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The Madras High Court bench of Justices TS Sivaganaman and the Bhavani Subbaroyan commenced hearing in the plea filed by Vendata to reopen it's Sterlite copper plant at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. Appearing for Vendata Senior Advocate Aryama Sundaram centered his arguments around the contention that closure of the plant by Tamil Nadu Government last year was only a..

Introduction Human rights have been one of the most widely discussed topics of the day. These are the basic rights given to people worldwide irrespective of any ground for discrimination. One such absolute right includes the right to life with the right to abortion falling in the ambit of it. p style="t..

Media Trial is the effect of television and newspaper coverage on a person's prestige by establishing a common perception of guilt in the minds of people, irrespective of any verdict of a court of law. In the cases like Aarushi Talwar's case, Jessica Lal case, the media has played a major role in pointing towards the guilty. It can change the whole way of pe..

Through the judgment of the case - Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. v. Mahendra Construction, delivered on April 1, 2019, Justice Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Justice Hemant Gupta, at the Supreme Court have termed the line of reasoning of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-NCDRC- as flawed with the observation that insurance is governed by the pri..

On Wednesday, the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approved an amendment to the law which made cow vigilantism a punishable offence. In lieu of the same, Manoj Shrivastava, Principal secretary (animal husbandry), said that the amendment to the Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act proposes a jail term ranging from one to ..

The Delhi High Court has restrained the Hotelier Welfare Association from issuing any notices to Hoteliers adn service providers calling for a ban on or seeking to boycott the hotel services provided by Oyo rooms. The ex parte interim junction was passed by a vacation bench of Justice Jayant Nath in a suit by the owners of the Oyo rooms Oravel Stays Private limited ..

The Supreme Court stayed the order given by the Delhi High Court that allowed Rajeev Saxena, approver in the AgustaWestland chopper case, to go abroad for medical treatment. The apex court was hearing a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The bench comprising of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice B R Gavai heard ..

The petition seeking safety of women lawyers in the court was filed by the Advocate Indu Kaul in the Apex Court. This petition was in the wake of the recent murder of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Singh Yadav. The petition also sought for the enquiry by CBI into the same. The Supreme Court of India has refused to ..

The Vacation Bench of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India headed by Justice Shri Sanjiv Khana on Tuesday DISMISSED the Writ Petition filed by Pareshbhai Dhanani, Congress MLA from Amreli and current Leader of the Opposition in Gujarat Assembly  based on the contention  that, the scheme of proportional representation by means of sin..

Latest provisions for Advertisement of real estate projects & Penalty circular issued by AP Real Estate Regulatory Authority NO FALSE FACTS TO BE ADVERTISED • After registrati..

The Odisha government has appointed Senior Advocate Ashok Parija as the new Advocate General for the state. Parija will replace Advocate General Surya Prasad Mishra. Following his enrollment in 1984, Parija practised under former Advocate General for Odisha, Bijoy K Mahanti. Parijis was designated as a senior advocate in 2003 in th..

Recently a writ petition has been filed by Pareshbhai Dhanani, Congress MLA from Amreli and current Leader of the Opposition in Gujarat Assembly before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India contending the factum that, the scheme of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote to Rajya Sabha as mandated by the provisions of Article 80(4) of the..

A draft National Policy on domestic workers is under consideration of the Central Government. The salient features of the draft policy are as under:- Inclusion of Domestic Workers  in the existing legislations Domestic workers will have the right to register as workers. Such ..

It is most horrifying to learn that a 37 year-old young and promising lawyer Darvesh Yadav who had just recently on June 9, 2019 been elected as the first woman chairperson of Bar Council of UP was on June 12 just three days later shot dead right inside the Agra District Court by another lawyer Manish Sharma thus cutting short her life in the most gruesome manner whic..

Of late there has been a flood of defections of elected members of political parties to other parties. These defections are beneficial only if they chose to join the party in power. That is what is happening now both at the state and national levels. As our political structure is based on political parties, this kind of defection has played havoc leading to destabiliz..