Month: January 2018

Source – indiatimes.com KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Wednesday observed that the Union government’s newly-introduced rules did not prohibit slaughter of cattle or eating beef. The state government, meanwhile, decided to escalate its protest against the notification. A division bench led by Chief Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh made the oral observation while considering a public interest litigation challenging the

Source – gadgets.ndtv.com The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the government’s response on Vodafone’s plea against telecom regulator TRAI’s recommendation to impose a Rs. 1,050 crores penalty on it for not providing interconnectivity to Reliance Jio. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also issued notice to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and sought its reply to Vodafone’s plea alleging

Source – hindustantimes.com Towards the end of the Supreme Court’s hearings on triple talaq, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar asked if a woman can exclude the triple talaq clause in the marriage contract. This question set off an important dialogue that was missing from Muslim circles. Many of us had been talking about the nikah-nama being

Source – livemint.com Mumbai: Consumer packaged goods companies such as Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) and Dabur India Ltd are reaching out to distributors and modern trade retailers to allay fears of losses that could occur during the transition from the current tax regime to the goods and services tax (GST) starting

Source – tribuneindia.com The apex court has quashed and set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court orders in which it had removed the charge framed under Section 307, IPC, (attempt to murder) in a case pertaining to murderous attack on advocate Vaneet Mahajan and his brother Avinash Mahajan. While orders were passed in April, but

Source – newsdeeply.com NEW DELHI – When Neha Khan got married at the age of 21, she was looking forward to life with her husband. Her wedding in a suburb of Mumbai, India’s financial capital, was attended by more than 3,000 guests. “My parents left no stone unturned to meet the demands of the groom’s family. They

Source – tribuneindia.com Abhishek Rai, member, Corporal Punishment Committee, Kullu, has approached the district administration against alleged violation of High Court orders by private schools and educational institutions of this district. He alleged private schools and educational institutions were charging various additional charges from parents under various heads. He alleged schools were charging maintenance charges and

Source:- nytimes.com MUMBAI — When Neeha Khan’s husband entered her parents’ house in eastern Mumbai last February, he carried a letter that contained a word, repeated three times, that can instantly change the course of a Muslim woman’s life in India. Talaq, talaq, talaq. He flung the letter to the floor and just like that, Ms.

Source – indianexpress.com Madras High Court has upheld the appointment of Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthi as the Director of IIT Madras. Justice M Sathyanarayanan dismissed the petition for writ of “quo warranto” filed by Dr E Muralidharan questioning the appointment of Ramamurthy. The judge said in his order that “In the considered opinion of this court the selection

Source:- news18.com New Delhi: With around 20 lakh cheque-bounce cases choking the justice delivery system in the country, the Delhi State Consumer Commission has cracked the whip on finance companies for filing false cases against the consumers in their bid to recover loans. The Commission has slapped a fine of Rs 50 lakh on Ashok Leyland