Category: News Update

Local administration to decide whether Amarnath Yatra should be held; SC refuses to pass orders in plea for restricted entry, live darshan.

The Supreme Court today Refused to pass any orders that are relating to the conduct of Amarnath Yatra and has been regarded as subject matter in the domain of the executive. It included the bench of the three people DY Chandrachud , Indu Malhotra and KM Joseph who refused  to pass the orders when the

SC Permits Interaction Of Party-In-Person With Registrar Through Video Conferencing Mode

The Supreme Court has issued a circular on Friday permitting the interaction of Party-in Person with the Registrar through Video Conferencing mode too. The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Party-in-Person and the Registry for hearing of Matters through Video Conferencing/Teleconferencing before the Registrars in Office has also been published in the Supreme Court official website. As per 

Conviction for ‘Dacoity’ of less than 5 persons is not suitable, unless presence of 5 or more is confirmed

The Allahabad High Court while overruling the judgment of trial court held in the criminal appeal filed by Balbir and others against judgment and order passed by Sri D.C. Srivastava, Judge Special Court (Dacoity), Kanpur Dehat in State vs. Balbir and others, convicting appellants under Section 395 IPC read with 397 IPC that in absence

Karnataka High Court lashed over a Law Student by stating ‘you can’t act so casually’ on the wake of not producing authentic scientific data:

A petitioner law student had filed a PIL stating that Forest Department of Government of Karnataka was planning to plant Acacia trees in the State and such are harmful to the environment which may even lead to irreparable damages. The Division Bench of Justice Abhinay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice N Nagaprasanna declined to entertain such

Central committee for Reforms in Criminal Law responds to the application and question raised by former SC and HC judges.

Yesterday , only a application signed by legal luminaries was submitted to the committee raising questions upon the “lack of diversity” in the committee to which the committee responded today assuring that committee all opinions and suggestions made to it. The statement by the committee also states that: “Since its establishment, the Committee has been inclined to

Vijay Kumar Shukla appointed as the Investigation Officer in the hand over of the Sathankulam Custodial deaths case to CBI:

After the matter was referred to CBI, cognizance was taken by the CBI official and matter was handed over to ASP Vijay Kumar Shukla over the custodial deaths of traders Jeyaraj and his son Bennix. CBI’s First Information Report was further administered to the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Madhurai. The charges were framed under the

Student serves Legal Notice on National Law School for stalling Fee demand

Students of the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) have given a legal notice to the University for seeking the semester fee of Rs 1.13 lakh in between the lockdown demanding consideration and re-consideration of various issues and appropriate relaxation in respect of the proposed chargeable fee for the upcoming semester (August-December 2020) in