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Prime Minister mentions in his 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast Nation to read Preamble at 11.00 am on Constitution Day Department of Justice acts as a nodal department to coordinate various activities The yearlong nationwide activities on Constitution Day are being launched to mark the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the C..

Government of  India in February, 2019 launched Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), a voluntary and contributory pension Scheme, for the benefit of unorganized workers, as per eligibility. The scheme assures minimum monthly pension of Rs. 3000 to the beneficiaries after attaining the age of 60 years. All unorganized workers, in the age group of 18-40 ..

The Bombay High Court recently held that husband returning home late from work, eating out or quarrelling cannot be considered cruelty under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code and upheld the acquittal of Anil Kurkotti, a 35-year-old man whose wife Swati committed suicide after several years of marriage. Justice KR Shriram h..

The Consortium Of NLUs has decided to make certain changes to the CLAT exam pattern, scheduled to be held on May 10, 2020. As per the press release issued in this behalf, following decisions were made by the Consortium, in a meeting held on November 21: CLAT UG Comprehension based question..

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved orders on the petition filed by Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress against the decision of Maharashtra Governor to invite Devendra Fadnavis to form government in Maharashtra. The bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna will pronounce orders tomor..

The Home Ministry has informed the Lok Sabha that ten central agencies are authorised to intercept phone and Whatsapp data. In response to the query by MP Dayanidhi Maran whether the Government does Tapping of WhatsApp calls and Messages in the country, the Minister for State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy said that the power..

The Supreme Court has acquitted of murder charges a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army accused of killing a boy who was plucking fruits from his defence enclave, and modified the conviction to Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder. Kandaswamy Ramaraj was convicted under Section 302 IPC by the Trial Court and the ..

A Delhi Court has stayed the release of a movie titled "Chanda: A Signature that Ruined a Career", allegedly a biopic on the life of former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar. In an order passed in this behalf on Saturday, Additional District Judge Sandeep Garg restrained the filmmakers and all other stake..

The Tamil Nadu National Students' Union of India filed a petition in the Madras High Court on Thursday seeking transfer of investigation into the suicide of a girl student of IIT-Madras to the CBI. The prestigious institute has been rocked by protests after Fathima Latheef, a first year humanities stud..

The Allahabad High Court on Monday took in hands the conduct of an uncanny District Judge who tried to bring down the majesty of the high court and its judges by commenting adversely on their functioning. In the backdrop of the incident, the high court had summoned the Principal Judge, Family Court, Sultanpur, to explain how he..

Disqualify = To make ineligible or unsuitable The word disqualification appears under different Articles in the constitution dealing with different situations. Schedule X of the constitution refers to membership of the legislatures and describes situations where the members are disqualified to continue as members o..

It cannot be disputed by anyone that if more high court benches are created all over India as was very rightly recommended by the 230th report of Law Commission of India, it will certainly produce more diamonds like the Chief Justice of India designate Sharad Arvind Bobde who is most invaluable and even Kohinoor diamond stands just nowhere near him! It was Nagpur High..

It has to be remarked right at the outset that in a very important observation made most recently on November 7, 2019 in a latest judgment titled Manoharan v State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore in Review Petition (Crl) Nos. 446-447 of 2019 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1174-1175 of 2019, the Supreme Court has minced no words to hold that di..

In the judgment of the case – Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Central) -1 v. NRA Iron & Steel Pvt. Ltd., delivered on October 25, 2019, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Indu Malhotra, at the Supreme Court, have, while dismissing the application by the respondent-Company for Re-call of the judgment of March 5, 2019, held that it has failed to make..

The origin of Writs took place in the English judicial system where generally the King's Bench passed orders in the forms of Writs under the Royal Seal. The Black's Law Dictionary defines it as "A mandatory precept issuing from the Court of Justice." In India, this Order can be issued / passed by the Supreme C..