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No more back door entry in the railway services

High Court of Madras stated that Railway cannot deny compensation to those who fall from overcrowded trains.

In the recent case of Railways cannot deny payment of a fair and reasonable compensation to passengers who die or suffer injuries because they had no choice but to travel…

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SC observed that a dying declaration cannot be discarded just because the relatives of the deceased were present while recording of the statement.

In the present case of Satpal v. State of Haryana, a declaration was recorded by the Judicial Magistrate wherein the deceased stated that the accused person poured kerosene oil on…

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SC seeks medical advice on plea of abortion by a teenager.

Yesterday, a 14-year-old girl filed a petition to seek permission to terminate her 26-week pregnancy. The girl alleged that she was raped by her relative. On this, the Chief justice…

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Bombay HC (Goa Bench) sets aside the notification for reservation of wards

The Directorate of Municipal Administration on February 4, 2021 issued the

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Impact of COVID 19 on aviation

Delhi HC asks Air India whether they can pay a month’s salary to terminated contractual pilots.

Last year in November, the pilots sought a direction to Air India to restore their contractual engagements or pay them salaries along with flying allowances with effect from April 1,…

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Centre issues draft rules for regulation of content on Social Media, OTT and other Media Platforms

The Central Government finalized the draft rules for the purpose of regulating the content telecasted, displayed or circulated on the social media intermediaries,

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One cannot be rejected only on the grounds of his/her disability

Removing a blind person from the job solely because of his disability is violative of the Rights of PWD Act, 2016

Court: Calcutta High Court In the recent case of Suddhasatva Banerjee v. Santanu Mitra, the petitioner had filed a case stated that a memo was given to the petitioner wherein…

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Religious processions should promote positivity and not communal disturbance- Madras HC

The Madras High Court allowed the petition which sought for participation of general public in a ritual named Girivalam, where

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The heirs of the married woman are not strangers from the side of her parents for the succession under Hindu Succession Act

The facts of the case state that a property was inherited by a woman after her husband passed away without any children. After the enforcement of the Section 14 of…

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Consumer Forum stated that the Supermarket Charging Cost for carrying bags with Company Logo is an ‘Unfair Trade Practice’.

A complaint was filed by a law student Akash Kumar in the consumer commission stating that the ‘More Mega’ was selling plastic bags having their company logo due to which,…

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SC reduces the sentence to 22 years which was imposed on dacoity/ Murder convict

In this case, a person called Shivalinga was convicted under Section 396 and 307 of the IPC and was sentenced to death by the trial court for attacking the driver…

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Are the grounds of cruelty and desertion sufficient to get a decree for divorce?

Tobacco Chewing habit of wife is not sufficient to grant the decree of divorce

An appeal was filed by the appellant named Shankar against the judgement and the decree passed by the Family Court, Nagpur in which the appellant via petition filed for a…

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A petition filed in Gujarat HC challenging the SEBI circulars making it mandatory for the Trading Members to collect upfront margin from investors.

In the recent case of Hardik Manharlal Kotecha v. SEBI and Anr., a petition has been filed by a retail investor names Hardik Manharlal Kotecha, where he submitted that in…

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South Africa Constitutional Court held its Surveillance Law Unconstitutional.

Recently, in the case of Amabhugane Centre for Investigative journalism NOC and Anr v. Minister of Justice and correctional services and Ors., the court held that the surveillance of private…

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Consent of the clan does not take primacy if consenting adults get married

Consent of the clan does not take primacy if consenting adults get married

The Supreme Court stated that marriage is a right or a choice bestowed upon two consenting adults and the consent of their family or community is immaterial. This right or…

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SC directed NRI seeking Non-Resident Status in FY 2020-21 to approach CBDT

The Apex Court directed Non-Resident Indian to make a representation before Central Board of Direct Taxes in order to claim relief for NRIs paying taxes under Income Tax Act, 1961…

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No TDS on buying property under Liquidation: NCLAT

Recently, In the case S Kumars v. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) held that the Liquidator is not required to prepare a balance…

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I’m here Live | I’m not a Cat: US lawyer accidentally pleaded with the Kitten Filter on

A video has been going viral, where a lawyer could be seen on the Zoom Platform with his video being imposed on by a Kitten filter. It was a 394th…

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AAP Leader Sanjay Singh granted protection from arrest by SC for delivering “hate speech”

The Supreme Court accorded protection from arrest to Aam Aadmi Party MP, Sanjay Singh, in all the FIRs lodged against him for delivering “hate speech” at his press conference conducted…

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