Bombay HC observes, When It Comes To Fundamental Rights Of Prisoners It Is The Duty Of State Not An Adversarial Litigation

On Thursday, a division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale repeatedly requested the State and the National Investigation Agency to apprehend Rao’s release, keeping in mind the advanced age and neurological problems of Rao, and whether strict bail conditions could be met for those apprehensions.  Justice Pitale observed, “The fact that he is 82,

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On A Petition Seeking Appointment Of A National Regulator To Oversee The Environmental Violations SC Issues Notice

On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a notice of appeal to the Central Government seeking the appointment of a National Environmental Regulator to supervise and provide guidance on Environmental Clearance for projects. The case was headed by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, and Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, assisted by Advocate Anupradha Singh,

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First National Multidisciplinary Law Conference | SLS Nagpur

Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur is coming up with the First National Multidisciplinary Law Conference in the series, but with a unique facet – blending interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary into Legal Academia. About the Conference Interdisciplinary studies are the current trend in legal academia. Most law schools are flaunting their interdisciplinary programs, offering courses from other academic

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Top 10 CLAT Coaching Centre in Patna

Here’s the Top 10 CLAT Coaching Centre in Patna. The capital city Patna has emerged as one of the most favourite destinations for law aspirants from the whole state. The city provides many good coaching institutes for CLAT. Most of these institutes are equipped with experienced faculty and provide adequate support & expert guidance along with

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Bhaven Construction Case: Expounding the Tussle between Constitutional Right and Arbitral Process

[Prince Todi is a 4th year student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur] India’s tryst with arbitration has been a long tale of legislative amendments and remedial judicial decisions. Various steps have been taken, time and again, to make India a friendly jurisdiction and achieve conformity with the international norms. Accordingly, the principles of party

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Keeping Minor Girl’s Hands & Opening Pants Zip Under POCSO Act Not ‘Sexual Assault’ But ‘Sexual Harassment’ Under Section 354A IPC: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) has ruled that under the Protection of Children from Sexual Crimes Act 2012, the act of taking a minor girl’s hands and opening the zip of pants would not fall under the definition of “sexual assault”. The Court however ruled that, under Section 354-A(1)(i) of the Indian Penal Code,

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Calcutta HC seeks UGC’s Reply on Not Providing Reservation Benefits To Transgender In ‘Joint CSIR-UGC NET’ Exam

CASE: Mx Sumana Pramanik @ Suman Pramanik v. The Union of India and others CORAM: Hon’ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya Last week, the Calcutta High Court took notice of the patent disparity in the Joint CSIR-UGC NET Examination’s eligibility requirements with those of the UGC-NET Examination. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya’s heard the plea of one Sumana Pramanik, who argued

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