Month: January 2018

Source:- firstpost.com New Delhi: Several Kerala-based beer and wine parlour owners on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking clarification of its order to shut down liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways from 1 April. The matter was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices RK Agrawal and Deepak Gupta which said

Source:- thestatesman.com The Supreme Court is required to maintain a level of accountability to the public, independence from the other wings of the republic and credibility. Unlike the other two wings of the republic, the judges of the Supreme Court are unelected and therefore cannot be said to represent the will of the people. In

Source:- oneindia.com United Nations, June 15: Law expert Neeru Chadha became the first Indian woman to be elected as a judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Wednesday. She won a nine-year term on the 21-member court that adjudicates disputes arising over the UN Convention on the Law of the

Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court today asked the CBI to inform a special court not to proceed against Congress MP Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh Housing Society scam case till the HC has heard his plea against the Maharashtra governor’s sanction to prosecute him. A division bench headed by Justice R V More

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Lawyers of Calcutta High Court want to give up wearing black gowns and black coats as essential dress code inside the court-rooms. The summer has been unbearable this year, a stretch of heat spell in the months of April and May without any respite from the usual April thunderstorm — Kalbaishakhi. Engaging in

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: A one-night stand or a physical relationship between a man and a woman does not fall under the definition of marriage under Hindu laws, the Bombay high court said recently in an important order. A child born out of such an encounter may not have any rights over the father’s property, if

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Proving that a girl had been raped by her uncle, two years after the crime, would have been very difficult, but a Delhi trial court relied on the child’s crayon sketches to convict the accused and award him five years in jail. The girl, who is 10 now and studies in

Source:- indiatvnews.com A special TADA court is likely to pronounce its judgement today in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case involving seven accused including extradited gangster Abu Salem. The dastardly attacks left 257 people dead, 713 seriously injured and destroyed properties worth Rs 27 crore. Apart from Abu Salem, the other six accused are –

Source:- thehindu.com India as a space superpower stands mightier than ever, but a law that protects the country’s sovereign, public and commercial interests is needed 05/06/2017, 17:28 IST: ISRO launches most powerful home-made rocket … 20/05/2017, 10:11 IST: NASA, ISRO to build Earth-imaging satellite… 05/05/2017, 16:59 IST: India’s satellite gift to South Asia… 02/04/2017, 13:29

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: At least 160 students of Delhi University’s Law Faculty, detained for not meeting adequate attendance, will “not be promoted to the next term”, a notice released by the faculty mentions. Dean of the faculty, Ved Kumari, said that this is due to the attendance norm set by the Bar Council of