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Singapore: A 37-year old Malaysian man accused of masterminding a 2011 heroin transaction was sentenced to death over a Zoom call in Singapore on Friday, 15 May 2020. The judge gave the verdict to the case Public Prosecutor v. PunithanGaneshanthrough online hearing as a measure to curb the Coronavirus spread and considering the safety of those involve..

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan is set to take charge as the chairman of the WHO Executive Board on May 22nd. The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. Mr Vardhan would succeed Dr Hiroki Nakatani of Japan, who is currently the chairman of the 34-Member Executive Board.The chairman's post is held by rotati..

In the month of April, the jurisdiction of Central Administrative Tribunal’s Chandigarh bench was extended by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. This extension has been done over the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, which means that all the matters of UTs employees and Central Government employees will be heard by the Chandigarh Bench in J..

The Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association has introduced a new Financial Assistance Scheme for the difficult time of COVID19. The scheme is a one-time ex-gratia amount of Rs. 10,000 and is available for the period of 18th May to 31st May.The scheme was announced by the Executive Committee in a virtual meeting. p styl..

SYNOPSIS: In the current times and situations, we see the country grappling in many aspects, but the most horrifying aspect is that of the migrant workers. India, unfortunately, is going through a humanitarian crisis and sadly, the courts, which are supposed to be the protector of the rights, have failed to rise up to the occasio..

SYNOPSIS: LAWyersClubIndia and its members had a great opportunity of attending and organizing a webinar session with Mr. Jean Christophe,onthe topic 'Building a Career in Commercial Mediation'. Mr. Jean himself is an experienced commercial arbitrator. His expertise on this area and inspi..

THE SUKHNA LAKE OF CHANDIGARH At the foothills of Himalaya, Architect Le Corbusier constructed a 3 km2rain fed Lake in the year 1958 by building a dam over the Sukhna Choe. The creators of this beautiful location, called the Sukhna Lake were trying to offer the people of Chandigarh a tranquil spot to enjoy some peaceful time ..

WHAT WAS THE CASE ABOUT?  Ex- BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur filed an appeal before the Supreme Court in February, 2020 who challenged Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s election from Varanasi contested in the year 2019. Tej Bahadur’s nomination as an independ..

The Supreme Court has rejected the plea of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami, to transfer the cases filed against him from Mumbai Police to CBI. Earlier, a two Judges bench had reserved the judgment on this plea to transfer his cases. The Apex Court has held that displeasure of an accused in an ongoing investigation ca..

SYNOPSIS: The members of LAWyersClubIndia had a great opportunity of attending and organizing a webinar session with Mr. Pallav Shishodia. In the webinar, sir talked about various topics revolving around 'Judicial review and Constitutional choices made by the court”. Sir himself is a ve..

The Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association has introduced a new Financial Assistance Scheme for the difficult time of COVID19. The scheme is a one-time ex-gratia amount of Rs. 10,000 and is available for the period of 18th May to 31st May.The scheme was announced by the Executive Committee in a virtual meeting. p styl..

On the 14th May, the French National Assembly passed a law that elaborates on the national position towards hate speech, which is, intolerance. The French legislators have made it plenty clear that they won’t be empathetic towards online hate speech. The new law fines social media companies if they do not delete certain content such as terrorism, child pornogr..

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking CBI inquiry in the Bois Locker Room incident. Bois Locker Room was the name of an Instagram group, where young boys talked about women in the most degrading way possible. They shared vile pictures and morphed pictures of women st..

Gujarat High Court directs the State government to ensure that all the private hospitals in Ahmedabad to adopt government specified rates and work out the modalities of fees structure. The Court held that no private hospitals should demand excessive fees for the treatment of Corona virus patients as this is not the time to make profit out of a business, rather hospi..

A letter was written to the President of Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA), by the High Court Registrar, for permission to access the chambers of the lawyers, to have access to books, files and other documents. The Delhi High Court has given this permission to the lawyers. This was done by issuance of an Order by the Com..