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WHAT IS THE CASE ABOUT?  On Friday, the Delhi HC gave an important judgement regarding selection of judges under the Persons with Disability (PwD) category. In Bhavya Nain v. High Court of Delhi, the petitioner, Bhavya Nain, was a candidate with Bipolar Affective Disorder (BAPD), which is mental illness...

Introduction  The Electronic Transactions Amendment (COVID-19 Witnessing of Documents) Regulation 2020 was published on 22nd April 2020. NSW is the first state of Australia to introduce witnessing of legal documents via “audiovisual link”. The regulation increased the number of persons before whom a statutory..

On 11th May, the supreme court of India set up a high powered committeeto take a decision on whether 4G Internet can be restored in J&K or not as demanded by NGO foundation of Media Professionals and Private Schools Association.The committee shall consist ofSecretary, Communications and the Chief Secretary of the Jammu & Kas..

A circular has been issued which states that Single Judge Benches of Supreme Court will hear Special leave petitions and Transfer petitions, arising out of bail orders, with respect to offences which are punishable with imprisonment of up to seven years.  ..

Internet services were suspended in Jammu and Kashmir in August last year, after Center decided to abrogate Article 370 and revoke the special status of J&K. In the case of Anuradha Bhasin, the Apex Court, in January, had said that indefinite suspension of internet services cannot be per..

Recently the country witnessed a well-deserved closure of the heinous Rape and Murder in the National Capital on 16the December 2012 with the hanging of the four convicts in the case after a long drawn out execution proceeding that was finally carried out and the convicts were finally hanged on 20 March 2020. India’s Rape Cul..

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued a notification, in which the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra was included under Section 80G (2)(b) of the Income Tax Act. The Center categorized the site of temple, as a place of public worship and a place of historic importance.   Section 80G talks about deduction in r..

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh recently inaugurated the 80 Km road from Dharchula, Uttrakhand to Lipulekh, in order to reduce time taken by the pilgrims to travel to Kailash- Mansarovar. This was mainly done to avoid the dangerous high-altitude routes through Sikkim and Nepal. ..

Ministry of railways have announced that the passenger trains will resume its services gradually from 12th May. There will be 15 trains from New Delhi station, which will connect to 15 important cities of the country. The reservation of tickets for these trains will be made available only on..

The Supreme Court has reserved its order on Arnab Goswami, the Republic TV Editor-in-Chief’s plea, which sought quashing of the FIRs against him, alleging communalizing of the Bandra Railway Station Incident, where migrants gathered in large numbers, resulting in violation of national lockdown. p style..

On 14th March 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown till 3rd May, 2020 in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19. Immense hardship which has been caused and which will continue be caused due to the drastic measure has been justified as a necessary evil; something which must be put up with if lives are to be saved. Nev..

DAD USED TO SAY: 'First blow and half the battle' A distant cousin was active in the Gujrat University politics of the 70s and the 80s. He had this to say. 'We get our opponents involved in court cases. That keeps them out of our hair. They spend all their time worrying about the..

Law Minister holds review meeting with Attorney General, Solicitor General and all the Law Officers of Govt. of India Let us take lockdown as an opportunity to make digital systems in justice delivery more robust: Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Union Minister..

On 1st May 2020 Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case under sections 120- B r/w 420, 468, 471 and 406 of the IPC and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, against three directors of a private company Ram Dev International and others linked with the matter for a fraud of Rs. 173.11 crore and cheating the State Bank of India (Karnal)..

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo moto cognizance of the recent train accident tragedy. On the early morning of 7th May, a train ran over 16 migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the track while they were walking back to their home from Jalna in Maharashtra to Bhusawal in Madhya Pradesh. NHRC on Friday issued notices to the Maharashtra chief..