Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill – A Potential Solution For A Potent Problem

Author: Abhishek Chansoria, (2nd Year student of IIT Kharagpur Law School) Amid the chaotic and inefficient Parliament’s monsoon session, some key legislation could not see the light of the day. Shadowed under the highly debated GST Bill or the Land Acquisition Bill was the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in its order in GodavarmanThirumulpad v. Union of India [Writ Petition (C) No. 202...

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Weekly Legal Updates

Here we are... to begin this new session. We start with the updates from last week.  The Supreme Court in a recent judgment has ruled that CCTV cameras should be installed in the prisons within one year and not later than that. The court has also suggested that all lock-ups in the country should have CCTV cameras installed as per the satisfaction of the police commissioner/DGP concerned. This was, however, left to the discretion of...

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Happy B'day: OFF Court

Hi Friends!! On 24th January 2014, four students (Antriksh Mishra, Tanveer Verma, Suraj Badrayan and Myself) of IIT-Kharagpur Law School started this blog with a simple goal to set a platform that can bring out the writing skills of the students of our School. It has been a year since then and we have been extremely excited with the support and encouragements from our friends, seniors, juniors, alumni and faculty members. We have received appreciations,...

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Weekly Legal Updates

We bring you the updates for last week. Hope it updates you with all the news from legal world. Updates: 03th January to 11th January 2015: In a major move the Supreme Court has revised rules regarding its selection of judicial clerks which allows non-NLU students to apply.  The new rules, published on the Supreme Court’s website, specifies that applicants can come from any law college accredited by the Bar Council of India (BCI). The President...

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