FACTS: M. Manickam, Respondent No. 1, joined the State Subordinate Judicial Service as District Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate on 04.11.1988. It is alleged by him that in his service records, his date of birth has been entered as 19.03.1947 whereas his actual date Read More …
Unwed Mother Can Be The Sole Legal Guardian Without Father's Consent: SC
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment, has asserted that an unwed mother can become the sole legal guardian of a child without the consent of the father in India. The plaintiff, a government official, moved the Supreme Court in Read More …
National Conference on Sustainability and Gender Connection [29-30 January, 2016]
Nature and mother are inseparable and hence called ‘mother nature’. Mother creates and nature sustains. As the manager of household or oikonomos, mother gives birth to ‘Economics’. The major source of funds for financial industry is household savings. If women Read More …
Call for Proposals: NLU-D Death Penalty Research Project [July 10, 2015]
In June 2013, the Death Penalty Research Project (“Project”) was started by National Law University, Delhi in collaboration with the National Legal Services Authority. The objective of this Project is to examine the socio-economic background of prisoners on death row Read More …
Enforcement Directorate seeks help from Mauritius and Singapore Government in Lalit Modis Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought legal assistance from Singapore and Mauritius to take forward its probe in the alleged financial irregularities in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and its former chairman Lalit Modi. Officials said the agency has initiated the Read More …
Case Brief: Mohd. Haroon and Ors. Vs. Union of India and Anr. (2014) 5 SCC 300
Deciding Authority: Supreme Court Year: 2014 Facts: The petitions presented here in are a result of the communal riots that erupted in Muzzafarnagar and its adjoining rural areas organised by the Jat community. The petitioners claimed that the local administration instead Read More …
Case Brief: Shimbhu and Anr. Vs. State of Haryana
Facts: The prosecutrix was the granddaughter of Purushottam who had a shop adjacent to that of the appellants.The appellants at 5:00 a.m in the morning when the prosecutrix had come out to answer the call of nature asked her to Read More …
NUSRL Ranchi and UNICEF’s Seminar on Tribal Governance and Development [Sept 4-5]; Submit Abstracts till July 30
Call for Papers Papers are invited from the academicians, practitioners, researchers, scholars, activists, and Ph.D students on the issues related relevant areas of study. Abstracts would be reviewed Read More …
2nd Reema Ray Gold Medal Essay Competition in Business Law 2015: Submit till July Aug 30
NUJS, in fond memory of Reema Ray, an NUJS alumnus, had instituted the 1st edition of “REEMA RAY GOLD MEDAL ESSAY COMPETITION IN BUSINESS LAW” last year; with an aim to inspire and encourage future students to pursue excellence in Read More …
NLIU Law Review; Submit till July 31
NLIU Law Review is a first of its kind endeavor on the part of the student body of the National Law Institute University, Bhopal to encourage and inculcate in the students a spirit of legal research. NLIU Law Review seeks to Read More …