News Update The Malawi SC has Declared the Death Penalty to be Unconstitutional 1 May 2021 The Supreme Court of Appeal in Malawi ruled on Wednesday that the death penalty is illegal and violates Malawi's Constitution's guarantee of the right to life. It also ordered that…
News Update SC sought centre reply on plea challenging sedition law 1 May 2021 Notice issued to the Centre by the Supreme Court on Friday in a plea which seeks to challenge the constitutional validity of section-124-A of the Indian Penal Code that penalises…
News Update Supreme Court: Right not to be deposited is a fundamental right only available to citizens of India 9 Apr 2021 The petition was made by refugee registered by UNHCR seeking for release of detained rohingya refugees and a direction to the Union of India not to deport the the rohingya…
News Update Supreme Court: Except in limited circumstances under Sections 30 and 31 IBC, NCLT/NCLAT cannot interfere with CoC’s commercial wisdom 12 Mar 2021 Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari set asides NCLAT's order and held, that "The appeal is a creature of statute and that the statute has not invested jurisdiction…
News Update China has violated the International Genocide Convention, according to a New Study 11 Mar 2021 According to a study released by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, China's human rights violations against the Uyghur ethnic minority community have violated the 1948 Genocide Convention. The…
News Update Re-assessment and recovery of duties mentioned u/s 28(4) of Customs Act can be undertake by the same authority-SC 10 Mar 2021 In the case of Canon India Private Limited v. Commissioner of Customs, the SC observed for that re-assessment and recovery of duties that is contemplated by section 28(4( of Custom…
News Update 17 major OTT players to adopt self regulatory Toolkit 12 Feb 2021 Government is very soon expected to come out with regulation for OTT p latforms, the internet and mobile association of India for 17 platforms which includes Netflix,Disney+hotstar and Amazon prime…
News Update Delhi High Court seeks for reaction by National Human Rights Commission, Manipur govt over extra-judicial murder of 2 people 12 Feb 2021 The Delhi High Court on Friday released a legal notice to the National Human Rights Comnission (NHRC) and Manipur state government over a plea challenging an order passed by the…
News Update Denial of Maintenance Allowance to wife would cause a Economic Abuse u/s 3 of DV Act – Tripura HC 12 Feb 2021 In the case of Ramendra Kishore Bhattacharjee v. Smt. Madhurima Bhattacharjee (Crl. Rev. P. No. 36 of 2020), the Tripura high court held that denial of maintenance allowance to the…
News Update RESUMPTION OF PHYSICAL HEARINGS WITH VIRTUAL HEARING IN HYBRID MANNER 1 Feb 2021 Supreme court advocates on record association has written to chief justice of india to grant resumption of physical hearing with the existing virtual Courts in a hybrid manner. It has…
