Source:- thewire.in On June 9, the Supreme Court, while deciding three writ petitions filed by citizens “who claim themselves to be public-spirited persons,” upheld the constitutional validity of Section 139AA of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act), which makes it mandatory to link an individual assessee’s Aadhaar number with his/her PAN number. Much to the

Source:- rstv.nic.in The Supreme Court has asked Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to declare NEET results for admission to MBBS and BDS courses. The order has brought a relief to more than 12 lakh medical aspirants. In doing this, the Supreme Court put a stay on Madras High Court order restraining publication of results.

Source:- thehindu.com Villagers in India will soon be able to connect directly with city lawyers and receive free legal advice via video conferencing as part of a government initiative aimed at improving access to justice for the country’s poorest and most marginalised. The “Tele-Law” initiative launched on Sunday will be piloted in 500 village councils

Source:- hindustantimes.com In the absence of a clear notification classifying highways in Maharashtra, the state government cannot pass a blanket order to close down liquor shops and bars along any or all central roads, the Bombay high court held on Monday. A bench of justice Shantanu Kemkar and justice MS Sonak directed the secretary of

Source:- forbes.com In India, many law firms may not be familiar with the impressive advances in artificial intelligence technology tailored for legal work…but that could change soon. Aniruddha Yadav, founder of the law-tech startup CaseMine, describes the legal industry as ripe for disruption in India — although a robot isn’t about to replace lawyers altogether

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI: Six more new judges have been appointed for Madras high court, where the sitting strength will go up to 54, as against the sanctioned strength of 75. On Tuesday, the six selected candidates wrote their names in Devanagari script, as per custom. The hand-written names will now be cut out and pasted

Source:- firstpost.com New Delhi: Several Kerala-based beer and wine parlour owners on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking clarification of its order to shut down liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways from 1 April. The matter was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices RK Agrawal and Deepak Gupta which said

Source:- thestatesman.com The Supreme Court is required to maintain a level of accountability to the public, independence from the other wings of the republic and credibility. Unlike the other two wings of the republic, the judges of the Supreme Court are unelected and therefore cannot be said to represent the will of the people. In

Source:- oneindia.com United Nations, June 15: Law expert Neeru Chadha became the first Indian woman to be elected as a judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Wednesday. She won a nine-year term on the 21-member court that adjudicates disputes arising over the UN Convention on the Law of the

Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court today asked the CBI to inform a special court not to proceed against Congress MP Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh Housing Society scam case till the HC has heard his plea against the Maharashtra governor’s sanction to prosecute him. A division bench headed by Justice R V More