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Written by: Riya Ganguly (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Supreme Court recently observed that under Section 139 of the NI Act, execution of a check mandates a presumption that the cheque is for the discharge of any debt or any other liability. The onus to rebut the aforesaid presumption is on the accused by raisin …

Written by: Riya Ganguly (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY MUTT VS. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH (WP 0641 OF 2021) A petition (WP.No.9641 of 2021) was filed by the petitioner on 21 st September 2021, seeking to declare the memo no. dated 04/07/2018 and 05/12/2018, along with the Rc.No.DP1/25031/3/2020 dat …

Written by: Riya Ganguly (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Central Government on 21 st September has applied to a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice L. Nageswara Rao , Justice B.R Gavai and Justice Sanjiv Khanna , seeking clarification in respect of the judgment delivered in the case of Siddar …

Written by: Ishita Pal (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) On the basis of the plea filed by filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh, The Supreme Court reserved the order on Tuesday while she challenged the Karnataka HC judgment by quashing charges under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) against the accused Mohan Na …

Written by: Ishita Pal (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The petitioner, Nitesh Gupta, a blind man, seeking inter-alia, with the availability of public documents in some special format e.g., Braille for disabled (blind) people like him. The petitioner appealed before Allahabad HC with this writ-petition to mandate in th …

Written by: Riya Ganguly (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer)   Kush Kalra V. Union of India and Others A petition was filed by advocate Kush Kalra in February 2021 in the Supreme Court, challenging the discriminatory policy of the central government and the armed forces, wherein the women candidates were not eligible to tak …

Written by: Ishita Pal (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Last week, the Allahabad High Court quashed the order given by a food safety officer who cancelled the license of a retailer named Ikrar Husain under The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. This otherwise can be valid up to 21st January 2022. On the basis of selli …

Written by: Riya Ganguly (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer)   Case Name: Municipal Corporation Faridabad V. Khori Gaon Residents Welfare Association (Regd.) Through its President & Ors. The Division Bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari observed that after the demo …

Written by: Riya Ganguly (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer)   To curb the alarming spread of the virus, various restrictions such as those on movement of goods and people and operation of businesses were imposed by the State machinery, one of which was the restriction on opening of book stores and their consequent sale. C …

Written by: Ishita Pal (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Leichombam Erendro was arrested on the same day for his Facebook post on 13 th May, 2021.Where he stated about the criticism done by him regarding the cow dung’s covid cure topic said by BJP politicians. According to the BJP politicians, it criticised extremely reg …

Written by: Ishita Pal (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) On 19 th April 2018, a journalist called Asif Iqbal Naik’s story was published in a newspaper named Early Times. In this story ‘ Father of 5 brutally tortured by Kishtwar Police ’; he wrote and highlighted the physical and mental torture done on the victim by Kishtwa …

Written by: Riya Ganguly (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The Telangana government via its order memo dated 24 August 2021, directed the reopening of all public and private schools in offline mode, thereby, directing a revival of normal physical classes. Bala Krishna Mandapati V. State of Telangana & Ors In the backd …