Europe rights court: Russia responsible for assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko

Sep 24, 2021

Written By – Shrey Garg, News Writer The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia is responsible for the killing of the ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in London. The Strasbourg-based court has agreed with the findings of the British

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Texas doctor sued by two private citizens in first lawsuit brought under strict state abortion law

Sep 24, 2021

Written By – Arshita Anand, News Writer @sociolegalcorp Doctor Alan Braid was sued this Monday by Oscar Stilley and Felipe Gomez for violating Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8) that prohibits abortions six weeks into the pregnancy. Braid had claimed to perform such an

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The Heartbeat Act: Texas’s attempt to Circumvent the US Abortion Laws

Sep 10, 2021

Written By – Astha Krishna Texas law called the Texas Heartbeat Act, that bans abortion after six weeks, is said to have caused unconstitutional chaos by infringing the legal right to abortion of women acknowledged in the landmark case of Roe v wade.

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New California bill would make removing condoms without consent illegal

Sep 10, 2021

Written By – Shrey Garg, National Law School of India University California will become the first state in USA to outlaw non-consensual removal of condom during sexual intercourse. This practice is termed as ‘stealthing’. The term ‘stealthing’ gained attention after it was featured

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Meet the 9/11 lawyer who decides how much a life is worth

Sep 9, 2021

On September 11, twenty years ago today, Washington attorney Kenneth Feinberg was in Philadelphia teaching a law school class on mediating class-action lawsuits. After class got over, he saw some students huddled around a TV, which displayed news about the attack on World

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Joe Biden Signs Executive Order To Declassify 9/11 Investigation Documents

Sep 7, 2021

Written By – Arshita Anand, Content Writer Joe Biden, the US President signed an executive order on Friday calling for the declassification of some documents related to investigations carried out by the FBI on the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. This order

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Canceling license on the ground of selling buffalo meat without notice and hearing is violative of Natural Justice: Allahabad HC

Sep 7, 2021

Written By – Rajnish, Content Writer Canceling license on the ground of selling buffalo meat without notice and hearing is violative of Natural Justice: Allahabad HC A two-judge bench of Allahabad comprising of Justice Deepak Verma, and Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta quashed an

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Appeals Should Be Made To Law Students To Take Up Judiciary As A Career: Justice Abhay Oka.

Sep 6, 2021

On Saturday, Justice Abhay S Oka of the Supreme Court said that appeals should be made to final year law students, to think of the judiciary as a career as it is one of the best options available.

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Why Print Their Images Without Following Their Principles? Madras HC Declines Plea To Print Subhas Chandra Bose Image on Currency.

Sep 2, 2021

Madras high Court declined to hear a peculiar plea raised by parties in the case of KK Ramesh v. UOI ors. ‘To print the image of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on Indian Currency’.

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Attempt To Give Communal Colour To News A Problem; Gives Bad Name To Country.

Sep 2, 2021

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today expressed concerns about the attempts in social media and online portals to give communal colour to news while hearing a batch of writ petitions seeking action against the media for communalization of the Tablighi Jamaat meeting

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