FACTS: Respondent No. 1, Mr. Rajnish Kumar, filed a public interest litigation questioning the functioning of appellant, Ranchi Municipal Corporation and its financial accountability. During the pendency of the writ petition, the Division Bench of the High Court passed an Read More …
Essay Competition: Enervions International Essay Writing Competition by College of Legal Studies, UPES: Submit by 31st July 2015
Enervions International Essay Writing Competition, 2015 is organised by College of Legal Studies, UPES, Dehradun in collaboration with Surana & Surana International Attorneys, Chennai, India. The competition is open to students who are pursuing their B.A., LL.B. / LL.M. / Ph.D. Read More …
Case Brief: Jiten Besra v. State of West Bengal [2010] INSC 182
Deciding Authority: Supreme Court of India Name of the Judges: Justice V.S. Sirpurkar, Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar Date of Judgement: March 10, 2010 Facts of the Case: Jiten Besra, the accused was said to have committed murder of one Nandlal Tudu Read More …
Case Brief: Devidas Suryavanshi & ors. v. State of Maharashtra [2010] Insc 1138
Deciding Authority: Supreme Court of India Name of the Judges: Justice Harjit Singh Bedi, Justice C.K. Prasad Date of Judgement: March 10, 2010 Facts of the Case: The incident was a result of a dispute during the panchayat elections held Read More …
Case Brief: M/s United Riceland Ltd. v State of Haryana & Anr.
FACTS: The appellant is a registered dealer under Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 and was engaged in the business of purchase and dehusking of paddy to produce rice, in the State of Haryana. Rice so produced was exported outside the Read More …
Indian Citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindus
In the year 2012, two NGOs, Swajan and Bimalangshu Roy Foundation, filed a petition which pleaded that Hindus and persons of other minorities from Bangladesh migrating to India to escape religious persecution must not be bracketed with illegal migrants and Read More …
Call for Papers: Society for Utopian Studies Annual Conference: To be held from November 5-8, 2015
The Society for Utopian Studies holds an annual conference in the Fall. This year’s conference, “Global Flows: Diaspora, Diversity, and Divergence in Utopia,”will take place on November 5-8, 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA. Founded in 1975, The Society for Utopian Studies Read More …
Call for Papers: Fourteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities: To be held from 8-11 June 2016
The Humanities Conference is held annually in different locations around the world. Over the past twelve years, the Humanities Conference has established a reputation as a focal point for new ideas and new practices in humanities research and teaching. The Read More …
Case Brief: State of Kerala v Raneef
FACTS: On 4.7.2010 seven assailants came in a Maruti Van and assaulted Prof. T.J. Jacob of Newman College, Thodupuzha and chopped off his right palm from the vicinity of his house. The role attributed to Raneef, who is a medical Read More …
Convention: 8th Global Intellectual Property Convention: Register by 15th November 2015
GIPC, in its eight year, is an annual meeting platform for Board-level IP managers, IP regulators and policy makers, as well as IP experts, litigators, investors and their advisers in a dialogue designed to discuss best practices and solutions to enhance Read More …