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The Investigating Officer in the JNU Sedition case informed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) that the Delhi Police has not received any information from the Home Department, Delhi Government regarding sanction to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Student Union President, Kanhaiya Kumar and others. p style="text-align:..

Government is fully committed to transparency and accountability; No question of decreasing autonomy of Information Commissions: Dr. Jitendra Singh Lok Sabha passed the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 today. In this amendment, it is proposed to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005 so as to provide that the term of offi..

Role of Clinical Toxicologist in the Court of Law The Clinical toxicologist may play a very crucial role in the Court of Law when issue arise concerning therapeutic drug monitoring, drug abuse, environmental chemicals, or toxic torts, where the traditional forensic toxicologist may not have expertise. Beyond be..

Forced Marriages in England & Wales and INDIA:  A brief discussion about their validity and remedies available to the victims of such marriages Marriage under the English law, as defined in Hyde Vs. Hyde (1866) is ‘the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all othe..

It cannot be missed out that in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled SG Vs RKG in MAT.APP.(F.C.) 5/2018 delivered on July 8, 2019 and authored by Justice Jyoti Singh for herself and Justice GS Sistani of Delhi High Court, it has been categorically and convincingly held that irretrievable breakdown of marriage alone cannot be a ground of divorce a..

Introduction The term burden of proof, which is not defined in the Indian Evidence Act, 1882, essentially refers to the legal responsibility of a party in a case to prove the existence of any fact as true in a judicial proceeding. The burden of proof comes into play when a..

Outsourcing contracts are, to a great extent, executed between the overseas subsidiary of the Indian outsourcing service provider and the overseas client. Where the contract is between the companies belonging to separate Nations, the first issue is to select the ‘proper law of a contract’. In the words of Dicey and Morris in The Conflict of Laws:/em..

Government has notified all major regulations and guidelines required in implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which are given below: The Food Business Operators, while applying for Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) license are required to submit certain mandatory documents as prescribed under Ann..

This Bill in no way compromises the independence of RTI Act, says Dr Jitendra Singh The Government introduced the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha today.  The Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Ji..

It has to be remarked with consummate ease that in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled Rajesh Yadav Vs State of UP And 9 Others in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No. – 775 of 2019 delivered on July 1, 2019, the Allahabad High Court has very rightly held that the right to shelter is a fundamental right and the State has a Constitutional d..

The Supreme Court has adjourned the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case for August 2. The Constitution Bench has passed a short order to that effect after considering the report filed by Chairperson of the Mediation Committee, Justice FMI Kalifulla. The matter was heard by a Constitution Bench co..

Review of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) activities by the Department of Consumer Affairs is a continuous process and such reviews are carried out through Review Meetings, Management Control Report (MCR) etc. From time to time directions are issued to BIS by the Department of Consumer Affairs to achieve targets related to core activities and to take action for imp..

An Expert Committee was constituted in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment to make an in-depth study of the problems being faced by the Transgender Community and suggest suitable measures to ameliorate their conditions. There were four representatives from the Transgender community, on the Committee. In addition, a..

The Delhi High Court issued a notice in a petition seeking a direction to the Central Government and the Delhi Government to provide for linking of movable and immovable property documents with Aadhaar. Notice was issued by a Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar in a petition filed by Ashwini Kuma..

It has to be remarked right at the outset before dwelling on other aspects that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Christopher Raj Vs K Vijayakumar in Criminal Appeal Nos. 986-987 of 2019 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos. 7717-7718 of 2018) delivered on July 5, 2019, the Supreme Court has observed that the High Court in a criminal appeal cannot reverse t..