[Watch Full Video] Webinar On Farm Laws And The Road Ahead

LiveLaw is organizing a webinar on "Farm Laws And The Road Ahead" on Sunday,January 17, 2021, at 6 PM.The details of the webinar are as follows:Topic: Farm Laws And The Road AheadDate & Time: January 17, 2021, 6 pm - 7:30pmPanelistsChander Uday Singh (Senior Advocate, Supreme Court)Seema Chishti (Senior Journalist)Yogendra Yadav ( Activist, Psephologist, Politician)Jayati Ghosh...

Are WhatsApp Chats Admissible In Evidence?

The social media is abuzz with the details from alleged Whatsapp chats between Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami and former BARC CEO Partho Das Gupta. The 500-page long Whatsapp conversations between Goswami and Das Gupta found their way into social media after Mumbai Police annexed it in its supplementary charge filed in the TRP rigging case.In this backdrop, several users raised...

[Sunday, 6 PM] LiveLaw Invites You For A Webinar On "Farm Laws And The Road Ahead"

LiveLaw is organizing a webinar on "Farm Laws And The Road Ahead" on Sunday,January 17, 2021, at 6 PM.The details of the webinar are as follows:Topic: Farm Laws And The Road AheadDate & Time: January 17, 2021, 6 pm - 7:30pmPanelistsChander Uday Singh (Senior Advocate, Supreme Court) Seema Chishti (Senior Journalist)Yogendra Yadav ( Activist, Psephologist, Politician)Jayati Ghosh...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Regulation Of Digital Lending Platforms

The Delhi High Court today issued notice in a writ petition filed seeking regulation and control of digital lending platforms. The Centre has been asked to file its reply to the petition by 19.02.2021.The petition refers to a circular dated 23.12.2020 issued by the Reserve Bank of India cautioning against unauthorized digital lending platforms and prays for regulation and control on working...

'Acting Like A Panchayat Than A Constitutional Court' : Dr Anuj Bhuwania On SC Order On Farmers Protests, Abuse Of PILs

The Supreme Court's order to constitute a committee for negotiation of farmers protests and to stay the implementation of the controversial farm laws pending talks is 'devoid of any legality', said legal scholar Dr.Anuj Bhuwania.In an interview with Hamza Lakadwala for LiveLaw, Dr.Bhuwania spoke at length about the decline of judicial review and the arbitrariness in the PIL...

Giving Freedom Some Breathing Space: The Allahabad High Court's Landmark Judgment On Notice Under Special Marriage Act

Yesterday, a single judge of the Allahabad High Court handed down an important judgment reading down Sections 4 & 5 of the Special Marriage Act, which requires couples to notify Marriage Officers one month in advance of their marriage, and for Marriage Officers to publicise such a notification. The SMA allows for any person to "object" to the marriage on the basis that it (allegedly)...

Allahabad HC Verdict Comes As Saviour For Inter-Religious Couples Caught Between Special Marriage Act & UP Anti-Conversion Ordinance

The landmark verdict delivered by the Allahabad High Court to remove the mandatory publication of notice under the Special Marriage Act 1954(SMA) makes a mention of the problematic Uttar Pradesh Ordinance which criminalizes religious conversion for marriage.Coming amid a surcharged atmosphere created by rampant arrests under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of...

Breaking: Mandatory Publication Of Notice Of Intended Marriage Under Special Marriage Act Violates Right To Privacy: Allahabad High Court

In an important judgment, Allahabad High Court has held that requirement of publication of notice of intended marriage under Section 6 and inviting/entertaining objections under Section 7 of the Special Marriage Act is not mandatory.Justice Vivek Chaudhary observed that making such publication mandatory would invade in the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy, including within its...

'Decriminalizing Adultery May Cause Instability In Armed Forces As Personnel Stay Away From Family' : Centre Seeks Clarification Of Joseph Shine Judgment

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on Centre's application for clarification that its 2018 judgment decriminalising adultery under IPC should not apply to the Armed Forces where a personnel can be cashiered from service on grounds of "unbecoming conduct" for committing adultery with a colleague's wife.Issuing notice, the bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman observed that...

GST Authorities' Power Of Arrest Under CGST Act Prima Facie Constitutional : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has expressed a prima facie view to uphold Sections 69 and 132 of the Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Act provision which gives the authorities the power to arrest any person if there exists a "reason to believe" that the person has committed tax evasion.A Division Bench of Justices Manmohan Singh and Sanjeev Narula was hearing a plea preferred by a man and a...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-47]

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SC/ST Act: Allahabad HC Issues Directions Regarding Timely Service Of Notice Of Bail Pleas To Victim & Placing Of Same Before Court

While hearing the concerns of parties that certain anomalies in the practices of hearing of bail applications/bail appeals under 'The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989', the Allahabad High Court on Monday (11th January) issued certain directions regarding placing of bail application/bail appeal under the Act before the Court and timely delivery...