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  On 7th May,2020 around 2:30 am, styrene vapours leaked from a polymer plant in p style="..

The Apex Court has agreed to examine the issue relating to mass termination and withholding and deduction of salaries of IT/ITES/BPO/KPO employers due to the lockdown, caused due to ever growing Cvodi-19 cases. The petition was filed by Rajesh Inamdar, a practicing advocate in New Delhi, and the National Information Technology ..

WHAT WAS THE CASE ABOUT? In the case of Flemingo Travel Retails Ltd. v. Kannur Intl. Airport Ltd., the court held that “there is no legal or constitutional bar for the State or its instrumentalities to resort to any other method, other than auction, for the purpose of entering into contracts.”..

What has happened? In the late evening hours of Saturday, purported screenshots of chats between boys and girls in a group called the “Bois Locker Room” started making rounds on social media. By early morning of Sunday, the screenshots had been widely shared across on different social media platforms, such as Inst..

The Madras High Court on Monday refused to entertain a writ petitions seeking absolute ban on manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the state of Tamil Nadu. The Madras High Court on April 17th had declined a plea seeking sale of liquor at least for two hours a day during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, observing that any such move would nullify the efforts ..

On the day of his birthday on 7th May, 2020 Justice Deepak Gupta had his virtual farewell which was graced by many esteemed members of the judiciary like JusticeD.Y Chandrachud, Justice Ravindra Bhat, Senior Lawyer Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, President of Supreme Court Young Lawyers Forum Vikas Bansal etc. One comes across several people in his lifetime but only few people l..

In 2015, journalist Sandhya Ravishankar had written articles for the Economic Times on illegal beach sand mining in Tamil Nadu. A case of criminal defamation was filed against the journalist which was quashed by the Madras HC on Wednesday. The HC made pertinent observations regarding the role of the higher judiciary in safeguarding the freedom of press. The Court wa..

The Delhi Court on Tuesday declined to grant interim stay on the new Netflix series “Hasmukh” which stars Vir Das. The plea, moved by Advocate Ashutosh Dubey, claimed that the fictional series maligned the reputation of advocates, especially episode 4 of Season 1, titled “Bambai Main Bambu” which allegedly makes disparaging comments against l..

WHAT HAS HAPPENED? While India was already dealing with the increasing number of Covid-19 case and a terrorist attack in Hardwar which martyred 6 military personnel, the nation today woke up to the terrible news of styrene gas leak in the outskirts of Visakhapatnam. As per reports, the leakage happened at around 3 AM at LG Po..

Indians Stranded Abroad to be evacuated in a phased manner from 7th May, says Center. The Ministry of Home Affairs have issued a press report to announce that Indians Stranded abroad will be brought back from 7th May in a phased manner. The st..

Subordinate Courts to conduct hearing of less urgent matter as well, says MP HC; interim bail period also extended by 45 days. A circular has been issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to expand the Scope of matters to be heard by the lower courts/s..

Plea in SC by MahaGovt in the SC against the Interim Protection given to Arnab Goswami, saying he’s arrogant, and he ‘Browbeating’ Police. Maharashtra Government has filed an application in the Supreme Court, alleging that Arnab Goswami was ‘brow..

Case: NAFED v. Alimenta SA The Supreme Court, in a recent case, held that when parties agree to in advance on contingency, which makes performance of the contract become impossible, Section 32 of Contract Act shall be applied and not Section 56./strong..

SC RESERVES ORDER TO DETERMINE BALANCE OF CONCERNS IN PLEA TO RESTORE 4G IN J&K  The Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justices NV Ramana, SK Kaul and BR Gavai reserved its judgment on Monday, after hearing both sides ofthe PILs filed by Foundation for Media Professionals, Association of Private Schools in J&Kand..

Delhi Police has filed cases linked to an Instagram Group named ‘Bois Locker Room’. This online group allegedly involved teenage boys, who casually talked about rape, slut- shamming and sexual objectification of underage girls. They degraded women in every way possible, humiliated them, objectified them,..