Month: July 2020

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July 29, 2020 NGT sets stringent conditions for commercial use of groundwater [ by Legal Era News Network ] The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set out stringent conditions for commercial groundwater use. The NGT has also directed the authorities to be strict in granting permits and to initiate swift corrective actions in case of

July 29, 2020 S&R Associates act for IndusInd Bank in its Rs. 3,288 crore fund raising [ by Legal Era News Network ] IndusInd Bank has announced that its board has approved Rs. 3,288-crore fund raising plan through a preferential issue. Under the proposed issue, the bank will allot 6.275 crore equity shares at a

                                 In a recent, remarkable and righteous decision delivered on July 28, 2020, the Apex Court in Parminder Kaur @ P.P. Kaur @ Soni vs State of Punjab in Criminal Appeal No. 283 of 2011 has made it abundantly clear that once a plausible version has been put forth by the defence at the examination

YouTuber busted by Symbi, says everything is fine, nothing to worry about… After our report on Monday (27 July) of how cheating was practically possible and/or attempted (though not necessarily successfully) by a number of candidates taking the home-proctored Symbiosis Law Admissions Test (SLAT) 2020, a very daring / foolhardy and/or public-minded candidate who uploaded

“I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?” -Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak What amounts to rape under Indian law? Section 375 of IPC: This section of the Indian Penal Code delineates the criminal offense

July 29, 2020 Delhi HC seeks Centre stand in a plea against IBC ordinance [ by Legal Era News Network ] The ordinance passed on June 5 by the Centre thereby suspending proceedings against defaults arising on or after March 25 for six months in view of the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenged. The Delhi

July 29, 2020 Plea in SC challenges inclusion of ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ in Preamble of Constitution [ by Legal Era News Network ] A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the 42nd Constitution Amendment Act, 1976 by which the words “Socialist” and “Secular” were inserted in the Preamble of the Constitution, which,

NLU Delhi goes for centre based remote proctored test After initially criticising the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) national law universities’ approach of holding centre-based law school admissions tests as everything from not “patriotic” and carrying the “risk” of “mass infection” of candidates and their families, NLU Delhi has done an about turn and announced

July 29, 2020 ED files money laundering case against fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case against fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, in connection with the Samsung-ONGC deal of the UPA era. An ED source related to the probe said