fall outside the hierarchy of regular judicial system and aid the regular courts by taking off a huge load of a certain type of cases. These were initially governed by the Special Courts Act,..

Synopsis This article deals with the ongoing case of abetment on Republic TV editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami. There will be a brief introduction about who Arnab is and under what section of IPC he' s booked for. This article also deals with the after events of his arrest where there were allegations on him and his wife reg..

DECISION OF THE APEX COURT • The Supreme Court has recently reiterated that a registered document is presumed to be genuine. The onus to negate its genuine nature lies on the person who challenged the said registered document. • The plaintiff filed the suit in 2001 before the T..

SUMMARY • A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ascertain the feasibility of confiscating black money, benami properties and disproportionate assets. • The Petition sought life imprisonment for offences such as bri..

Who is Computer Baba? • Namdeo das Tyagi, also known as Computer Baba, hails from the city of Indore, MP. He is an environmentalist who is popularly known for his plantation drives and raids in illegal sand mines. • Computer Baba along with..

OVERVIEW The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cannot exercise its powers and jurisdiction over a State unless the concerned State gives consent for the same, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The Supreme Court has observed that the provision in Delhi Special Police Establ..

• Once a court takes cognisance of a corruption case investigated by the CBI, it cannot be set aside for lack of the State government's prior consent for the probe against some of the accused, unless it is shown that it has resulted in prejudice, the Supreme Court has held. • A Bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar an..