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Internship dates and duration To be eligible for an internship with OHCHR, you have to apply through the UN Careers website. When completing your application, kindly indicate a time period in the current year when you are available to start your internship. If you would like to be eligible to start your internship in 2017, please apply between October 2016 […]
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About Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow has been a pioneer institution of India in legal education. It was established in 1921. The real architect behind its establishment was Prof. R.U. Singh who with great zeal and enthusiasm organized teaching and research in the faculty in a systematic way. He held the office of Dean, […]
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Judgment- The Supreme Court, refused to allow a woman, who is in her 26th week of pregnancy, to abort her fetus on the grounds that it suffered from Down syndrome, saying “we have a life in our hands”. We can’t terminate 26-week-old fetus.The top court said that according to a report of the medical board constituted […]
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Justice Dipak Misra was sworn in on Monday as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) in a brief ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, where he was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind. Misra will be the 45th chief justice of the Supreme Court and have a 14-month tenure till October 2018. He […]
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A special CBI court on Monday sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. The Dera chief was convicted of rape on August 25. Giving details of the sentencing, CBI counsel in the case, said, “It is 20 years punishment and both the sentences shall not run concurrently. It […]
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Introduction The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is an autonomous, statutory agency tasked with regulating and promoting the insurance and re-insurance industries in India. It was constituted by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, an act of Parliament passed by the government of India. The agency’s headquarters are in Hyderabad, Telangana, where it moved from Delhi in 2001. The IRDAI attempted to raise […]
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Date of Application The application period to enter the1st INTA Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition will open September 18, 2017. About Inspired by the continued success of INTA’s Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competitions in the United States, INTA is pleased to launch the Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition for the first time in Singapore. Date 24th February, 2018. Eligibility The […]
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INTRODUCTION A revision of the century-old Land Acquisition Act, 1894 has been on the anvil for quite some time, with the Supreme Court and all stakeholders repeatedly emphasizing the archaic nature of the present statute and the need for reforms that ensured a more consultative and equitable process for land acquisition and rehabilitation of affected persons. Accordingly, […]
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Law of Limitation in India The word limitation itself says the meaning. The word limitation in its literal term means a restriction or the rule or circumstances which are limited. The law of limitation has been prescribed as the time limit which is given for different suits to the aggrieved person within which they can […]
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About The RGNUL Student Research Review (formerly known as“RGNUL Student Research Review”) is a bi-annual, student-run, peer-reviewed journal based at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. It is the flagship journal managed by the students of the University. It has been founded with the objective of facilitating arguments in black and white. Legal Research […]
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In a Landmark decision, the Supreme Court has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) to provide evaluated Answer-sheets to candidates under Right to Information Act, 2005 in compliance with the Supreme Court’s Ruling in the matter of CBSE & Anr. Vs. Aditya Bandopadhyay & Ors. –Civil Appeal No. 6454/2011). Two students namely Kumar Shanu […]
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HIGHLIGHTS The court’s verdict in the case against the 50-year-old Dera chief came after 14 years In 2002, a Dera sadhvi wrote an anonymous letter to then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying she was raped by the Dera chief The verdict was delivered amid unprecedented security as thousands of Dera followers gathered in Panchkula 5 […]
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