Month: March 2021

On Thursday the Supreme Court instructed the Central government to permit permanent commission(PC) to female officials who were excluded on the ground of unequal application of fitness standards. In its judgment, the Court noted that the fitness standard, as shape 1 criteria, were applicable to male officers. The Court said that shape 1 criteria itself

Supreme Court: ‘Preliminary enquiry at Pre-FIR Stage is Desirable’ under Prevent of Corruption Act, in Corruption Complaints against Public Officials The Supreme Court (SC) in the case titled Charansingh (Appellant) v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. (Respondents) held that if a complaint is filed against a public servant regarding accumulation of assets disproportionate to income,

Competition Commission of India Directs Detailed Probe into WhatsApp Privacy Policy on Alleging ‘Abuse of Dominance’ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) asked for a detailed investigation into allegations of ‘abuse of dominance’ leveled against WhatsApp regarding its privacy policy. The CCI initiated suo motu proceedings in January 2021, after it took into consideration the

How can the Debit and Credit Card frauds be controlled in India? Some anti-fraud laws are implemented by the Government of India to prevent credit and debit card frauds. However, prevention is always better than cure, so even cardholders must be careful. Credit or Debit card and debit card fraud in India is not an

Taiwan largest lens supplier Largan settles IPR disputes with Ability Opto-Electronics Taiwan giant Largan Precision Co., a supplier of smartphone camera lenses to Apple Inc. announced that it had reached a settlement with the Ability Opto-Electronics Technology over a dispute over acquiring optical lens-related technology, thereby infringing the trade secret and copyright under the respective

Is WhatsApp Compromising with your private data? The WhatsApp privacy policy faces questions on their capabilities and the officials explained how the privacy policy works for WhatsApp accounts. Recently in January 2021, WhatsApp updated their privacy policy. The Facebook-owned WhatsApp authorities claimed that the ‘end to end encryption” is securing the privacy of the users.

Without mincing any words and without leaving any space for confusion of any kind, the Supreme Court has most recently on March 23, 2021 in a latest, learned, laudable and leading judgment titled Netaji Achyut Shinde (Patil) Vs. State of Maharashtra in Criminal Appeal No. 121 of 2019 With Criminal Appeal No(s). 328 of 2021

The single bench of Justice Anu Malhotra of the Delhi High Court has beefed up the police security of the couple after a Muslim-Dalit couple was allegedly attacked by a violent mob at their home after marriage and sought a status report from the police. According to the petition, the marriage between a Muslim girl

The Allahabad High Court earlier this month deleted the adverse remarks made by the court against the order of November 2019, in view of the fact of an unconditional apology by a judicial officer and being suspended for more than a year / from the record Removed (expunged). A division bench of Justice Rajan Roy

Internship bank seeks help to continue work 2006 NUJS Kolkata graduate Debolina Saha had started Internship Bank in December 2019 as a non-profit initiative to provide internships in the Indian legal profession to women, which we had covered in April 2020. She and her team of four would mentor and assist female students, especially from