Month: October 2020

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday quashed the complaint case which the Court Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Junagarh had taken up against Minister of State for Home Dibya Sankar Mishra in 2014. The complaint was related to alleged suppression of information in the affidavit relating to movable and immovable properties while filing

Source:-https://indianexpress.com THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court, while interpreting the provision of Section 101-A of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013, has held that “once the possession of land has been taken, the land has vested in the State and the land owner or whosoever has

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Patna High Court has sought a reply from the state health department within two days over the alleged strike of ambulance employees attached to the 102 emergency service amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar was hearing a PIL filed by Gaurav

Source:-https://scroll.in On October 7, the Gauhati High Court declared foreigners detention centres had to be moved out of jail premises in Assam. The court was hearing a petition asking how detention centres, used to hold persons identified as “foreigners” and awaiting deportation/ repatriation or persons waiting for their citizenship claims to be settled, should be

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com For the first time in three decades, an assembly election in Bihar will almost certainly be fought without Lalu Prasad, former chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief whose characteristic rustic campaigning style and charisma created a solid support base among rural and backward caste population.The mercurial former Union minister is currently in

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com New Delhi: Ashwani Kumar, a former Director of the CBI and former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland, was found dead at his residence in Shimla late on Wednesday night. He was 69 years old.According to Shimla Superintendent of Police Mohit Chawla, who was quoted by news agency ANI, Mr Kumar died by suicide. Sources

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: A group of law students have approached the Karnataka High Court with a public interest petition contending that the use of a single side of legalor foolscap-size paper is detrimental to the environment as it leads to cutting of more trees. They have sought directions to mandate the use of A4 size paper,

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court, while refusing to interfere with a plea to extend the dates for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporation elections, on Thursday directed the Rajasthan Election Commission to notify the election program within one week.A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked the Rajasthan government to file an application for extending the

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Orissa high court on Wednesday asked the state government to open the temples in a graded manner in accordance with the modalities after assessing the Covid-19 situation. The order of the high court came while disposing of two writ petitions that sought direction to extend financial relief to priests of registered temples for

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com WASHINGTON: As a young law student, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett lived in a house owned by co-founders of People of Praise, a religious community that teaches that men are divinely ordained as the “heads” of both family and faith. Barrett has not publicly discussed her role with the secretive organization founded in