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The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea filed by a lawyers' body seeking interest-free loans for them of up to Rs 20 lakh each. The loans were to be on account of financial problems being faced by them because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Delhi High Court has extended its limited functioning till November 30, in view of the prevailing pandemic situation.

Former Bihar CM & Rashtria Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was today granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court in the Chaibasa treasury case related to the fodder scam. He, however, will remain in jail, because he is has yet to get bail in another case against him, the Dumka treasury case.

With the hue and cry over stigmatisation of Covid positive patients when authorities stuck posters outside homes, the authorities have now decided to not stick any such poster.

New Delhi (ILNS): The National flag was at half-mast today atop Rashtrapati Bhavan, in honour of the death yesterday of Union Minister and LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Delhi High Court today sought responses from the Centre and the Delhi government on a plea challenging the provision of issuing a public notice to invite objections under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

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The Bombay High Court has said that if a COVID-19 patient dies due to negligence on the part of medical facilities in a state or civic-run hospital, then his/her family members would be entitled for compensation.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered 21 FIRs across the state in the aftermath of the alleged gang rape and death of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras. The FIRs have been filed against charges such as defaming the government, inciting communal tension, sedition, promoting enmity, and criminal conspiracy.

The Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), instituted in 1993, is today a poorly managed organization, with vacancies not filled and many top faculty members leaving because of a stagnation of their careers.