JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Reservations in India are a part of a system of affirmative action, which provides representation to historically disadvantaged groups. The bill proposes to amend section 2 of the 2004 act to change the wording from “weak and under-privileged classes (social castes)” to “other backward classes.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2024

The JP Modi School from Gujarat and Uma Devi Children’s Academy from Uttar Pradesh were also instructed to respond to the notice by February 2, 2024, which coincides with the next scheduled date of the hearing in this case. The National Legal Services Authority v.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Manipur Police’s FIRs against the guild members are centered around a September 2 report from the guild that condemned local Manipur media coverage of the issue, claiming it was “one-sided.” The Editors Guild of India is a non-profit organization that aims that to protect press freedom in India.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The recommendation of the Law Commission of India in its 246th Report1, culminated into the insertion of a proviso to section 2(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (‘Act'),

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Editor’s Guild of India raised several concerns about the Bill in a statement released where they highlighted that it could be used to widen the government’s existing powers of censorship as Clause 37(1)(b) will allow the government to “censor content on vague and unspecified grounds ‘in the interest of the general public.'”

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AUGUST 13, 2023

India’s Supreme Court took a firm stance on Thursday in response to the unfolding economic boycott targeting Muslims in the troubled regions of Nuh and Gurugram within Haryana, terming it ‘ unacceptable.’ In response, the VHP announced its intentions to stage protests against the backdrop of the violence.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2022

The Supreme Court of India Friday upheld a series of amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 (FCRA) to strictly regulate the flow and utilisation of foreign contributions by organisations into the country. ” The formal inflow of foreign contributions into India almost doubled between 2010 and 2019.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Supreme Court of India on Friday upheld an order of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) as legally enforceable in India, effectively blocking the sale of Future Group (“Future”) to Reliance Industries Limited (“Reliance”). The post India Supreme Court upholds arbitration order blocking $3.4B

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JURIST

JUNE 4, 2021

Legal education in India has frequently come under fire for insisting on academic rigor and meritocracy without duly acknowledging the impact that cut-throat competition can have on the mental health and physical wellbeing of undergraduate students. Lockdown in India was imposed in March 2020. She is based in Delhi.].

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JURIST

OCTOBER 20, 2022

India’s Competition Commission Thursday imposed a provisional penalty of Rs. The commission issued a cease and desist order to restrain Google from engaging in anti-competitive practices found to be in violation of Section 4 of India’s Competition Act of 2002. Google must also modify its conduct within a defined timeline.

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JURIST

MARCH 22, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. In a major departure from longstanding policy , the Bar Council of India (BCI) last week issued a notification permitting foreign law firms and foreign lawyers to advise clients on broad foreign law and international arbitration issues.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2021

The order was made with respect to an interlocutory application filed by the petitioners pending disposal of their main writ petition of 2017 that seeks basic human amenities for the Rohingya refugees in India. The bench, comprising Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, Justices A.S. Bopanna and V.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

The Supreme Court of India ordered a progress report from the Manipur government on Wednesday regarding the recovery of weaponry “from all sources.” Just this past week the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving the Editors Guild of India.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2021

The Central Government of India introduced Monday a bill that would empower state governments to specify socially and educationally backward classes (SEBCs) in the Lok Sabha (House of the People). In Dr Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2023

The violence has seen seven Trinamool Congress supporters killed, along with two members each of the Bhartiya Janta Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and one member of the Indian National Congress party. After weeks of sporadic violence all across West Bengal, the death toll could be as high as 52.

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MARCH 9, 2021

The drive aims to trace Rohingyas residing without legal documentation in Jammu and comes after the Home Department of the J&K administration issued a notification last Thursday under Section 3(2)(e) of the Foreigners Act, 1946.

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2022

Telegram also argued that disclosure would violate the privity of contract between itself and the subscriber and Section 72A of India’s Information Technology Act, 2000. The post India High Court directs Telegram to disclose user data of copyright infringers appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. The Supreme Court of India Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Caste Census initiated in the Indian state of Bihar. The decision to conduct a caste census in Bihar comes alongside a prolonged delay of a national-level census in India.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Supreme Court of India held Wednesday that courts cannot reach different verdicts for two or more criminal defendants if the evidence against them is nearly identical. 2’s Special Leave Petition (SLP), which is a request to have his case heard by the court. 2 must receive the benefit of parity. Notably, Accused No.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. The collegium consists of the Chief Justice of India and the four next senior-most Judges of the Supreme Court. The system relies on the collegium making recommendations to the President of India for the appointment of judges.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. Last Thursday, March 2nd, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) pronounced its judgment in the case of Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2021

However, the wording of the section was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India in Shreya Singhal v Union of India. In addition to this, the restrictions under Section 66A were not found viable under the permissible restrictions enunciated under Article 19(2) of the Constitution of India.

