By Nitin Potdar With the policy of liberalization introduced for foreign direct investments in 1991, followed by globalization and the advent of information technology, the way businesses, governments and public institutions are being conducted has undergone a sea change. This transformation has resulted in a huge demand for consulting, engineering, management, accounting, and particularly legal…
By A Concerned Citizen The rationale for using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) is plainly obvious. Information is collected, collated, counted and made available, in the time that staff in most other nations would be tying on their shoe laces. That’s a resounding vote in favour of technology. Having said that, Indian democracy has seen several…
Maharashtra is a big state, home to 9.4 percent of Indians, who live on 9.4 percent of the nation’s land. The state’s contribution to Indian economy in terms of industrial output, export, electronics, number of demat accounts and listed companies is nearly double, at around 20 percent. This makes Maharashtra an important state, economically and…
In the wake of the rising cases of deepfakes, a division bench of the Delhi High Court, comprising Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard two writ petitions, filed by Rajat Sharma, Editor-in-chief of India TV, and Advocate Chaitanya Rohilla, on the issue. During the hearing, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology…
The Delhi High Court elevates 70 lawyers as Senior Advocates. The interview of over 300 lawyers who had applied for the designation was taken by the Delhi High Court The lawyers, who have been conferred the gown, include: Gautam Narayan Sanjeev Sagar Sumeet Verma Anupam Srivastava Manu Sharma Pavan Narang Sanjay Dewan Sonu Bhatnagar Rajdipa…
The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would decide on whether it was permissible for a member of the Bar to simultaneously work as a journalist. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih made the observation while hearing a petition filed by Advocate Mohd Kamran, who was also working…
The National Green Tribunal’s Principal Bench, comprising Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Chairperson and Dr A Senthil Vel, Expert Member, has taken suo motu cognizance of a news item on the environmental pollution caused by the Vijayawada Thermal Power Station (VTPS) resulting in staging of protests by residents of Ibrahimpatnam and Kondapalli, two areas near Vijayawada in…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. The order was passed by the Bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan. Appearing for the petitioner, Senior Counsel R Basant today…
The Patna High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with costs of Rs 5,000 payable to the Bihar State Legal Services Authority. The petitioner, claiming to be a social worker, had filed the PIL seeking an inquiry into the activities of two federations. However, the bench of Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran and…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the special appeal of the Executive Officer of the Electricity Department against transfer and said government orders issued for state government employees will not be applicable to employees of the Vidyut Vitran Nigam Company. The Division Bench of Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Jayant Banerji passed this order…