The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval on the Constitution of the 21st Law Commission of India, for a period of three years w.e.f. 1 September 2015 to 31 August, 2018.
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Child labourers at a brick kiln
Appalled by the state of the child labour in the Union Territory Delhi, Delhi High Court has observed:
To our consternation and dismay if the capital of the country, which is endowed with better...
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On 7 September 2015, Supreme Court of India shall hear a PIL filed by Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma for curtailing the powers of the Ministers of the Government of India, contending that they can issue directions or policies other than...
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by sflc_admin | August 31, 2015Indrani Mukherjea is on the cover page of every news website today, in pictures where she is hugging her husband, Peter Mukherjea, or posing solo, or in a selfie. Her entire virtual life is...
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Let us be defiant (Domingo Gomes) Featured
Reason sometimes distances the self from the self. It weakens the being and constantly impedes and frustrates the soul from achieving the compelling vastness that it is here to achieve and coerce its magnanimity to succumb to alternative plans of destiny...
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For the past four days, news reports have been flowing in about the shutdown of internet services in Gujarat. With the tense law and order situation prevalent over the Patirdar reservation protests, state government authorities have decided to block access...
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Click here to find out here in this analysis of Facebook's T&Cs
[documentcloud http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2301472-via-sflc-do-you-know-what-youre-agreeing-to-when.html Do you know what you're agreeing to when you sign up to Facebook?]
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In a recent judgement in East India Udyog Ltd. v. Maytas Infra Ltd., a Full Bench of the Hyderabad High Court had to decide whether a court hearing a petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 could...
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The Kamlesh Vaswani matter that has asked the Court to direct the Government to block all pornography over the Internet and was used conveniently by the Government to order the disablement of over 850 website last week came up before the bench...
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Ms. Flavia Agnes is a lawyer who has worked in the field of women’s rights for over two decades. She is a co-founder of Majlis Legal Centre, Mumbai, that provides socio-legal support to women and children on issues of matrimonial rights,...
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On 3 August 2015, President and the members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) had a detailed meeting with the Secretary General of the Supreme Court, officials of Registry, Supreme Court security, Intelligence Bureau and Delhi Police to discuss...
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#1: Madras HC says no to liquor sale ban on Kalam’s funeral, terms it as ‘essential commodity’ for 30% peopleOn 29 July 2015, Madras High Court denied to entertain a PIL petition filed by advocate K Baalu of the Advocates...
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A non-government organisation – ‘Independent Thought’ has filed a Writ Petition (PIL) before the Supreme Court of India seeking a declaration that the ‘Exception 2′ to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, is violative of Articles 14, 15 and...
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This article takes you through the events and legal developments associated with the 1993 Bombay blasts and the prosecution of the accused Yakub Memon. Memon has been sentenced to death by the TADA Court and his subsequent appeals and petitions...
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(In the previous essay, I had argued that Article 124C should be struck down, because it violates the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary, both of which are part of the basic structure. In this essay, Vishwajith Sadananda...
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