The US Supreme Court issued its ruling in Department of Commerce v. New York, the case challenging the planned inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The Court held that the Secretary of Commerce did not give an adequate explanation for including the citizenship question
The US Supreme Court ruled in Mitchell v. Wisconsin, a case surrounding the administration of a warrantless blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test to Mitchell who was unconscious at the time of the test. Justice Samuel Alito wrote that in such circumstances where the driver is
The European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on AI (AI HLEG) on released a second report about artificial intelligence (AI) development and deployment, specifically aimed at “maximising [] benefits whilst minimising and preventing [] risks.” The report includes 33 recommendations for the EU, focusing on four
Judge D Brock Hornby of the US District Court for the District of Maine ruled that public funds cannot be used for tuition payments to sectarian schools in regions where public schools are not provided by the local government. Communities that do not have a local
The US Supreme Court added 13 cases to its docket for the October 2019 term Friday, including three cases challenging the Trump administration’s decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protected undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US as children from deportation. The court
Former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan has stressed the need for relooking at the structure and functions of the government think tank Niti Aayog and also giving it fund allocation powers analogous to that of the Planning Commission. The socialist-era Planning Commission was replaced by the Niti
The Delhi High Court has held that imposition of moratorium under Section 14 of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) does not take away the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal’s (DRAT) power to recall or modify its earlier order on appointment of Court Commissioners against a corporate debtor. The judgment
In a bid to further the proposal of a having a national level examination for recruitment of judges in the country, the Central Government has sought the stand of all State Governments and the High Courts on the creation of an All India Judicial Service
The Rajasthan High Court refused to grant interim relief in a plea alleging a discrepancy in the Answer Key with respect to Question No. 82 of this year’s Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2019). The petitioner had made an interim prayer for a stay on the results
The Madras High Court dismissed writ petitions filed by Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Limited (Cognizant) and two of its foreign shareholders – Cognizant (Mauritius) Limited and New Jersey-based Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation – over tax disputes relating to the buy-back of shares. Justice K Kalyanasundaram dismissed the petitions on grounds of