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Social Media Censorship : Issue Of Arbitrary Blocking Of Accounts Raised In Rajya Sabha
On November 28, Congress MP Rajeev Gowda requested the government during Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha, to frame guidelines on censorship by social media companies. "I would like to draw the attention to the censoring of user generated content by internet intermediaries which serve as social media platforms," he said. Delete In Zero Hour, I requested govt to frame guidelines on censorship...
Vaiko Moves Resolution To Restore Subjects Transferred From State List To Concurrent List Of Constitution
Unlike a typical federation, India has a strong centre, contributing to its Quasi-Federal structure. On Friday, MDMK leader Vaiko moved a resolution in the Rajya Sabha, seeking necessary measures for greater autonomy of states, including amendments to the Constitution to bring back the subjects which were transferred from the State List to the Concurrent List, during the...
Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea To Remove NLU-Delhi Registrar [Read Petition And NLU-D's Response]
The Delhi High Court today issued notices on a plea seeking the removal of National Law University, Delhi Registrar GS Bajpai. The petition filed by public interest litigants Ashok Kumar Jain and Nitish Bharadwaj alleges that the Registrar of NLU-Delhi, GS Bajpai, was not qualified to be appointed as such and that ever since his wrongful appointment, he had been abusing the...
13-Member Lawyers' Committee To Recommend Use Of Delhi Chief Minister's 50Cr. Advocates' Welfare Fund
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that a Committee comprising 13 lawyers will be set up to recommend the utilization of Rs. 50-crore Advocates Welfare Fund. In February this year, Kejriwal had announced a budgetary provision of annual Rs 50-crore allowance for various welfare schemes for lawyers in Delhi-NCR, at a programme organized at the Tis...
Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Grant Ownership Rights To People Living In Unauthorised Colonies In Delhi [Read Bill]
The Lok Sabha today passed the NCT of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. The Bill introduced by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri seeks to provide a framework to recognize the property rights of persons living in unauthorized colonies in Delhi; by granting rights of ownership or transfer...
Parliament Passes The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 [Read Bill]
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to facilitate the orderly growth of the chit fund sector and enable greater financial access to people. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on November 20, 2019. Under a chit fund, people agree to pay a certain amount from time to time into a fund. Periodically, one of the subscribers is chosen by drawing a chit...
'How Will You Safeguard Interest Of Children Of Foreign Nationals Who Are Kept In Detention Centres' : Karnataka HC Asks Centre/State
Karnataka High court on Thursday directed the State and Central government to give their responses on what steps can be take to safeguard interest of children of arrested illegal immigrants, who are kept inside, detention centres. Justice K N Phaneendra asked the goverments to refer to International Conventions and Supreme Court Judgements, if there are, on the subject and come...
SBI, Its Officers And The Law Firm Engaged By Them Are Ignorant Of Basic Principle Of Law: Bombay HC [Read Order]
First court of the Bombay High Court on Monday expressed displeasure at the conduct of State Bank of India, its officials and the law firm engaged by them while hearing a writ petition. At the very outset, the division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre observed- "The absence of effective assistance to the Court by learned counsel for Respondent No.2(SBI),...
Premature Retirement Of Judges In Public Interest; Bombay HC Refuses Relief To Former District Judge [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Monday pronounced its judgement in a writ petition filed by 56-year-old Anil Mohabay, a former District Judge challenging the decision of Bombay High Court to retire him "prematurely" at the age of 55.Division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice NB Suryawanshi dismissed Mohabay's petition and held that if the concerned authority is of the opinion that the...
Evidence Not Collected By IO Nor Part Of Case Diary Can't Form Basis For Taking Cognizance: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
While quashing the summoning order passed by a Judicial Magistrate, the Allahabad High Court on Friday clarified that material which does not form part of the case diary cannot be considered for taking cognizance. "concerned Magistrate while dealing with the final report in a criminal case is not competent to take into consideration the extraneous material at the time of taking...
AOR After Retirement Cannot Become Agent Of The Party: Karnataka HC [Read Order]
Karnataka High court has held that the counsel on record after retiring from the case with the leave of the Court cannot become an agent of the party for prosecuting the suit proceedings. Justice Krishna S Dixit restrained advocate Siraj Ahmed from participating in the court proceedings, as a party or as an agent of the party or as a counsel of the party or otherwise. One...