Dear Students,
We have started a new series for CLAT & other Law Entrance Exams Aspirants titled "Weekly Legal Updates" which aims to provide important legal events and developments. These updates will help aspirants sitting for Law Entrance Exams.
Weekly Legal Updates (8th-14th Aug 2019)
1. Civil right activist Sudha Bharadwaj has been granted temporary bail by the Bombay High Court to attend her father’s post-funeral rituals. She was arrested in relation to the Bhima-Koregaon case.
2. A trial court in Delhi has framed charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. The court has framed charges under Section 120(b) [Criminal Conspiracy], Section 363 [kidnapping], section 376 [rape] and other provisions of POSCO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act, 2012.
3. The Supreme Court has directed states/ union territories to appoint permanent adjudicating officers as Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Appellate Tribunal within a period of three months.
4. Interest awarded on compensation and compensation awarded in motor accident cases is not 'income' and therefore not liable to be taxed under the Income Tax Act 1961.
5. Candidates who have obtained a graduate degree through an open university and have not passed 10 + 2 (regular) but has passed from open university are eligible for admission in the three-year LLB course.
6. The Chhattisgarh High Court has sought a response from the Central Government in a Writ Petition filed challenging the constitutional validity of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008. The NIA was enacted to empower the Central Government to take over investigation and prosecution for offences affecting sovereignty, security and integrity of India, the security of States and friendly relations with foreign States.
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