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English Court has jurisdiction to determine proceedings concerning the future welfare of two young girls who are Hungarian Nationals

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: Deciding on an appeal as to whether courts of England or Hungary should have jurisdiction to determine

Case Briefs High Courts

Directions issued to the Tamil Nadu Government to create Special Cells to tackle the growing menace of honour killings in the State

Madras High Court: Raising concerns over the rising cases of honour killing, the Bench of V. Ramasubramanian, J., issued directions in order

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Seafarer’s Bio-metric Identity Document) Rules, 2016

The Central Government in exercise of power conferred by sub-section (2) of section 99A and section 457 of the Merchant Shipping Act,

Achievements Law School News Moot Court and Mooting

NLUJ team wins Runners’ up trophy at Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition

Reported by Rishi Murarka

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Delhi High Courts’s order striking down the S. 8(2) of the Delhi School Education Act, 1973 held bad in law

Supreme Court: Upholding the validity of Section 8(2) of the Delhi School Education Act, 1973 the Court held the said provision is

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

HDFC Bank directed to pay Rs 5 lakh to an Indian couple who was stuck abroad due to non-activation of debit card

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): NCDRC has directed HDFC Bank to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to an Indian couple

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Rule of law’ cannot be administered if Courts are boycotted and prevented from functioning properly

Tripura High Court: Taking suo motu cognizance of the disturbances created by the respondent by not allowing the Additional and District Sessions

Legislation Updates Notifications

Introduction of definition of e – commerce in Foreign Trade Policy (2015-2020)

The Central Government in exercise of power conferred by Section 5 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Accused cannot be subjected to narcoanalysis, polygraph and BEAP tests against his will & consent

Chhattisgarh High Court: Deciding the question as to the legal permissibility of narcoanalysis, polygraph test (lie detector) and BEAP (Brain Electrical Activation

Foreign Legislation Legislation Updates

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Rules, 2016 notified

The Principal Rules namely the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 has been amended by the Scheduled

Case Briefs High Courts

Contracting second marriage without the permission of the Central Government even if permissible under the personal law, amounts to misconduct

Tripura High Court– Deciding on a writ petition directed against the order of a court of inquiry whereby the petitioner had been

Case Briefs High Courts

No Rebate/Remission for Stamp duty paid in another State in case of Scheme of Arrangement

Bombay High Court: While discussing the scheme of stamp duty pertaining to the chargeability of instruments, the Court held that in case

OP. ED.SCC Journal Section Archives

Rule of Law [From the SCC Journal Section Archives]

by Justice HR Khanna

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Allegations of anti-competitive conduct against National Securities Depository Ltd., rejected as premature

Competition Commission of India (CCI): While observing that an alleged anti-competitive conduct can be initiated by the Commission in terms of provisions of