Guide to CLAT

CLAT refers to Common Law Admission Test, which is a gateway to enter into 22 National Law Universities. These exams are conducted by National Law Universities for Undergraduate (5 year LLB) and Postgraduate (LLM) law courses. Earlier the exams were being taken by different  NLU’s on the rotational basis, however after 2017 the Consortium of

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PM launches “Transparent Taxation” platform

September 09, 2020 PM launches “Transparent Taxation” platform [ by Legal Era News Network ] Launching the “Transparent Taxation – Honouring the Honest” platform, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it is meant to meet the requirements of 21st century taxation. Major reforms such as Faceless Assessment, Faceless Appeal and Taxpayers’ Charter are part of the

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What is Inquest?

According to Chapter XII Sec 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 states -“[i]Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc”. (1) When the officer in charge of a police station or some other police officer specially empowered by the State Government in that behalf receives information that a person has committed suicide, or has

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Meaning and Concept of Human Rights

Last Updated : 1 min ago Meaning and concept of human rights have been evolved and refined over some time all over the globe. The historical agreement, Magna Carta, is considered to be the first-ever charter on human rights. This article focuses on the meaning of human rights and its concept. I. Introduction of Human

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L&L corp pays out (higher) bonuses with slight Covidelay, pushes fresher joining dates till 2021 [CORRECTION]

Unlike Covid, bonuses are generally not hazardous to health and on time at Luthras L&L Partners corporate transactional advisory partnership has paid out bonuses to fee-earners just a little behind schedule last week, though it notified its 44 fresh campus recruits that they would not be able to join the firm before 2021 as opposed

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Attempt to make NLSIU from island of excellence to island of exclusion: Former NLSIU VC Venkata Rao moves to SC Challenging NLAT 2020

Former Vice Chancellor of NLSIU, Prof. (Dr) R. Venkata Rao and an aggrieved parent of a CLAT aspirant had moved to Supreme Court challenging the sudden withdrawal of NLSIU Bangalore from CLAT 2020, to hold a separate entrance test namely NLAT 2020. Advocate Sughosh Subramyam have contended that such “unilateral decision” of NLSIU to hold

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SC Reserves Order In Plea Seeking Transfer Of Investigation From State Police To CBI In The Case Of The Death Of NLUJ Student

The Supreme Court has reserved its order in a plea seeking for a transfer of investigation from the State police to the CBI into the mysterious death of Vikrant Nagaich, a 3rd year student at National Law University, Jodhpur, in August 2017. A bench comprising of Justices RF Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee heard

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