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A petition was filed by a practicing advocate Devina Sharma seeking relaxation in the upper age limit of the Delhi Judicial Services Exam. The petitioner was born in April 1989 and was not eligible to apply for the DJS examination as she was beyond the age limit of 32 years as of 1st January 2022.
The petitioner said that ‘The...
INTRODUCTION
The term ‘Tort’ is derived from a Medieval Latin word ‘Tortum’ which means twisted or crooked and implies conduct that is twisted or tortious. Legally a Tort is a wrong, independent of a contract which gives rise to a civil remedy for which compensation is recoverable. In general terms, it is expected that out of everyone to behave in...
CHANGE IN DJS PATTERN
New Delhi Judicial Service (Amendment) Rules 2022
Legal News by Harsh Garg (Indian Law Info.)
For purposes of recruitment to the service, there shall be a Selection Committee consisting of the following: -
(1) Chief Justice or a...
JHARKHAND: Today, A special court in Jharkhand's Dhanbad sentenced life to the imprisonment, both the convicts in the murder of Dhanbad Additional District and Sessions judge Uttam Anand
Last week, the District And Additional Sessions Judge convicted Lakhan Kumar Verma and Rahul Kumar Verma for offenses under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (disappearance of evidence) read with Section 34 (common intention)...
In India where we have formed various laws for the protection of the rights and interests of women but still seem to be many loopholes. India ranks 148 out of 170 countries as per the report of 'Women, Peace and Security Index 2021'. According to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) latest data for 2020, Overall, 3,71,503 cases of...
Recently, the Bar Council of India informed the Supreme Court of India that the syllabus for the upcoming AIBE Examination would be published within 15 days.
Bar Council also informed that the examination will be held within three months thereafter.
A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S. Ravindra Bhat and M.M. Sundresh was hearing a plea by BCI challenging the judgment of...
VARANASI: On Saturday, Varanasi Court acquitted BSP MP Atul Rai. He was charged in a rape case of a woman who later did suicide immolating herself outside the Supreme Court.
According to the sources, Atul Rai will remain in jail due to the abetment of a suicide case against him. He was charged under a case of abetment of the suicide...
The act of terrorism includes war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity, and to prosecute those who are accountable for such crimes, the United Nations General Assembly enacted the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court in 1998 that authorized the International Criminal Court (tribunal) to prosecute people starting from 2002. The modern conception of the terrorist act was initially...
MUMBAI: On Saturday, Varsha Raut, the wife of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the money laundering case.
A few days back Sanjay Raut was arrested and the authority issued a summon to Varsha Raut to appear before the ED. Today, she reached ED office located at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai. Police...
MUMBAI: Today, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd informed the Supreme Court of India that no cutting of trees has been carried out in the Aarey forest region in Mumbai.
The application was filed by activists and local residents alleging that the authorities have resumed the tree cutting in the Aarey forest region contrary to the status quo order passed by the...
Today, the Law Minister of India Kiren Rijiju informed that he had received a letter from CJI NV Raman to nominate his next possible successor for the post. NV Raman gave recommendation of Justice UU Lalit as the next Chief Justice of India.
The nomination came a day after CJI Ramana received the letter from Mr. Rijiju seeking his recommendation...
NEW DELHI: Recently, in the case of Theos Food Pvt Ltd & Ors v. Theobroma Foods Pvt Ltd Delhi High Court restricted Theo's Confectionary to open any outlet in Delhi-NCR.
The Bench headed by Justice Prathiba M Singh ordered, "Theobroma is free to expand its outlets under the mark/name ‘THEOBROMA’ across the country. However, Theos shall be restrained to the Delhi-NCR region, insofar as...
DELHI: In the case of AKASH AGGARWAL v. FLIPKART INTERNET PRIVATE LIMITED AND ORS, Delhi High Court held that permitting a third-party seller to 'latch on to a Best-Seller's name or trademark is nothing but 'riding piggyback'.
The Bench held by Justice Pratibha M Singh passed the interim injunction against Flipkart and restricted the e-commerce platform to allow any third party sellers...
Preventive Detention is the practice of incarcerating accused individuals before trial on the assumption that their release would not be in the best interest of society—specifically, that they would be likely to commit additional crimes if they were released. The grounds for Preventive detention are:
Security of state.
Maintenance of public order.
Maintenance of supplies and essential services and defense.
Foreign...
ALLAHABAD: On Friday, in Allahabad High Court, the bench of Justice Neeraj Tiwari heard a plea filed by a student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Adil Khan, in the case of Adil Khan v. Vice Chancellor Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh And 4 Others,
The Petitioner, Adil Khan, appeared in the 7th Semester Examination, but the result of the said Semester was not...
ALLAHABAD: Allahabad High Court sought the response of the State Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea praying that the National Flag be hoisted on Gram Panchyat buildings daily.
The Bench comprises of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Rajnish Kumar issued an order on a PIL plea by Chandra Bhushan Pandey who submitted that since Panchayat Bhawan in every...
MADHYA PRADESH: Today, the plea application has been moved in Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking to register an FIR against Kareena Kapoor Khan for hurting the religious sentiments of a Christian Community through her book titled: "KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN'S PREGNANCY BIBLE: The ultimate manual for moms-to-be"
The plea was moved to Madhya Pradesh High Court by Advocate Christopher Anthony. In his...
NEW DELHI: On Friday, in the case of Ram Ramaswamy and others versus the Union of India, the Supreme Court of India expressed great dissatisfaction with the Union Government of India for filling a counter affidavit in response to a petition which seeks guidelines for the seizure of personal electronic devices by investigating agencies.
The Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul...
