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No Prohibition Imposed By Centre On States Doing Door-to-Door Vaccination : Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that the Central Government has not explicitly prohibited State governments from providing door-to-door vaccination for the elderly and disabled citizens, who would not be able to visit immunization centres. Therefore, the division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni asked the Maharashtra Government to decide if...
Breaking: CLAT 2021 To Be Held On July 23 In Offline Mode
The Consortium of NLUs has announced that CLAT-2021 will be held on Friday, 23rd July, 2021 in offline mode. It will be held between 2 & 4 PM for both UG and PG programmes.As notified earlier, the CLAT 2021 will be a Pen and Paper exam conducted at Centres with all COVID 19 safety protocols being observed. In view of avoiding longer travel to the Test Centres, applicants will be...
'No Prima Facie Case': Chhattisgarh High Court Stays FIR Against Ex-CM Raman Singh, BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra Over 'Congress Toolkit' Tweet
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday stayed investigation in the FIR lodged against Dr. Raman Singh, BJP National Vice President and former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, in connection to his tweet claiming that the Congress party has prepared a toolkit to tarnish the image of the country in the foreign media.The Court also granted same relief to BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra with respect...
Assam Students Move Supreme Court Seeking Cancellation Of State Board Exams For Class X, XII
A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions for cancellation of Class X and XII Board Examinations, 2021 in the State of Assam.Further directions have been sought to the State Government, Assam Higher Secondary Education Council and Board of Secondary Education, Assam ('SEBA') to arrive at a formula for performance evaluation of the Students of Assam in line with the...
MHA Notification On Citizenship For Refugees Unrelated To CAA, Centre Tells Supreme Court
n Notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 28th May, 2021 has no relation with the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, the Centre has submitted to the Supreme Court in response to an Intervention Application filed by the Indian Union Muslim League against the impugned notification. On 28th May, 2021, the Centre issued a notification which stated that the...
Problem Of Impersonation Of Sureties Rampant: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre, UIDAI To Deliberate On Mechanism For Verification Of Surety
Noting that the "problem of impersonation of sureties is rampant in at least some states", the Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central Government and to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to "find out the possibility of a mechanism for verification of the surety by the judicial officers for its authentication as part of good governance". The bench of Justices Hemant...
One Nation One Ration Card : Integration Of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi & West Bengal Remaining, Centre Tells Supreme Court
A total of 32 States/UTs covering around 86% of the population covered under the National Food Security Act in the country have been brought under the ONORC plan by December 2020, with the exception of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and West Bengal, submitted the Centre to the Supreme Court in the Suo Moto Migrant Workers case."The integration of remaining 4 States/UT of Assam,...
[ West Bengal Post-Poll Violence] Two Women Allegedly Gang Raped By TMC Supporters Move Supreme Court
Two women, a 17 year old minor and a 64 year old woman, allegedly raped by TMC supporters/workers during post-poll violence have moved the Supreme Court seeking to be impleaded in plea filed for SIT/CBI Probe in West Bengal Post Poll Violence. The impleadment is being sought in plea which was filed seeking CBI/SIT probe into the killings of two BJP activists allegedly at the instance...
Secured Creditor Can't Challenge Resolution Plan Insisting That Higher Amount Should Be Paid Based On Security Interest : Supreme Court
It is not the intent of IBC that a security interest available to a dissenting financial creditor over the assets of the corporate debtor gives him some right over and above other financial creditors so as to enforce the entire of the security interest.
BCI Constitutes 7 Member Committee For Framing Draft "Advocates Protection Act" To Ensure Protection To Lawyers From Threats, Attacks
Taking note of the recent attacks on lawyers and their family members, the Bar Council of India has resolved to constitute a 7 member committee for framing the draft "Advocates Protection Act" to ensure protection and safety to Lawyers in carrying out their duties.The Council has nominated the following members to be part of the Committee:- 1. Mr. S. Prabakaran, Sr. Advocate, Vice-Chairman,...