Advocates ID Card Issued By Bar Councils Valid Identity Proof For Domestic Air Travel, Clarifies CISF.

Now, identity cards issued by Bar Councils to advocates can be used as a valid identity proof for domestic travel through airports in India. This has been clarified by the Central Industrial Security Force in response to a query by Advocate Mohit Kumar The letter sent by Additional Director General of Airport Sector, CISF to … Read more

No homework for classes 1 & 2, set weight limit of school bags; HRD ministry direction.

The Union human resource development ministry has issued directives regarding homework and weight limit of school bags for each class. The states and union territories are to ensure that there are set norms for the weight of the school bags and also that the kids in classes 1 and 2 are not burdened with any homework. These … Read more

Law Intern Found Dead Days After Filing Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Lawyers.

A law intern was recently found dead in Bangalore. Curiously, she had filed a sexual harassment complaint with Commercial Street police just days before she was found dead. The intern was from Andaman & Nicobar Islands and had traveled to Bengaluru. According to a TOI report, she was assigned to work with an advocate named Chandra … Read more

Supreme Court says certificate not mandatory for making electronic evidence judicially admissible.

New Delhi: In the age of digitisation and increasing reliance on computerised records in judicial proceedings, the Supreme Court has held that the requirement of a certificate to make an electronic evidence admissible is not mandatory “wherever interest of justice so justifies”. The top court’s clarification on Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, which deals … Read more

In Sex Harassment Case, Tanushree Dutta Files FIR Against Nana Patekar & 3 Others

MUMBAI:  A case was registered against Bollywood actor Nana Patekar  & 3 others, late on Wednesday night, over allegations of sexual harassment made by Tanushree Dutta, his costar in a 2008 film. Ms Dutta filed the First Information Report (FIR) against Mr Patekar at Mumbai’s Oshiwara Police Station. Besides Mr Patekar, FIRs have also been … Read more

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