Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court passes one line order —”Delay condoned. Dismissed” — in numerous civil and criminal cases, but it leaves death row convicts in the lurch as they lose the final legal battle for life in the last court of appeal without knowing the reasons. The practice of summary proceedings on
Source:- feminisminindia.com Rape is one of the most common and under reported crimes against women in India. It is carried out in different ways and cuts across various social structures. As a result, there are also classifications of rape for instance, ‘landlord rape’, ‘caste rape’, ‘rape by those in authority’, ‘class rape’, ‘police rape’ and
Source:- indialegallive.com If you don’t have the money to provide for basic facilities to schools, you should not be having the money to provide for yourself luxury cars and such other items. This was the clear message sent to the Uttarakhand government by the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday (June 22). The High Court, hence,
Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Senior CBI counsel Deepak Salvi today commenced his argument in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case and said that they will be asking for maximum punishment that is death. Pointing out at the casualty figures, he added that the court has to look at some glaring facts. “257 people had died and 713
Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com KOCHI: Kerala High Court today held that license is not required for serving liquor in private functions organised in houses. The Court delivered the order while considering a plea by one Alex V Chacko apprehending harassment by police and excise department authorities in a baptism function in which he is planning to serve
Source:- ndtv.com CHENNAI: Ordering status quo on a bid to relocate a liquor shop near an educational institution, the Madras High Court has said it’s time the Tamil Nadu government should review its liquor policy respecting people’s wishes. Rejecting the government’s argument that curbing liquor trade would result in flow of spurious liquor, Justice K
Source:- deccanherald.com University Grants Commission on Friday directed 34 deemed universities which offer medical programmes to abide by the Supreme Court’s recent order while filling up their seats as the Central Board of Secondary Education declared the results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). The Centre’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will conduct the
Source:- news18.com New Delhi: There is more garbage than land for people in the national capital, the Delhi High Court said on Friday, citing photographs in news showing the accumulation of solid waste in various parts of the city. The court said a will to work was needed to clean up the city and not
Source:- hindustantimes.com The BJP government in Uttarakhand has moved the Supreme Court to relieve it of the duty of being the legal guardian of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. Challenging a three-month-old verdict of the Uttarakhand High Court declaring the Ganga and Yamuna living entities, bestowing on them same legal rights as a person, the
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD: Eloping with a minor Muslim girl does not attract abduction charges nor the charge of statutory rape if the couple gets married. This is because the courts have approved of marriage of Muslim girls before they reach the age of 18 as per Sharia laws. Gujarat high court recently quashed abduction charges
