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Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Aniruddha Bose, at the Supreme Court, have reiterated in the judgment of the case - Jatinder Kumar v. State of Haryana, delivered on December 17, 2019, that even seeking financial assistance from the bride/her parents, at any time before, during or after marriage, is demand for dowry- a punishable offence. p style="text-align:j..

In a balanced, brilliant and bold decision, the Delhi High Court has just recently on March 12, 2020 in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable 15-page judgment titled Sunil Kumar Mishra vs. State in Crl. Rev. P. 494/2017 which is pertaining to death caused due to rash and negligent driving has very rightly held that lifetime ban on the convict from getting a drivin..

EPFO makes payment of pension to 65 lakh pensioners every month under the Employees pension Scheme, 1995. Central Provident Fund Commissioner (CPFC) had directed to process pension payments in all 135 offices of EPFO in advance so that no inconvenience is caused to pensioners on account of nationwide lock down for containing Co..

The updating of the National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of Census 2021 have been postponed indefinitely due to the 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Home Ministry had recently stated that the preparation for the Census 2021, which was to be conducted in two phases -– house listing  and hous..

Following are the laws which create a liability, if regulations of lockdown are not followed: Under IPC 1. Section 188 - Refusal to obey regulations made by a public servant, resulting in obstruction or injury or annoyance, punishable with imprisonment up to one month or Rs. 200 fine or both. - If such disobedience cause ..

RULE OF LAW Social Contract theory can be assumed as a rightful tool for society and its stakeholders if justice, equality, freedom, and liberty are to be attained in the society. Justice theories, media sectors, natural justice, distribution of rights and other such tools can play an important rol..

In a very significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled J&K High Court Bar Association v. Union of India & ors. in WP(C) (PIL) no. 14/2016 reserved on February 10, 2020 and pronounced on March 11, 2020 dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought prohibition of use of pellet g..

In answer to two questions referred to it, arising in the several civil appeals including New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd, on March 4, 2020, a 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M.R.Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat , has opined that the District Consumers' Forum h..

'Every problem has a solution! You just need to be patient and focus!' Mr. Pramendra Tomar, Group General Counsel at Ampers and Group which is a company that bridges the gap between students and quality education by facilitating the educational institutions in their holistic and technology-based development. p style..

In order to combat the spread of COVID-19, the Supreme Court  will introduce court proceedings vide video conferencing to avoid the 'people to people' contact. The CJI, Justice SA Bobde called an urgent meeting on Sunday evening to discuss the steps to be taken for the functioning of the courts in..

A  6-judge bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna, on Thursday, dismissed the curative petition filed by death row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta challenging the dismissal of his claim of juvenility at the time of offence. This comes a day before th..

The number of corruption related complaints received in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) during the last one year for the period 01.03.2019 to 29.02.2020 is 12,458.  Total disposal of Corruption related complaints during the said period is 12,066. As per guidelines issued by Department of Administrative Reforms and ..

Justice Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari, who is presently serving as Acting Chief Justice of Bombay HC, and was previously a Judge of the Bombay High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of that High Court and is due to retire on April 27. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his elevation vide resolution dated February 24. p style="text-ali..

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025. The Plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of substance (drug) abuse through a multi-pronged strategy. The activities under the NAPDDR, inter-alia, include awareness generation programmes in  schools/colleges/Universitie..

On Monday,Ranjan Gogoi, former CJI,wasnominated to  Rajya Sabha, as a nominated member, by President Ram Nath Kovind. He has been nominated to fill the vacancy caused due to the retirement of one of the nominated member, Senior Advocate K.T.S. Tulsi.The notification to this effect was published in the Official Gazette and read as..