Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant Appointed As The Acting Chairperson Of The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

Anadi Tewari The Hon’ble President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has authorized Mr Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant, Member, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India to act as its Chairperson with effect from 25th April 2021. Prior to his appointment as Read more

[BREAKING] Plea Filed In Delhi High Court For Handing Over Management Of Oxygen Supplies From The Delhi Government To The Armed Forces

Anadi Tewari “The State Government has completely failed the citizens of Delhi. We have lost a lot of lives due to the complete failure of State Machinery. Due to mismanagement of resources, the State Government has not only created a Read more

Consider Imposing Lockdown To Curb The Second Wave Of COVID-19 Virus In The Interest Of Public Welfare: Supreme Court To Centre And States

Anadi Tewari The Supreme Court on Friday (April 30) taking note of the continuing surge of infections in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, has urged both the Central Government and State Governments to consider imposing a ban on Read more

[COVID-19] Don’t Target Individuals Seeking Help On Online Platforms: Supreme Court Issues Warning For Contempt Action To State Governments

Anadi Tewari “In these trying times, those desperately seeking help for their loved ones on these platforms should not have their misery compounded through the actions of the State and its instrumentalities. If this does keep happening even after the Read more

[POSTPONEMENT OF ADVOCATE-ON-RECORD EXAMINATION] SCAORA Requests Supreme Court To Postpone The Examination To December 2021

Anadi Tewari The Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Association (SCAORA) vide letter (dtd: May 02, 2021) has requested the Supreme Court of India to postpone this year’s the Advocates-On-Record Examination, from June 2021 to December 2021. The foregoing request for postponement of Read more

MCOCA Gangster Granted Bail By Court On Medical Grounds During Covid-19 Pandemic

Srijita Chakraborty New Delhi: Delhi’s Session court granted bail to accused Narender @Yudhvir, a prime member of notorious Gangster Neeraj Bawania’s gang. Narender was earlier booked in offences including murder, attempt to murder, extortion and jailed since March, 2020 while charges Read more

[INTERNATIONAL] Death Sentence Not An Arbitrary Deprivation Of Life But Against Right To Life: Supreme Court Of Malawi Holds Death Penalty Unconstitutional

Anadi Tewari “The Death Penalty is an abolishment or abridgement to the right to life. The Constitution makes the right to life non-derogable. It does not, therefore, authorize the death penalty because the death penalty derogates from right to life,” Read more

While Deciding A Criminal Appeal On Merits, High Courts Shall Apply Its Mind To The Entirety Of The Case, Supreme Court Reiterates

Anadi Tewari The Supreme Court recently while allowing a leave to appeal has observed that “While deciding a criminal appeal on merits, the High Court was required to apply its mind to the entirety of the case including the evidence Read more

State Has Failed In Fulfilling Its Obligations Of Protecting Basic Fundamental Rights Of Its Citizens: Delhi High Court

Anadi Tewari “We can only say that the State has failed in fulfilling its obligations of protecting the basic Fundamental Right i.e. Right to Life acknowledged in Article 21 of the Constitution of India,” remarked a division bench of Delhi Read more