Month: August 2020

122 Law Students Urge Supreme Court To Reconsider Prashant Bhushan Judgement

Source:-ndtv Prashant Bhushan’s “contribution to our fraternity and nation-building is undoubtedly cherished by all in the legal fraternity”, the open letter said. New Delhi: Over a hunderd law students from across the country have written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde and other judges of the Supreme Court to reconsider the judgement on

Hospitals cannot be shut down without due process of law, drastic order can’t be passed on pretext of Covid: Bombay HC

Source:-indianexpress The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently struck down an order passed by the administration in Jalna to shut down a hospital and said notwithstanding the Covid-19 pandemic, a hospital cannot be closed without following the due process of law. A division bench of Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Shrikant D Kulkarni

Indian Penal Code- Section 506 IPC- criminal intimidation- threat

Source:-tilakmarg S. 506 IPC. Punishment for criminal intimidation.“506. Punishment for criminal intimidation.—Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; if threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc.—and if the threat be

Continuing with certain provisions of MMDR Act to cause loss to state exchequer: Govt

Source:-financialexpress The ministry said it proposes to amend provisions related to grant of prospecting licence and mining leases, and allocate such mineral blocks through transparent method of auction. Section 10A(2)(b) pertains to the leases where reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence were granted and 10A(2)(c) relates to grant of mining leases (ML). “Since continuing with existing

Order transferring land patta of private company quashed by Madras High Court

Source:-newindianexpress CHENNAI: Taking serious view of Tambaram Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) defying the court’s and tehsildar’s previous orders by approving transfer of a 35-acre land’s patta that was registered with Chrome Leather Factory Limited, the Madras High Court quashed the land transfer order. It also said that it “does not want to use any strong

Committee considering restoring 4G internet in 1 district each of Jammu, Kashmir on trial basis: Centre tells SC

Source:-economictimes New Delhi: The Central government on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that the Committee, set up to review the restoration of 4G internet service, is considering to allow the same in one district each of Jammu and Kashmir on a trial basis. “The Committee is considering as to whether to allow 4G internet