‘The Wire’ challenges the validity of IT(Intermediary Guidelines & Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021

‘The Wire’ challenges the validity of IT(Intermediary Guidelines & Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021

Jun 7, 2021

On 25th February 2021, the centre announced the new IT(Intermediary Guidelines & Digital Media Ethics Code)Rules 2021. These rules have been framed under the Information Technology Act 2000. The 2021 rules have introduced a new three tier content regulation mechanism and a new

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SC forms a 7 member panel to recommend norms to cut trees for development projects

SC forms a 7 member panel to recommend norms to cut trees for development projects

Jun 7, 2021

When the government of West Bengal announced their intention to widen roads and construct roads over bridges (ROBs) by way of cutting trees, a petition was filed pleading to discard this decision. The petition was filed in Supreme Court by Association for Protection

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Right to Privacy cannot be inherited: Madras HC on the release of Jayalalitha’s Biopics

Right to Privacy cannot be inherited: Madras HC on the release of Jayalalitha’s Biopics

Jun 7, 2021

The former Chief Minister Jayalalitha’s niece, J. Deepa filed a petition in court seeking the order of injunction against the release of her biopics, Thaliva and Queen saying that the consent of Jayalalitha was not taken for the same. The film Thaliva stars

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Rajasthan HC notes abuse of power and quashes FIR filed by state police

Rajasthan HC notes abuse of power and quashes FIR filed by state police

Jun 7, 2021

A petition was filed in court by Puneet Solanki, Abhishek Kharb, Surendra Solanki, Ashok Solanki, Ankit Gulania, Akshay, Pradeep Mishra and others,against the action of the SHO, Police Station, Bhiwandi alleging that an illegal and ill-motivated raid was conducted on the factory premises

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Punjab HC dismissed the ‘live-in’ petition of a couple on ‘moral grounds’

Punjab HC dismissed the ‘live-in’ petition of a couple on ‘moral grounds’

Jun 7, 2021

In the recent case of ‘Moyna Khatun and another v. State of Punjab and others’, the Punjab and Haryana High Court disapproved the concept of parties entering into a deed which not only backs their ‘live in relation’ but also segregates it from

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COVID RIGHTS: A PRO BONO LEGAL PLATFORM FOR CITIZENS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

COVID RIGHTS: A PRO BONO LEGAL PLATFORM FOR CITIZENS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Jun 7, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sharon decided to create COVIDRights, a website dedicated to assisting people in finding pro-bono legal counsel on COVID-19-related legal matters and learning about their rights. COVIDRights India, Sharon’s website, compiles all such orders and instructions issued by central or

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Petition filed against Dr. Ambedkar Law  University Ph.D. regulations mandating 2yr LLM course

Petition filed against Dr. Ambedkar Law University Ph.D. regulations mandating 2yr LLM course

Jun 7, 2021

Dr. Ambedkar Law University Ph.D Regulations, 2020 (Ph.D Regulations) mandates  only post graduates with a ‘Two Years Master’s Degree in law to apply for a PhD. This provision has been challenged via a petition filed in Madras High Court. The petition by Suganya

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NUJS to introduce Harry Potter themed competitive house system to better student politics

NUJS to introduce Harry Potter themed competitive house system to better student politics

Jun 7, 2021

The National University of Juridical Science, Kolkata (NUJS) has voted upon a new British-style house system to enhance student politics while at the same time curbing hostility among each other. The student juridical association (SJA) will be replaced with a system of four representatives

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“No protection order can be passed for socially and morally unacceptable live-in relationships”: Punjab & Haryana HC

“No protection order can be passed for socially and morally unacceptable live-in relationships”: Punjab & Haryana HC

Jun 7, 2021

Two petitioners namely, Gulza Kumari and Gurwinder Singh filed a petition in the Pubjab and Haryana High Court claiming a protection petition from their families. They both are living together and wish to tie the knot soon. The apprehension of their family’s intervention

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NLSIU makes some changes in faculty; hires alumni  Nigam Nuggehalli as registrar

NLSIU makes some changes in faculty; hires alumni Nigam Nuggehalli as registrar

Jun 7, 2021

The prestigious National Law School of Bangalore has announced its decision to hire four lateral faculty, of which two have joined and two remain due. Among these is Nigam Nuggehalli, a 1997 NLSIU graduate, was the first national law university LLB holder to

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