Author: Hemalatha Saravanan

Representatives of the 22nd Law Commission and the Law Ministry will meet the Parliamentary standing Committee to discuss on “Uniform Civil Code” on Monday (July 3, 2024). Parliamentary meeting on UCC: The Parliamentary standing committee on Thursday called a meeting on Uniform Civil Code (UCC). During the meeting they said the views of the stake Holders will be discussed. Views Will be Sought and Considered on July 3: The committee led by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi informed all the 31 MPs and members of the committee said that their views on UCC would be sought and considered at…

Bombay HC in an interlocutory order on Wednesday directed the BMC and the police authorities to ensure that there is no illegal animal slaughtering at the “Nathani Heights” situated at Mumbai Central, unless it is licensed or recognised by the BMC, for the occasion of Bakri Eid. Special Hearing Before Special Bench: This case came before the special bench consisting of Justice GS Kulkarni and Jitendra Jain for a special hearing at 7:00 pm on Wednesday. Would Affect Their Religious Sentiments: The Residents of Nathani Heights namely: Haresh Jain and Apeksha Shah filed a petition seeking to direct BMC to…

UK government should introduce a separate law to deal with the crypto currency assets and to make them eligible as a collateral against the loans advanced says the UK legal reform body in today’s published report. Tailored Framework: The Law Commission funded by the Ministry of Justice on Today’s Report Stated that U.K. should built a tailored framework for Crypto currency assets so that in the future the crypto assets can be treated as collateral. 1st Ever Law Commission on Cryptos and NFTs in UK: The Law Commission was initially set up to analyse how to accommodate the Crypto currency…

Caste no bar says, Madras HC on June 26th, 2024, by following the Judicial Precedent given by SC in the year 2016 and said that the appointment of a temple priest is a secular job and not a hereditary right. Challenging the Advertisement in 2018: This case came before the bench on 2018 as a petition filed by Muthu Subramania Gurukkal challenging the validity of an advertisement in 2018 by the Tamil Nadu department of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) for the appointment of Archakas/Sthanikam (priests) at Sri Sugavaneswar Temple pleading that it is an “Infringement of his Heriditary…

Due to torrential rainfall on Sunday (25th June) in HP have caused a Flash flood, in Mandi District where over 200 people including both tourists and locals were stranded as the floods hit in the Baggipul bridge on Mandi Prashar Road on Sunday adding to that several vehicles and live stocks were washed away due to the flash flood at Janjheli in Mandi district. Cloud Burst in HP at Various Districts: Landslides and flash floods were triggered by the cloudburst in HP. As a result of cloud burst, flash floods hit the districts of Solan and Hamipur. 1st district in…

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday said that Google will be investing in the digitisation of India and will be opening the global Fintech operation centre in the GIFT city of Gujarat. One- on- one discussion with Modi: Sundar had a one-on-one discussion with our PM on Friday and it is said that in the meeting they discussed about artificial intelligence, fintech, and promoting research and development. The Indian origin CEO said that he is excited to see the progress that the country has made in the recent years, particularly around the vision of Digital India and the…

Multnomah, Oregon County initiated a lawsuit on Thursday against the Fossil fuel companies and American Petroleum Institute and other trade groups, in which it seeks $50 million for the actual damages by holding it responsible for the June 2021 heat waves and rocketing the temperatures up to 116 degrees in the country. About the case/Case history: Oregon county v. Fossil fuel companies: On Thursday Oregon County filed a lawsuit in the state court in Portland against the fossil fuel Companies and trade groups like American Petroleum Institute seeking 50 million$ for actual damages and$1.5 billion for future damages and $50…

In a Gang riot taken place in Honduran prison it was reported that 46 women have been burned to death by droplets of gunfire, knocked them down with machetes and locked the survivors of these attacks in the cell and splashed flammable liquid all over them, an official said on Wednesday. WORST ATTROCITY NAMED AS “MONSTROUS RIOT”: President Xiomara Castro called the riot as “Monstrous Riot”. The carnage on Tuesday’s riot was claimed as the worst atrocity in the women’s prison in recent times. The Authorities found dozens of bodies after the violence on Tuesday at the prison in Tamara,…

Three undertrial prisoners have been released from UP jail by the UP jail superintendent irrespective of Mumbai court’s continuous orders to produce them physically or through video conference. So, the court considered the action of Superintendent as a contempt of court and directed the department to conduct a departmental enquiry against him. ABOUT THE CASE: Initially four of them had been arrested in a case of extortion by the RAK Marg Police station in Mumbai on June 2017. Later, MCOCA was invoked followed by the Nasik Arms Haul case in December 2017. Since they were required to be present at the…

Image Source: Hynds Pipe System. In reply to the question posed by the Bombay HC on last hearing about why they have installed protective grills only in 1,908 manholes leaving out 72,774 manholes uninstalled. BMC responded on Monday by assuring that it will install protective grills in the remaining 72,774 manholes within June 2024. ABOUT THE CASE/CASE HISTORY: In a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) filed by the Advocate Ruju Thakkur, who was seeking a contempt of court action to be initiated against the civil authorities for failing to implement the previous High Court Orders of 2018. These are the pictures…