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CLAT 2020 exam, an entrance test for the 22 National Law Universities for admissions to LLB, LLB 5YEAR integrated and LLM, courses is scheduled to start at 2 PM today. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said, “In fact of the present case, we are of the view that the student Deepansh Tripathi shouldRead More

Introduction On Thursday, the Allahabad High Court Bench dismissed the habeas corpus writ petition filed on behalf of the Hathras victim’s family against alleged illegal detention by the UP Government. The Bench consisted of Justices Pritinker Diwaker and Prakash Padia. Allahabad High Court Dismissed Habeas Corpus Writ Petition against alleged Detention of Hathras Victim’s Family.Read More

The Kerala High Court has quashed a petition filed challenging the appointment Justice G. Sasidharan as Chairman of Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes. The petitioner, S. Subramaniam had approached the High Court arguing that Justice Sasidharan was appointed to the post of Upa Lok Ayukta, and therefore is disqualified from being appointed as aRead More

The Special leave petition challenging the judgment of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad high Court, filed by Keshav Ram and Ram Kuber was dismissed, albeit in the case of co-accused Satya Deo@ Bhoorey notice was issued on the plea of juvenility. The impugned judgment had confirmed the conviction of  Keshav Ram, Ram Kuber andRead More

The right to protest in public places is not absolute and public places cannot be occupied indefinitely for such protests, the Supreme Court ruled that in a case highlighting the troubles faced by general public due to the road blockade at shaheen Bagh in south Delhi by protestors who were opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA).Read More

Fugitive Indian Businessman and former member of Parliament Vijay Mallya’s extradition from the United Kingdom to India has been stalled by “secret” proceedings that have commenced in the UK, the central government told the Supreme Court on Monday, a development suggesting that the former liquor baron may have sought asylum in the UK. Although theRead More

Justice SV Kotwal of the Bombay High Court today granted bail to Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty, Dipesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda in cases registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act by the NCB. The court, however, rejected the bail applications filed by Abdul Parihar and Showik Chakraborty, who are also accused ofRead More

The Delhi High court Bar Association (DHCBA) has moved that High Court challenging the classification of law offices as “commercial activity” for the purposes of calculation of property tax under Delhi Municipal Act. “A professional activity like an advocate is not a business and cannot be deemed as a commercial activity and as such, theRead More

Introduction The Apex Court set aside the order of the High Court dated 23 July 2020, which declined to permit Parvez Noordin Lokhandwalla to travel to the US for a period of eight weeks from 25 July to 6 September 2020. He urged that it was mandatory for him to return to the US withinRead More