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Why not invoke Goondas Act for pollution: Madras High Court

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the report ‘A Cooum in the making in Karur?’ published in TNIE about pollution of the Amaravathi river, and directed District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in Karur to conduct an inspection and file a report. The report, published on

‘Compulsory community service’ at Covid-19 centres for those not wearing masks, rules Gujarat high court

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com In a bid to control the Covid-19 situation in Gujarat, the high court on Wednesday ordered that those not found wearing masks will have to serve a “compulsory community service” at Covid-19 care centres, news agency ANI has reported. The Gujarat high court, the agency further said, directed the state government to pass a

Delhi high court seeks Centre’s response in plea against surveillance systems

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought the response of the Centre on a plea claiming that the government is carrying a 360-degree survelliance of citizens through Centralised Monitoring System (CMS), Network Traffic Analysis (NETRA) and National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), thus “endangering” their privacy. A bench of chief Justice DN Patel and justice Prateek

Andhra Pradesh government moves High Court against SEC’s local polls decision

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com VIJAYAWADA: The State government on Tuesday filed a petition in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh challenging the State Election Commission’s (SEC) decision to conduct local elections in February 2021. In the petition, Panchayat Raj department principal secretary Gopal Krishna Dwivedi stated that it was a unilateral decision. He urged the High Court to

‘What Is This Behaviour’: Supreme Court Angry After Lawyer Appears Shirtless During Online Hearing

Source:-https://www.india.com New Delhi: With millions of people working from home now, dressing up for work seems like a thing of past. Even while important Zoom calls, many people have ditched formal attire and are switching to more comfortable clothing. However, seems one man got too comfortable and got an earful from Supreme Court judges. On

Killian Flood BL joins Irish Legal News as case reporter

Source:-https://www.irishlegal.com Barrister Killian Flood has become the latest addition to the Irish Legal News team, shortly after our leading legal publication marked its fifth anniversary. Mr Flood will join Andrew McKeown BL in writing regular summaries of judgments from the Irish, Northern Ireland and European courts for the ILN newsletter and online case archive, which

With Aim to Ensure Protection of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ & Hindus, Parsi Man Becomes VHP V-P for South Bengal

Source:-https://www.news18.com Aresident of old Parsi Colony in Kolkata’s Khorshed Madan Mansion, near Maula Ali Mazar near Sealdah – Phiroze Edulji is a lawyer at Calcutta High Court, where he has been practicing since 1997. As Edulji is struggling with his foggy reading glasses, he was seen surrounded by books on Indian Penal Code, Judiciary, Zoroastrianism

EC proposes postal ballot for NRIs, asks government to amend law at earliest

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Election Commission (EC) has written to the government seeking extension of voting through postal ballots to non-resident Indians (NRIs) for the assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. In a letter to the Union law ministry, the EC cited a successful implementation of Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS)

Jammu Muslims Fear Communal Violence In Region In Name Of Roshni Act

Source:-https://www.outlookindia.com As the BJP has brought discourse around Roshni Act calling it “land jihad”, prominent Muslim leaders and intellectuals of Jammu in a rare press conference on Sunday said deliberate attempts are being made to disturb communal harmony of Jammu region and nationalistic Muslims of Jammu are being painted as enemies. They said out of