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Amit Shah inaugurates NIA office in Raipur, pitches for strengthening law

He further emphasized that the laws that are against the activities that support terrorism have to be strengthened, and the target to achieve a 100 per cent conviction rate has to be set.

Chief Justice N V Ramana leaves behind a 6.1% increase in pending cases

Analysis of appointment orders shows that during his 16-month term, Justice Ramana made 241 appointments to the high courts, against the 243 appointments made by Justice Bobde in his 18 months as CJI

Texas Judge strikes down ban barring adults below 21 from carrying handguns

A Texas Judge struck down a Texas law that prohibits adults under 21 from carrying a handgun outside the home, on the grounds that the restriction violated the second amendment

What is Talaq-e-Hasan? How is it different from triple talaq?

How is Talaq-e-Hasan different from Triple Talaq, Khula, Mubaraat and Talaq-e-Ahsan? Why Supreme Court of India state the practice of Talaq-e-Hasan different from Triple Talaq? Read it now

Small percentage can approach courts, majority suffers in silence: CJI

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana termed access to justice "a tool for social emancipation" and said only a small percentage of the population can approach courts while the majority suffers in silence

Explained: What is Indian Antarctic Bill 2022 and why is it important

The Indian Antarctic Bill provides a regulatory framework for India's Antarctic activities through legal mechanisms

This entrepreneur is disrupting legal services space by democratising it

Arvind Singhatiya's firm, LegalKart, today connects 150,000 individual and business customers across 20,000 pin codes in 900 cities and districts to a community of 10,000 lawyers

Law should be made against wrongful religious conversions, says Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that a law should be made against religious conversions but nobody should be wrongly harassed

HC is required to re-appreciate entire evidence in case of acquittal: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that in case of acquittal in a criminal matter, being the first appellate court, the High Court is required to re-appreciate the entire evidence on record

1.3 mn beneficiaries provided free legal advice across India: Justice dept

The Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice on Thursday stated that it has provided free legal advice to 13 lakh beneficiaries across the country through the Tele-Law scheme.

Beyond the age barrier

Raising women's marriageable age needs complementary efforts

Repeal of farm laws: A setback or a step in the right direction?

PM Modi announced scrapping of the controversial farm laws after persistent protests. The govt failed to onboard a section of farmers and caved in to political pressure. Let's analyse what comes next

'Law of land is supreme, Twitter must follow rule,' says new IT Minister

The 51-year old took charge as the IT, Communications and Railways minister on Thursday, a day after the Cabinet reshuffle

Covid-19 pandemic exposed India's justice delivery comorbidities

The pandemic highlighted the need for speedier introduction of technology into the justice system

How this law firm is taking legal-tech mainstream in the time of Covid-19

There's a trove of digital-data solutions that the legal fraternity has begun to adopt in the post-pandemic world. And Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is at the thick of it

Supreme Court cancels NLSIU Bengaluru law entrance exam NLAT-2020

The Supreme Court quashed NLSIU Bengaluru's notification for a separate entrance exam, the National Law Aptitude Test-2020 held on September 12

Plea in SC: Separate exam for NLSIU will turn it into 'island of exclusion'

The parent of a student and a former vice-chancellor of the NLSIU, Bengaluru, have moved the Supreme Court against a notice to conduct a separate entrance exam for the university

ABVP urges Ravi Shankar Prasad to give fee concessions to NLU students

ABVP submitted a memorandum to the Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, urging him to grant fee concessions to students of National Law Universities across the country

Rule of law most fundamental feature of modern constitutions of world: CJI

The CJI said more than 50 countries have specific provisions on fundamental duties in their constitutions

Upendra Nath Sharma elected to law firm JSA's executive committee

The vacancy was created by the retirement of Amitabh Kumar on October 10, 2019