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Bar Council to challenge HC order that set aside its moratorium on opening new law colleges

Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The Bar Council of India, which is the apex regulator of the legal profession and education in the country, has decided to challenge a high court order that quashed its resolution to impose a three-year moratorium on opening of new law colleges. According to sources in the council, chairman Manan Kumar Mishra

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea seeking universal law for maintenance, alimony

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Supreme Court has sought the Central government’s response on a plea seeking “gender and religion-neutral uniform grounds of maintenance and alimony” for all Indian citizens in the spirit of Articles 14, 15, 21, 44 of the Constitution and international conventions. The bench, led by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.

SC moved against UP, Uttarakhand’s ‘love jihad’ laws

Source:-https://www.therahnuma.com New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act, 2018. The plea moved by advocates Vishal Thakre and Abhay Singh Yadav and law researcher Pranvesh, states that the UP ordinance

EC proposes postal ballot for NRIs, asks government to amend law at earliest

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Election Commission (EC) has written to the government seeking extension of voting through postal ballots to non-resident Indians (NRIs) for the assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. In a letter to the Union law ministry, the EC cited a successful implementation of Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS)

Telangana High Court tells govt to act against diet contractor as per law

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com Gulf NRIs case: SC asks Centre, States to respond A Supreme Court bench on Tuesday issued notices to the Central government, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and other State governments, and CBI, to respond to a petition filed by the Telangana Gulf Welfare Association seeking assistance for non-resident Indians (NRIs) living in foreign countries particularly the

Anti-torture advocates ask Supreme Court to nullify anti-terror law

Source:-gmanetwork Anti-torture advocates and families of victims of enforced disappearances have joined calls for the Supreme Court to strike down several provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020, saying that the law is “reminiscent of the dictatorship of Marcos.Women and child rights groups are also among the newest petitioners against the heavily challenged law,

Grant to fund help for imprisoned domestic violence survivors

Source:-edu School of Law students and faculty will address “a historic blind spot in the judicial system” with the support of a major grant awarded to the school’s Advocacy Institute. The $53,125 grant from the American College of Trial Lawyers, which represents a major investment from that invitation-only advocates’ group, will be used to support

Madras HC urges BCI to consider amending Legal Education Rules to disqualify those who opted for Distance learning from applying for law

source:-barandbench The Madras High Court recently urged the Bar Council of India to consider introducing necessary changes in its rules so that candidates who do not pursue regular courses in their higher secondary or UG levels are not eligible for pursuing law. “The Bar Council of India can take a cue from this judgment and

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