Source:- intoday.in Three months from now, 37-year-old Sulekha (name changed) from Maharashtra will be forced to deliver a baby with serious brain disorders, thanks to India’s archaic abortion law. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court turned down her request to abort her 26-week old foetus afflicted with Down syndrome citing the 46-year-old Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Actor Dhanush appeared before the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday in connection with the paternity claim made by an elderly couple. Chaos prevailed in the High Court campus as the public and media tried to get a glimpse of the actor, making his entry into the courtroom difficult, said reports. Dhanush
Source:- intoday.in Bombay High Court today came down heavily on the Maharashtra government for insisting that knowledge of local topography and Marathi language was a must while giving permits to autorickshaw drivers but not taking action those autorickshaw drivers who refused to ply commuters as per their whims and fancies. Justice Abhay Oka and Justice
Source:- indiatimes.com PANAJI: In a significant judgement that has a bearing on the procedure adopted by minority institutions in Goa in selecting principals for their schools, the Supreme Court has held that the institutions have to act fairly and in a transparent manner in matters of such appointments. The apex court delivered its verdict recently
Source:- hindustantimes.com A priest who spoke against child abuse was arrested in Kerala for alleged rape of a minor which led to her pregnancy, police said on Tuesday. The 17-year-old gave birth to a baby at a private hospital last month and the accused had shifted both the mother and the newborn to an orphanage
Source:- deccanchronicle.com Kochi: Former Indian Test player S. Sreesanth on Wednesday moved the Kerala High Court seeking a directive to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to lift the life ban imposed on him by the disciplinary committee of the board. The BCCI had refused to consider a legal notice sent by
Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has granted pension to eight soldiers who were dismissed by the Army for an act of cowardice during a militant attack in 2003 on an EME battalion in Akhnoor of Jammu & Kashmir. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar partly allowed the Union government’s
Source:- ndtv.com NEW DELHI: “Nobody listens to our orders,” the Supreme Court observed today while refusing to accord urgent hearing to a plea seeking massive reforms in police force across the country. “Police reforms are going on and on. Nobody listens to our orders,” a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar lamented while
Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi has told the Kerala government that the Supreme Court order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of state and national highways does not apply to bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. The AG’s view could apply to other states as well as the court imposed deadline to
Source:- newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday is likely to hear a fresh plea seeking audit of the accounts of India Against Corruption (IAC), an anti-corruption movement spearheaded by Anna Hazare during 2011 and 2012. The fresh plea came last week after earlier plea was withdrawn last month as it had wrongly
