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Law, Lawyer, News February 7, 2023

Four Eminent lawyers appointed by Govt to assess the need for a separate law on Competition in Digital Markets

Eminent Lawyers Anand S Pathak, Pallavi Shroff, Haigreve Khaitan, and Rahul Rai are on the Panel New Delhi, Feb 7 (LAB) The Central government on Monday constituted a 16-member Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL)…

Environment, Human Rights, National Green Tribunal, News February 17, 2022

NHRC Chairman Arun Mishra asks state Commissions to take up environmental degradation issues that pose threat to people’s right to life

New Delhi, Feb 17 (LAB) People’s right to life can be protected by protecting the environment degradation, NHRC Chairman Justice Arun Mishra said today. Directing the State Human Rights Commissions to focus on issues relating…

Special Court, Business News, Law, Legal News, News February 16, 2022

Mumbai sessions court grants bail to Rana Kapoor and Gautam Thapar, in Yes Bank fraud case

Mumbai, Feb 16 (LAB) A Mumbai Sessions court today granted bail to Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor and co-accused Gautam Thapar of Avantha Group in an alleged fraud case to the tune of over 300…

High Court, Human Rights, News, Religion, Special Court, Women February 16, 2022

Muslim Clergy should announce a change in the stitching pattern of Hijab so that the face is not hidden, suggests Senior advocate Adish Aggarwala

New Delhi, February 16 – An application of intervention (IA) has been moved in Karnataka High Court, which is presently hearing several pleas into the hijab row by Senior Advocate and Chairman, All India Bar…

High Court, Human Rights, News, Religion February 15, 2022

Karnataka High Court to continue hearing on hijab matter tomorrow

The Karnataka High Court today resumed hearing on the petitions filed by Muslim women, seeking permission to wear Hijab and other headscarves to educational institutions. The Case came up for hearing before a full bench…

Special Court, News February 15, 2022

Lalu Prasad Yadav held guilty in the fifth case of the Fodder scam by a CBI court in Ranchi

New Delhi, Feb 15 (LAB) A Special CBI court in Ranchi convicted the former Union Minister and RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav in the Rs 139 crore Doranda treasury scam case. With the completion of…

High Court, Human Rights, News, Religion, Women February 13, 2022

Senior advocate Adhish Aggarwala urges PM Modi to ensure all students, irrespective of any religion, wear school uniform, to uphold secular values in India

All India Bar Association has urged Prime Minister Narender Modi that the Government should ensure that students wear uniforms and also to prohibit Muslim women to wear hijab or Naqab in secular schools, in order…

High Court, News February 11, 2022

Physical hearing with restrictions in Delhi High Court and district courts from Feb 14, complete physical hearings from March 2

Giving respite to the litigants, the Delhi High Court registry today announced that Physical Hearings with restriction will resume in the Delhi High Court and the District Courts from February 14 onwards. Thereafter from March…

High Court, News, SPORTS February 11, 2022

Delhi HC suspends Table Tennis Federation of India after Gold Medalist Manika Batra alleges Match fixing by officials

New Delhi, Feb 11 (LAB) The Delhi High Court today suspended the Table Tennis Federation of India and directed to set up an inquiry committee to look into its day-to-day functioning. Justice Rekha Palli, while…

High Court, News February 11, 2022

What is paramount? The country or religion? Madras HC on controversy of hijab

New Delhi, Feb 11 (LAB) “What is paramount? The country or religion?,” asked the Madras High Court, while taking into consideration the controversy surrounding a government order that banned Muslim women from wearing Hijab to…