Month: November 2020

Four Months On, Commission Probe on Vikas Dubey ‘Encounter’ Killing Still Pending

Source:-https://thewire.in Lucknow: The three-member high-level judicial commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice B.S. Chauhan is likely to take a few more months to complete its probe into the police ‘encounter’ in which Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey was killed about five months ago under suspicious circumstances. The commission of inquiry was set up by

Training on synergy between customary practices & formal law

Source:-https://arunachaltimes.in ITANAGAR, Nov 23: The Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (APSLSA), in association with the Department of Justice (DoJ), Ministry of Law & Justice conducted an online refresher training course on synergy between customary practices and formal law for the gaon burahs (GBs) of Arunachal Pradesh on 23 November. Law & Judicial department’s Deputy

Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on plea challenging rejection of nomination papers to contest against PM Modi

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on a plea by sacked BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur challenging the rejection of his nomination papers to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde had on November 18

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to illegal assembly

Source:-https://indianexpress.com Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of organising and taking part in an unauthorised assembly near the police headquarters during last year’s anti-government protests. Wong, who was just 17 years old when he became the face of the 2014 student-led Umbrella Movement democracy protests, faces a maximum five-year

Timely decision: No Chhath Puja at Rabindra and Subhas Sarobar

Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com Sir — The decision by the Supreme Court last Thursday to uphold the directives by the Calcutta High Court and the National Green Tribunal banning Chhath Puja rituals in Rabindra Sarobar and Subhas Sarobar must be lauded (“Sacred and profane”, Nov 21). Rabindra Sarobar, known as ‘lake’ to the locals, is home to three