Bangladesh in the present year has seen a seething attack on its right to free speech and expression by the extremist group, allegedly Ansarullah Bangla Team, in which 4 bloggers namely –Avijit Roy, Washiqur Rahman, Ananta Bijoy Das, and Niloy Chakraborty have been killed. These are not the first instances
This case has been aptly phrased to be “more about philosophy than about law”. Yakub Memon, the lone convict of the 1993 blast, had been rightly given all the legal options that were there to be exhausted before he was finally hanged on his 53rd birthday (30th July 2015) at
Case Law: Manish Kanaiyalal Gupta v. State of Gujarat In the case of Manish Kanaiyalal Gupta v. State of Gujarat decided on 8 July 2015 before Gujarat High Court whereby the applicant has filed for a criminal revision under section 397 r/w 401 CrPC. The applicant herein decided to appear
Case Law: Hemanta Panda v. National Archives of India, 2015 SCC OnLine CIC 2125, decided on 25.06.2015 The Central Information Commission (CIC) directed that the FIR and charge sheet filed by Delhi Police on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi must be disclosed disposing of an appeal filed by an RTI activist in the
Case Law: State of M.P. v. Madanlal, 2015 SCC OnLine SC 579, decided on 01.07.2015 Coming down heavily upon the laxity observed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in exercising its appellate jurisdiction in the present case wherein the High Court, without proper appreciation of the evidence and considering the compromise entered between the rape
A person who possesses a rich and diverse work experience is probably the best equipped to tender advice to fresh law graduates seeking counsel over choosing a career path. With an experience of having worked in LPOs, law firms, as an in-house counsel and a legal analyst, Ms. Jyoti Shekar,
Case Law: NAB Lions Home for Aging Blind v. Kumar Resorts, 2015 SCC OnLine NGT 6 NGT has given another order in response to its strict-no-policy to deforestation. NGT while restraining Kumar Resorts, Amusement Pvt. Ltd. and Dhiraj Kumar Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. from hill-cutting for constructing a resort-cum hotel on
Case Law: Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board v. Indraprastha Gas Limited, 2015 SCC OnLine SC 578 In a big relief to natural gas distribution companies, the Supreme Court on 1st July, 2015 held that Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has no power to fix or regulate the
Case Law: State of M.P. v. Madanlal, 2015 SCC OnLine SC 579, decided on 01.07.2015 Coming down heavily upon the laxity observed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in exercising its appellate jurisdiction in the present case wherein the High Court, without proper appreciation of the evidence and considering the compromise entered between the rape
Case Law: Santhos Yadav v. Bar Council of Tamil Nadu, 2015 SCC OnLine Mad 3362, decided on 19.06.2015 While dealing with the issue that whether the presence of a person and burning of an effigy in an agitation furthering a political cause, would disentitle a person from being enrolled as an
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