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FIR against BJP Chief J P Nadda registered on basis of Amit Malviya’s tweet against congress leader on stay : Rajasthan High Court

Case Title: Jagat Prakash Nadda v. State of RajasthanCase No.: SB Crl Misc (Pet.) No. 1231/2020Quorum: Justice Dr. Pushpendra Singh BhatiAppearance: Sr. Advocate RD Rastogi assisted by Advocates Anand Sharma and Sarthak Rastogi (for Petitioner); Advocate Abhishek Purohit for GA cum AAG Farzand Ali (for Respondent) The subject matter of the case is a tweet made by Amit Malviya,

HON’BLE PATNA HIGH COURT ISSUES NOTICE TO BIHAR GOVT. AGAINST THE PETITION FOR “FEE WAIVER” DURING GLOBAL PANDEMIC COVID-19 CORONA VIRUS LOCKDOWN.

Recently, on 30th April, 2020, Mr. Anupam Prabhat Shrivastava, Law Student, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Hon’ble Patna High Court for the  seeking directions to be issued to the Central Government and the State Government to waive off the Academic Fees, Hostel Fees, Mess Fees

SARFEASI Act Applicable To Cooperative Banks : SC Constitution Bench

Case Name: Pandurang Ganpati Chaugule vs. Vishwasrao Murgud Sahakaribank Limited Case Number: CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5674 OF 2009 The 5-judge bench comprising of comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R Shah and Aniruddha Bose unanimously held that the Parliament had the legislative competence to bring cooperative banks under the ambit of SARFAESI

“ALLOW ADVOCATE LIVING IN NOIDA , GHAZIABAD, FARIDABAD, GURUGRAM, TO CROSS DELHI BORDER : DHCBA REQUEST DELHI HIGH COURT CHIEF JUSTICE”

The Delhi High Court Bar Association has written a letter on 4th May 2020 to Chief Justice of Delhi High Court , Justice DN Patel for issuance of necessary directions to allow the advocates living in areas outside the city o cross Delhi Border. DHCBA send a letter to the chief Justice has stated that

PIL in Supreme Court seeks waiver of fees for College, University students amid COVID-19 Lockdown:

PIL is filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to State/ UTs Governments pertaining to private and public college for providing relief, waive off, or moratorium on academic fees for the next semester and restrict them from asking lump sum amount from students. The PIL is filed by Satyam Singh Rajput, National Founder, Justice for Rights

To Have A Name And To Express It In The Manner One Wishes Is A Part Of Right To Freedom Of Speech And Expression’: Kerala HC

Case Title: Kashish Gupta (M) v. CBSE & Ors. Case No.: WP (C) No. 7489/2020  Quorum: Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas  Appearance: Advocate KR Vinod (for Petitioners); Advocate S Nirmal (for Respondents) Background: In the backdrop, the State of Kerala had accepted the Petitioner’s wish to change her name and effected a Gazette notification to that