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SC issues notice in suo motu contempt petition against advocate Prashant Bhushan and Twitter [Full report]

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari, JJ has issued notice in the suo motu

Utt HC | Constitutional validity of Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act upheld; S. 22 read down to save legislation from being struck down

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and R.C Khulbe, J., addressed the challenge placed on the constitutionality of the

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P&H HC | Gynaecologists cannot be attributed with medical negligence if a woman conceives after undergoing tubectomy during childbirth via caesarean section

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Tri HC takes suo-motu cognizance on reports of minor girl being pushed into flesh trade outside State; Co-operative efforts of agencies resulted in bringing the girl back to Tripura

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ and S. Talapatra, J., initiated suo motu petition with regard to report wherein

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Sri Lanka SC upholds indictment and non-reinstatement of Colombo University senior lecturer accused of sexual harassment

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Buwaneka Aluwihare PC, P. Padman Surasena and E A G R Amarasekara JJ

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NCDRC | Builder directed to deliver peaceful and vacant possession of flat to complainant; No third party interest in flat till consumer dispute decided by State Commission

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Bench of Justice V.K. Jain (Presiding Member) while deciding the issues revolving around purchase of

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WB AAR | ‘Phytotherapy’ treatment to cure osteoarthritis and disorders of similar nature not exempted under GST

West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (WB AAR): A Division Bench of Susmita Bhattacharya and Parthasarathi Dey (Members), addressed a the following question

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Madras HC | Patanjali restrained from using Trademark ‘CORONIL’ till 30th July, 2020

Madras High Court: C. V. Karthikeyan, J., granted temporary injunction and restrained “Patanjali” from using the word ‘CORONIL’ as the plaintiff has the

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Ker HC | Sessions Judge’s appointment set aside as appointee was not an advocate and was instead in judicial service, as on the date of appointment

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Del HC | Legislature provides remedy of Appeal under S. 29 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act against all orders

Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J., while addressing a matter with regard to “custody order” as being the primary relief, held that, Legislature

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Canada SC upholds stay of charges in favour of a Sri Lankan man accused of murder, reaffirms right to be tried within a reasonable time

Supreme Court of Canada: Full Bench of Wagner CJ and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin and Kasirer J., rejected an

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Execution of Will| Sufficient to prove attestation of one attesting witness to be in his handwriting when both attesting witnesses are dead

Supreme Court: Explaining the requirement under Section 69 of the Evidence Act pertinent to Section 68 of the Evidence Act that the

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Kar HC | Right to construct unauthorized temple and that also on a footpath can’t be an essential part of any religion which can be protected under Art. 25

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, CJ and M. Nagaprasanna, J., while addressing a matter held that, “right to

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New Zealand SC rejects an appeal seeking access to carry out coal-mining in a water conservation reserve

Supreme Court of New Zealand: The Full Bench comprising of Winkelmann CJ, William Young, Glazebrook, O’Regan and Ellen France JJ., unanimously rejected

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TN Custodial Deaths | Madras HC | Suo motu cognizance of “Jayaraj & Bennicks” matter already taken on Judicial side; PIL seeking registration of FIR against police excesses — closed

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam, JJ., while stating that it has already on the Judicial side

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Del HC directs immediate removal of law student’s photographs lifted from social media platforms and placed on porn website

Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., directed the the Delhi Police to assure that the immediate removal of a law student’s pictures

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EU-US Privacy Shield declared invalid for not providing adequate data protection of European citizens from US surveillance activities

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Bom HC | Domain name Registrar can’t black list or block list a domain that is registered; No human element involved in overseeing legitimacy of any chosen domain name

Bombay High Court: G.S. Patel, J., while addressing a matter with regard to domain names registrations held that, Domain name Registrar can’t black

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ICJ rules in the interest of Qatar over its airspace dispute against the Gulf Nations

International Court of Justice (ICJ):With an overwhelming majority of 15:1, the ICJ rejected the appeal filed by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and

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Rajasthan Political Crisis | HC adjourns Pilot camp’s plea till 20th July; Speaker not to take action till 21st July

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Indrajit Mahanty, CJ and Prakash Gupta, J., adjourned the hearing on the petition filed by Sachin