SIGNIFICANT SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENTS IN 2021

January 3, 2022

In the Court of Justice, both the parties know the truth, it’s the judge who’s on trial Justice JR Midha In the year 2021, the Supreme Court of India issued a slew of decisions. The key pronouncements are briefly reviewed in this article. VIKASH KUMAR VS UPSC The decision in Vikash...

Analysing a bill passed by Rajasthan Assembly that allows registration of child marriages

September 22, 2021

“Unity is meaningless without the accompaniment of women. Education is fruitless without educated women and agitation is incomplete without the strength of women.” — Dr BR Ambedkar The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) charged on September 17 that the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed...

Can emojis be protected under Indian Intellectual Property Law?

September 11, 2021

INTRODUCTION The term ‘emoji’ is derived from the Japanese language, and implies a tiny visual picture used through emails, on the Internet and on social media to convey an idea or an emotion. As technology develops fast and digital communication changes, emojis are an integral part of how people communicate. Not to...

Parliament passes Tribunals Reforms Bill 2021, set to abolish nine appellate tribunals

August 31, 2021

The Tribunals Reforms Bill, which will abolish nine appellate tribunals in 2021, has been passed by Parliament. As part of its effort to rationalise the tribunals, the Act attempts to provide consistent terms and conditions for diverse members of the Tribunal and to abolish particular tribunals. The newest issue between...

Inclusion of cricket in Olympics 2028

August 12, 2021

Nine sports were competed in at the first Olympic Games. The number of sports competed in the Summer Olympic Games has gradually increased to twenty-eight since then. The Tokyo Olympics featured 339 events in 33 different sports, covering 50 disciplines in all. To begin, a sport must be regulated by...

Will India get another SC bench for southern states?

August 2, 2021

The councils stated that they made the demand in light of the problems that persons from the South encounter in conducting cases in Delhi, both in terms of accessibility and cost. A delegation of top officials from the Bar Councils of five southern states – Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra...

Assam-Mizoram border violence: An analysis

July 28, 2021

Six Assam police officers were killed on July 26 when an ancient boundary issue between Assam and Mizoram erupted in violent violence at a disputed border site. Residents of Assam and Mizoram battled twice in a week over territory in October last year, injuring at least eight people and torching...

RBI INCREASES ATM TRANSACTION CHARGES, BUT WHY?

July 12, 2021

From next year, the Reserve Bank has given banks permission to charge more for cash and non-cash ATM transactions beyond the free monthly limit. With effect from January 1, 2022, bank customers who surpass their monthly free transaction limit would have to pay rupees 21 instead of Rs 20 each...

Covid-19: Why plasma therapy is removed from clinical management guidelines

June 10, 2021

For the past few months, you may have noticed that users on social media have been continuously requesting family members of former covid patients that we need plasma, and many individuals have been frustrated that they have not received plasma treatments in some way. You’ve probably heard many stories about...

FACTS AND FICTION ABOUT 5G TESTING

May 20, 2021

DOES 5G CAUSE CORONAVIRUS AND DEATH OF BIRDS? In October 2018, nearly 300 starlings were discovered dead in a Hague park. Despite the fact that the local municipality is never identified as a reason for the recent mass death of European starlings in the Netherlands, some conspiracy theorists suggested that...