Author: Neha Chaudhary

Associate at Thomson Reuters

The elevation of Senior Advocate Indu Malhotra as Supreme Court Judge, recently got cleared by the Central government. The official notification regarding the same will be published soon. She is likely to take an oath as a judge on Friday this week. The Five Judge Collegium comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph has unanimously recommended the two names. Indu Malhotra was one of the two names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as Supreme Court judge. The other name recommended was that of Justice KM Joseph, the current Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court.…

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Bollywood Actor Salman Khan was convicted in a 19-year-old blackbuck poaching case by a court in Jodhpur on 5th Apr’18.  Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri sentenced him behind bars for five years and also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him for poaching an endangered species of animal after convicting him for offence under section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act for killing two blackbucks in Bhagoda ki Dhani in Kankani village near Jodhpur on the intervening night of October 1-2, 1998 while there for shooting of film ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain”. Khan was taken to the Central…

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The 3rd edition of N.J. Yasaswy National Moot Court Competition hosted and organized by the ICFAI Law School, The ICFAI University, Dehradun is being held, 20th-21st of April, 2018. Eligibility Students enrolled in 3 Year or 5 Year law programme at the time of the competition in all Law Colleges and Law Schools recognized by the Bar Council of India are eligible to compete in the Competition. Venue: ICFAI Law School, The ICFAI University, Central Hope Town, Rajawala, Selaqui, Dehradun, 248197 Registration: Registration fee for participation in the Competition is INR 3000/- without accommodation  and INR 4500/-with accommodation. The last date for registration…

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New Delhi, 3rd Apr’18: In a recent defamation case filed against Dr. Bindra by various doctors associations across the country, Dr. Bindra won the case in the Delhi District Court. In a detailed 18 page judgement, the honorary judge dismissed the case citing various past cases and refused to even summon Dr. Vivek Bindra. The video in contention was launched on 29th December 2017 on Dr. Bindra’s YouTube Channel, where he highlighted the need of affordable healthcare in India. This video was nothing but a common man’s reality spilled out which attained more than 1 million views as the same…

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A Delhi Court has allowed a woman complainant in a Domestic Violence Case to serve summons to her estranged husband, who is in Australia, via Whatsapp, text message and e-mail considering the time consumed in ordinary service. This step was initiated due to the fact that the previous two attempts to serve summons to the husband had failed. An order to this effect was passed last month by JMetropolitan Magistrate (Mahila Court) Surabhi Sharma Vats in the respective case filed under Section 125 of the Criminal Code of Procedure. The request made for serving summons through digital means was allowed, following submissions…

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The five-judges Constitution bench of the hon’ble Supreme Court on 13th Mar, 2018 deferred the due date (31st Mar, 2018) for mandatory linkage of Aadhaar number with bank accounts and mobile numbers until the petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar ( Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 are disposed. Be that as it may, the augmentation doesn’t matter to availing services and subsidies as per section 7 of the Act. The order was passed at the end of the hearing on Aadhaar case by the Constitution bench encompassing Chief Justice Dipak Misra,and Justices…

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BOMBAY HIGH COURT VINDICATES A WOMAN OF ILL-FOUNDED ALLEGATIONS ON HER CHARACTER BY EXERCISING POWER UNDER SECTION 340 OF Cr.P.C. IN ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION (ABA)  – A LAUDABLE VERDICT ON THE EVE OF WOMEN’S DAY! Bombay High Court directed Registrar to file a case against accused husband for filing false affidavit in anticipatory bail; exercises Sec. 340 of CrPC in ABA. Mumbai: 7th March 2018 The case addresses the grave issue of torture and harassment; this time of the daughter of renowned Mumbai businessman Mr. Fareed Qureshi. Adv. Nilesh Ojha appeared for the complainant wife (daughter of Mr. Fareed Qureshi)…

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