Author: Aratrika Paul

The Prime Minister worshiped ‘Ganpati Homan’ to seek blessings and good fortune in the inaugural ceremony of the new Parliament building. Source: Editorji With the holy sceptre in hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building today, receiving blessings from high priests of several ‘adheenams’ in Tamil Nadu. In addition, he placed the antique Sengol in the Lok Sabha chamber. The Sengol was then brought to the new Parliament building in a procession to the music of “nadaswaram” and chanting of Vedic mantras, where it was put in an unusual folding on the right side of the Speaker’s…

The Kashmiri separatist leader was awarded with the punishment for life imprisonment by the trial court in May of last year, where he pleaded guilty in the present case. Yasin Malik, the Chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and a Kashmiri separatist leader, has been charged with murder by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The petition will be heard on May 29 before a Division Bench consisting of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh. Source: PGurus Timeline of Events 1999 October: Yasin Malik was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) by Indian authorities. March 2002: Yasin…

As new violence erupted in Manipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah urged residents to maintain peace. He stated that he will visit the state in a few days and remain for three days. Source:BBC One person was pushed to death and another was injured in a new clash between suspected militants and a group of civilians in Manipur’s strife-torn Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts on Thursday, according to police reports. According to police, militants set fire to the homes of some villagers in Toronglaobi, Bishnupur district, late at night. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has urged the people of Manipur to…

President Draupadi Murmu delivered a speech this Wednesday where she highlighted her speech on securing ends of justice. Earlier this Wednesday, the President called for the Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, judges of all courts and the law ministry operating at the central level to discuss if our present justice system needs any change and if there is any need to enact any law to secure justice by all means even if it means outside courtrooms. “The Chief Justice of India (Dr D Y Chandrachud) and Union Law Minister (Arjun Ram Meghwal), as well as many senior judges,…

The Patna High Court declares forceful takeover of vehicles on defaulters of loan payment to be  impermissible under law.  The Patna High Court in its recent judgment declared that the act of ruthless seizure of vehicles of persons with the use of huge manpower on non payment of vehicles shall be held illegal. The Court stated that the act shall be a strict violation of one’s fundamental rights of right to livelihood and such harassing actions shall be liable to criminal action. Court’s Observation The court carefully observed that loan agencies must follow proper protocol in recovering the loan amount…

TikTok filed a lawsuit in US federal court on Monday (May 22) after the state of Montana opted to ban the video-sharing app entirely.  TikTok’s contention According to TikTok, the ban that shall be imposed on it by the US state of Montana from 2024 will be a deprivation of its constitutional right to freedom of speech. Recently as per the complaint lodged in Federal court, by the app, Tiktok stated, “We are challenging Montana’s unconstitutional TikTok ban to safeguard our company and the thousands of Montanans who use the app. In an interview with the news organisation, a spokeswoman…

Last Sunday, a meeting of the Khap Panchayat passed a resolution to demand initiation of legal proceedings against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after making him undergo a narco test. Singh’s response The Bharatiya Janata Party MP & chief of Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has given an affirmative response when he came to know about the Panchayat. However, He has one condition on which he can agree on this. According to the MP’s recent Facebook post, if Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia have readily accepted to undergo the narco & polygraph test, then he will himself call…

Mr. Banerjee is the General Secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress, who kept his campaign “Jana Sanjog Yatra” to travel back to Kolkata from Bankura District to produce himself before the Central Bureau of Investigation. Source: India Blooms Earlier this month, Abhishek Banerjee filed a petition in the Hon’ble High Court of Calcutta, which was overturned by a single bench recently to allow the investigative agencies to interrogate Banerjee. CBI issues summons Soon after having been approved by the Calcutta High Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation issued a notice to the Diamond Harbour MP to produce himself before…

The Apex Court upheld the age-old practice and tradition of Jallikattu, a bull taming sport played on the occasion of Pongal festival in the state of Tamil Nadu.  It is indeed a big relief to the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra after the Hon’ble Bench headed by Justice KM Joseph decided to uphold the practice as ‘valid legislation’. The five-judge Constitution bench comprised of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy, and CT Ravikumar. How The Matter Arose These sports were outlawed in 2014 by the Supreme Court on the grounds that they violated the Prevention…