High Court orders report of the magisterial inquiry for Puri custodial death case

High Court orders report of the magisterial inquiry for Puri custodial death case

Jun 7, 2021

Sarat Kumar Rayguru, a Puri-based lawyer filed a petition in court claiming relief in the form of compensation and penal action against police officers allegedly involved in causing custodial death of K.Apana alias Ramesh in Puri on November 18, 2020. The case was

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COVID cannot be used to get bail in all cases of arrest: SC

COVID cannot be used to get bail in all cases of arrest: SC

Jun 7, 2021

The vacation bench of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Aniruddha Bose were hearing an appeal against the April order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court denying anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The advocate of the petitioner after keeping thier stand prayed the

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CJI SA Bobde Recommends Justice NV Ramana for the post of Chief Justice

CJI SA Bobde Recommends Justice NV Ramana for the post of Chief Justice

Jun 7, 2021

The current Chief Justice of India, Justice S.A.Bobde’s retirement comes close on April 23rd 2021. He has recommended Justice Ramana, aged born in an agricultural family in Ponnavaram Village, in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district as his replacement. There is an absence of a

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Bombay HC allows man to turn in evidence against wife’s charge of impotency at the appellate stage

Bombay HC allows man to turn in evidence against wife’s charge of impotency at the appellate stage

Jun 7, 2021

In Borivli Madras, a 38-year-old wife, filed for divorce in a civil court to annul her marriage of one year claiming her husband’s alleged impotency as the ground for the same. The wife’s claim of husband’s impotence was inferred  by the Civil Court

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“Because of shortcut in filing a petition, sec 97 of the CrPC has become a dead letter”: SC

“Because of shortcut in filing a petition, sec 97 of the CrPC has become a dead letter”: SC

Jun 7, 2021

Section 97 of the Criminal Procedure Code provides that if any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class has reason to believe that any person confined under such circumstances that the confinement amounts to an offence, he may issue a

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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of University Students

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of University Students

Jun 7, 2021

While the growing Covid 19 Pandemic is creating an undeniable impact on the lives of the students, the most aggravating impact it seems to have is the psychological one. The last survey to assess the impact of the pandemic  revealed that out of

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Adverse media coverage adds to the misery: Snr Adv Pahwa in Shashi Tharoor Case

Adverse media coverage adds to the misery: Snr Adv Pahwa in Shashi Tharoor Case

Jun 7, 2021

In August 2019, Shashi Tharoor, Pushkar’s husband and Congress leader was accused in the case of his wife committing suicide, by delhi police. He still stands as the sole accused and the case is being heard before the Delhi court. The Delhi police

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Aaron Fischer becomes Marvel’s first gay Captain America

Aaron Fischer becomes Marvel’s first gay Captain America

Jun 7, 2021

Marvel Universe’s one of the most admired superheroes, Captain America will be celebrating his 80th anniversary of creation, which also collides with the pride month observed every year as a symbol of fight for rights from the LGBTQ+ community. The storyline for this

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DELHI HC ORDERS INQUIRY AND FIR FOR PROVIDING FAKE COVID POSITIVE CERTIFICATE FOR SEEKING INTERIM BAIL

DELHI HC ORDERS INQUIRY AND FIR FOR PROVIDING FAKE COVID POSITIVE CERTIFICATE FOR SEEKING INTERIM BAIL

Jun 5, 2021

The Delhi High Court directed the Judicial Magistrate to enquire and file an FIR against the Petitioner, petitioner’s nephew, police authority, hospital assistant and the counsel. The petitioner had misrepresented the Delhi High Court for seeking bail extension by producing false and fabricated

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AMAZON SERVED BY SGPC NOTICE FOR SELLING SACRED SIKHS TEXT ONLINE

AMAZON SERVED BY SGPC NOTICE FOR SELLING SACRED SIKHS TEXT ONLINE

Jun 5, 2021

E-commerce giant Amazon, an online store has been served a legal notice from Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) yesterday for selling of holy books Guru Granth Sahib and Gutka Sahib. PTI reported that SGPC chief secretary Harjinder Singh Dhami about the incident said

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