Month: January 2018

Supreme Court tells lawyers to work in summer vacations

Source:- newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Come May and the empty Supreme Court corridors will be buzzing with India’s top lawyers arguing their cases as Chief Justice of India J S Khehar had made it clear all cases involving constitutional challenges would be heard on day-to-day basis in holidays. This year, summer vacations will begin from May

Over 2500 Rape Cases Reported in Kerala in 2016

Source:- news18.com Thiruvananthapuram: A total of 16,960 cases of crime against women and children, including 2,568 rapes, have been reported in the last one year in Kerala. The state was recently rocked by the alleged abduction and harassment of a noted South Indian actress by a gang near Kochi. According to the state police’s provisional

High court notice to state on atrocities act

Source:- indiatimes.com AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has issued notice to the state government asking it to provide information whether it took steps for proper implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. A petition was filed by a Latur resident who was acquitted of atrocities

Hyderabad High Court set few guidelines for TV shows

Source:- deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: The recent observations of the Hyderabad High Court against a TV show on a vernacular news channel has raised, once again, the issue of whether guidelines should be drawn up regarding the content of TV shows. The court said that TV shows, more particularly comedy shows, were viewed by the public at

Uphaar case: Ansal moves Supreme Court

Source:- indiatimes.com New Delhi: Real estate tycoon Gopal Ansal moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking parity in sentence with elder brother Sushil Ansal in the Uphaar fire tragedy case, that is he does not want to undergo the remaining part of his one year sentence. Gopal and Sushil were let off last year by

Nursery admission row: Delhi High Court dismisses AAP government’s appeal

Source:- financialexpress.com The Delhi High Court today dismissed the AAP government’s appeal against a single judge’s interim order staying its new nursery admission norms based on the neighbourhood criterion. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed the single judge to decide the petitions expeditiously. “We have dismissed the appeal

Association of bar girls moves Supreme Court

Source:- indiatimes.com An association of women dancers, waitresses, singers and other performers working in bars and hotels in the state has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutional validity of a 2016 state law prohibiting dances by women in these establishments. Though members of this association sniggered at being derogatorily referred to as ‘bar girls’,