Last Updated : 31 mins ago When people think about visas, what comes in their minds is showing up at the U.S embassy and answering a few questions, and getting a pass. Unfortunately, this is not the case with the United States immigration system. Becoming a lawful permanent resident in the U.S is not as
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Chapter VIII of the Indian Penal Code from section 141-160 deals with ‘Offences against Public Tranquility.’ These are generally group offences that have led to disturbance of public order and peace; such offences are considered to be both against the state, person and property. These offences can be broadly divided into the following: Unlawful Assembly Rioting
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A screenshot of some responses of CLAT/NLAT aspirants An NLSIU student, who has requested anonymity, has received more than 220 responses online from candidates who were interested in joining a national law school this year, but who were facing problems due to the NLSIU’s plans for an online-only proctored entrance test. Legally India has seen
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Last Updated : 20 mins ago JLU-Centre for International Commercial Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolution is organising Workshop on Mediation titled “Landscape of Mediation: Pathways and Pattern” to be organised in association of two prolific organisations Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (APCAM) and Indian Institute of Arbitration & Mediation (IIAM). About the JLU
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In the case of M/s. L. R. Brothers Indo Flora Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise (Civil Appeal No. 7157 of 2008), the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, vide Judgment dated 01.09.2020 held that for a #notification to apply #retrospectively, it must be established that the previous notification had any omission, mistake or error in
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Reconciliation between CLAT and NLS looking increasingly unlikely, at least in 2020, as borders being drawn The cold war that has mostly been fought via press releases between the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) Consortium and NLSIU Bangalore, after the latter’s shock decision to hold its independent entrance test last week, has escalated. The CLAT
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A Three Judge Bench of the #SupremeCourt comprising of Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat passed a Judgment dated September 1, 2020 in the case of The Designated Authority & Ors. v. M/S The Andhra Petrochemicals Limited and held that levy of #antidumping #duty can only be for a limited #duration and
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The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Saturday, 05th September 2020, said that it does not find any reason to transfer the investigation in the Madhya Pradesh Honey Trap Case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A bench of Justices SC Sharma and Shailendra Shukla stated that, “This Court has carefully gone through the
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The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement on September 6, 2018, unanimously struck down part of the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which declared “carnal intercourse against the order of nature” punishable by imprisonment for life, saying that it violated the constitutional right to equality and dignity. The judgement was widely welcomed
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Kesavananda Bharati Swamiji, the seer of Edneer Mutt in neighbouring Kasargod district of Kerala and the petitioner in the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court on fundamental rights, passed away in the Mutt in the early hours of Sunday. He was 80. It was on April 24, 1973 that the Constitutional Bench headed by then Chief Justice
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