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The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in a plea seeking issuance of directions to the Madhya Pradesh State Government as well as the High Court of MP to increase the age of superannuation of members of subordinate judiciary to 62 years. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. RamasubramaniumRead More

The Delhi High Court Tuesday set aside an interim stay on the publication of a book on self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu—“Gunning for the God man: The True Story Behind Asaram’s Conviction.” In April 2018, Asaram was sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2013 case of sexual assault on a minor. Justice Najmi Waziri said theRead More

INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitioner’s plea challenging the decision of the High Power Committee (HPC) in Maharashtra to categorize the prisoners who will be released on emergency parole. The bench consisted Chief Justice S.A Bobde, Justice A.S. Bopanna, and V. Ramasubramanian. The PIL was filed by the petitioners seeking quashing theRead More

INTRODUCTION A three Judges bench of Supreme Court quashed the decision of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru to hold a separate admission admission test by way of the National Legal Aptitude Test (NLAT). The bench consisted Justice Ashok Bhushan, M.R. shah, R. Subhasha Reddy. The Court ordered that NLSIU would have toRead More

INTRODUCTION On Thursday, the Supreme Court  bench consisting Justice Ashok Bhushan, R. Shubhash Reddy, and M.R. Shah, heard an appeal filed against the judgement of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore dated 10.06.2020 by which the writ petition filed by the appellant challenging the notice issued by the appellant challenging the notice datedRead More

INTRODUCTION The European Court of justice on Thursday, dismissed an appeal from Spanish cycling company Massi and the EU’s intellectual property office, EUIPO and ruled on Messi’s favour. The Barcelona Footballer first applied to trademark his surname as a sportswear brand in 2011. After nine long years, Barcelona ace Lionel Messi has finally been grantedRead More

INTRODUCTION India does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil unions. In fact, it does not possess a unified marriage law. Every Indian citizen has the right to choose which law will apply to them based on their community or religion. Although marriage is legislated at the federal level, the existence of multiple marriage laws complicatesRead More

INTRODUCTION A sense of commotion raised when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a countrywide lockdown in March. But this was more problematic for the worker classes who not only lost their only source of income but also their shelter. This caused a state of desperation and they started for their hometowns on foot or whateverRead More

INTRODUCTION On Friday, a bench of apex court consisting Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Indu Malhotra recommended the Central Government to make Advance Ruling system more comprehensive as a tool for settlement of Disputes. These observations were the byproduct of the judgement passed in an appeal of the case ‘National Cooperative Corporation v. Commissioner ofRead More

INTRODUCTION The Delhi High Court on Thursday questioned Arnab Goswami, the Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV for running a parallel investigation and trial in the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanada Pushkar’s death case and directed him to be bound by his undertaking on showing restraint and bringing down the rhetoric. Appellant’s Contentions A plea wasRead More