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Chugh LLP

APRIL 21, 2021

EB-2: China and India each advance about three months to December 1, 2016, and August 1, 2010, respectively. India moves ahead five months to February 1, 2011. EB-2: China: December 1, 2016. India: August 1, 2010. India: February 1, 2011. India: February 1, 2011. EB-2: China: July 1, 2017.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. On Thursday, a 2-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a split judgment in the case of Aishat Shifa v. The case will now be directed by the Chief Justice of India to be listed before a larger bench.

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Chugh LLP

MAY 20, 2021

EB-2: China advances five months to May 1, 2017. India advances four months to December 1, 2010. India advances to November 1, 2011. EB-3 Other Workers: China advances two months to October 1, 2009, while India advances nine months to November 1, 2011. EB-2: China: January 1, 2018. India: August 1, 2011.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2021

India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports for JURIST from New Delhi on recent remarks by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana highlighting the dramatic disparity in the current gender balance of the Indian judiciary and calling for equal representation of men and women. . The Chief Justice mentioned that out of 1.7

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia of the Supreme Court of India (SCt) Thursday delivered a split decision in a case concerning the prohibition of hijabs in educational institutions. The post India Supreme Court delivers split verdict over Hijab prohibition in schools appeared first on JURIST - News.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

On 2 September 2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued the ‘Guidelines on Digital Lending' (Guidelines) to banks and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs).

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Chugh LLP

JULY 11, 2022

The United States State Department August 2022 Visa Bulletin features limited forward movement for India and China in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories in the Final Action dates chart. Final Action cutoff dates remain mostly unchanged in the August 2022 Visa Bulletin: EB-1: Current for all countries, including China and India.

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Chugh LLP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Reports from members have been delivered to AILA regarding the status updates of pending EB-1 and EB-2 adjustment of status applications showing as “retrogressed”. EB- 2 India retrogresses two years and EB-3 moves slightly forward 3 months. EB-2: China remains on June 8, 2019, and India remains on April 01, 2012.

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JUNE 29, 2022

Coca-Cola purchased rights to Thums Up along with Limca lemon-lime and others and continues to sell those products in India (as well as other countries). Coca-Cola holds the trademark rights in India, but not in the USA. e.g., Indians live in India and are subject to the law of India. McCarthy on Trademarks § 29:1.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

But now, to put matters into perspective, consider the prevailing scenario of Covid crisis in India and the failing wing to be the executive government of different states of the country. Thereafter, the Supreme Court of India, having noticed the judicial intervention in different High Courts, took suo moto cognizance on the Covid issues.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Written by Akanksha Oak, Jindal Global Law School, India Introduction The modern commerce landscape faces a significant challenge: the widespread infringement of intellectual property (“IP”) rights due to online interactions that enable instant global access. Brainlink International Inc., [1] Reshma Collection. [2]

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The PIL aims to argue that the gig workers or app-based workers fall within the meaning of “unorganized workers” or “wage workers” as per Sections 2(m) and 2(n) of the Unorganized Workers Social Welfare Security Act, 2008.

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Supreme Court of India Wednesday ordered the Maharashtra state government to provide all data and information available with it regarding the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to the State Backward Class Commission (SBCC). The matter will now be heard on February 8, 2022.

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AUGUST 14, 2022

written by Abhishek Trivedi, Institute of Legal Studies and Research, GLA University, Mathura, India. Written by Dr Abhishek Trivedi, the book review of Indian Private International Law has been published in the Asian Journal of International Law, Volume 12, Issue 2 in its July 2022 issue.

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JURIST

MAY 12, 2022

The resolution passed by a majority with 33 votes in favor and 2 against. China and Eritrea were the two members who voted against the resolution, while 12 member states—including Cuba and India—abstained from voting.

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