OCI Rules Tightened: Imprisonment could lead to cancellation of Overseas Citizen of India Registration
Registration will be cancelled if a person has been charge-sheeted or sentenced to imprisonment.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Jammu & Kasmir & Ladakh HC orders return of 63-year-old woman deported to Pakistan after Pahalgam terror attack
“Human rights are the most sacrosanct component of a human life and, therefore, there are occasions when a constitutional court is supposed to come up with SOS like indulgence.”
Govt. declares reference dates for conducting national population census
The reference date will be 1-3-2027 and for snow bound regions of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date will be 1-10-2026.
Delhi High Court sets aside OCI blacklisting over lack of due process and clear justification for entry restriction
The Court cannot overlook that a mere affidavit, lacking the force of a formal order, was relied upon to deny fundamental privileges under OCI status. To proceed on such tenuous grounds, without proper procedural fairness, would set a concerning precedent, one that risks eroding the unique rights granted under the Citizenship Act.
President’s rule revoked in Jammu & Kashmir
MHA issues notification revoking the President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir.
RRU International Moot Court Competition 2024
The School of Criminal Law and Military Law, Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), Gandhinagar is excited to announce
Can plea bargaining extend to commission of a gender centric offence? Madras High Court answers
“BNS has made certain offences gender neutral. But still, they are gender centric offences and not non-gender offences. There is a sharp difference between gender centric or gender-neutral offence and a non-gender offence.”
ICPS Hosts Second Training Programme on Newly Enacted Criminal Laws for Government Officers and Officials
The Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) has successfully conducted its second training programme on newly enacted criminal laws on 20th and 21st June, 2024.
Bombay HC upholds Notifications changing the names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv, respectively
The Court opined that if an authority is empowered to name a revenue area under a statutory provision, there are no reasons to deny the power for altering the names of a revenue area to such an authority.
Primacy to Suraksha: Understanding the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
The BNSS adopts a “citizen-centric” approach, balancing the rights of both the victims and the accused, respecting the human rights principles.
[Freedom Fighters Pension] Madras HC directs MHA to provide pension to ex-Army personnel who suffered imprisonment in Rangoon Jail in 1945
Madras High Court, while noting that the respondent is 94 years old, directed MoHA to comply with the order within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this Judgment.
Fundamental right to travel abroad cannot be curtailed only because of default in loan payment: Delhi High Court
“Office Memorandum issued by Ministry of Home Affairs permits Banks to issue a request for opening a Look Out Circular, in exceptional cases, even if they are not covered by its guidelines, even in such cases, the same can be issued only if departure of such person is detrimental to sovereignty/security of India.”
IIAC signs an MoU with Rashtriya Raksha University to encourage training programmes, research and study in the fields of arbitration
The India International Arbitration Centre (“IIAC”), a statutory institution established to create an independent and autonomous regime for institutional arbitration in India
‘Call meeting of all Cyber Crime Cells in order to have coordination in dealing with fraudulent transaction cases’, Delhi High Court directs Joint Secretary, MHA
“Whenever any information is requested by the Cyber Crime Cells of police authorities, banks ought to respond to the same in a diligent manner.”
Delhi High Court modifies patent injunction to the extent honeycomb panels are for supply to the Ministry of Defence
“The defendant is selling honeycomb panels to the Ministry of Defence since 2012 and containers of the defendant cannot be sold without the panel, considering the purpose for which containers are stated to be needed, that too by the Ministry of Defence.”
HIV positive patients can neither be denied employment nor promotion in employment: Allahabad High Court
HIV/AIDS patients have a right of equal treatment everywhere and they cannot be denied job opportunity or discriminated against in employment matters.
Whether contracts entered in name of President are immune from provisions protecting against conflict of interest of a party to contract? Supreme Court answers
Supreme Court refused to give effect to the appointment of an officer of the Ministry of Law and Justice as an arbitrator.
Prof. (Dr.) G S Bajpai appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the National Law University Delhi
New Delhi, 1 March 2023: National Law University Delhi is happy to announce that Professor (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai, Former Vice Chancellor, Rajiv
Delhi High Court | All Paramilitary personnel entitled to grant of HRA irrespective of rank
The Delhi High Court held that every personnel in the paramilitary forces should be entitled to the benefit of House Rent Allowance (HRA), irrespective of the rank as per their entitlement
Integrating Forensic Techniques in Indian Criminal Justice System
by Shubham Pandey* and Uday Shankar**