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It is most heartening and most satisfying to learn that in a daring and diligent initiative, the Youth Bar Association of India has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court praying for issuance of writ in nature of mandamus, appropriate order or directives to be issued for filling up the judicial vacancies in the High Courts as per their sanctioned strength as exp..

As per information provided by the State Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir, to strengthen Juvenile Justice System in the State, Juvenile Justice Boards, Child Welfare Committees and District Child Protection Units have been set up in all the 22 Districts of the State.  The Special Juvenile Police Units have been set up in all the 25 Police Districts of the State. Chil..

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central government and all states in a petition seeking implementation of its 2018 judgment in Tehseen S Poonawalla v. Union of India, wherein it  laid down directions to tackle mob lynching in the country. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta ..

Why is it that under our Indian law only lawyers are held liable for accepting foreign funding and not politicians? Why politicians are mostly never held accountable for accepting foreign funding? Why Centre does not care even for the views of Election Commission of India which has opposed the Centre's decision to introduce electoral bonds for funding of political par..

The Mudaliar Committee has recommended the creation of a separate cadre of specially trained medical jurists to look after the medico-legal work of the State. The Mudaliar Committee Report was later on confirmed by the Survey Committee Report on Medico-Legal Practices in India, 1964, by stating that each State should also start a State Medico-legal Institute at its ..

It has to be remarked right at the outset that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Sanjiv Sharma @ Sanjeev Sharma Vs State of Haryana in CRM-M No. 21859 of 2019 delivered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on July 3, 2019, it has been held loud and clear that right to get anticipatory bail is not any fundamental right. This sharp observation was made ..

As on 01.01.2017, Government had increased wage limit for coverage of employees under the Employees’ State Insurance(ESI) Act, 1948 from Rs.15,000 to Rs.21,000 Per Month. Consequently, the number of Insured Persons has increased as following: table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing..

The Supreme Court has  directed the Central government to set up special POCSO courts in every district that has over 100 pending cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi with Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose directed that these courts b..

When the entire country was engulfed in the hugely important MeToo Movement, 25-year-old lawyer Aparajita Amar was gearing up to launch her startup - Sexual Harassment Law Compliance (SHLC). She aspires to make workplaces safer for women, and POSH (prevention of sexual harassment) compliant. Here she speaks exclusively with Law..

Medical evidence is a very important piece of the puzzle of the Judicial System. It is noteworthy that the Hon’ble Court of Law decides the final verdict regarding the manner of death and the various opinions submitted on the manner of death are based on medical evidence as well. Owing to the inferior level of medico-legal proficiency, the post mortem examinat..

In the investigation of Rape Murders, a complete autopsy should be done. Special attention should be paid to: Visit the scene of crime Confirm sexual activity Determine physical violence Determine cause of death..

Forensic Science The construct of rhetorical science is not a replacement one. In ancient Asian nation, medical opinion was oftentimes applied to the requirements of the Law, Sir William Herschel was one among the primary to advocate the utilization of procedure within the identification of criminal suspects. F..

Labour law issues are in the Concurrent List contained in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. This means that both Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies have the power to legislate with respect to labour issues. Consequently, the various State Legislatures have modified the Statues passed by the Parliament and these modifications to Central Legi..

What has changed in the RTI Act? The Bill amends Sections 13 and 16 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. Section 13 of the original Act sets the term of the central Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners at five years (or until the age of 65, whichever is earlier). The amendment pr..

The petition filed in the Supreme Court by two Karnataka MLAs seeking directions to hold a trust vote has been adjourned for tomorrow. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi recorded the submissions made by the Speaker that the Assembly session is in progress, and that he was optimistic that the trust vote could happ..