Source:- thebetterindia.com Born a woman, S Rekha Kaliamoorthy identified as female in her early years, but always felt and lived like a man. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana passed the order on the petition filed by him under his current name K Gowtham Subramaniam. Rekha, as she was known then, graduated from Anna University with BE (computer
Source:- thehindu.com Anganwadis do not come under the definition of educational institutions, the High Court of Kerala has ruled. The court issued the order while dismissing two writ petitions, including the one filed by the office bearers of two residents’ associations, against the opening of a foreign liquor shop at Ponnurunni. The petitioners contended that
Source:- ndtv.com NEW DELHI: The government has made it mandatory to link existing Aadhaar numbers with PAN of taxpayers with effect from July 1. Amending income tax rules and notifying the same, the government has made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or the enrollment ID a must at the time of application of Permanent
Source:- indiawest.com NEW DELHI — Senior Supreme Court lawyer K.K. Venugopal, an eminent constitutional lawyer who has five decades of practice in the apex court, was June 30 appointed the new attorney general of India. President Pranab Mukherjee signed the order of his appointment June 30 within 20 days of the resignation of Mukul Rohatgi,
Source:- hindustantimes.com The Bombay High Court today asked if the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament was a sports or a commercial activity and if the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) had taken water from the BMC for ground and pitch maintenance during the IPL this year. A bench of justices A S Oka and Vibha
Source:- firstpost.com New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail on medical grounds to an 89-year-old convict serving the life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A vacation bench of Justices Manmohan and Yogesh Khanna released retired naval officer Captain Bhagmal on bail till 4 July on the ground that he has
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI: For the first time in the 135-year history of the Madras high court, the prestigious first bench has become an all-woman bench. Headed by Chief Justice Indira Banerjee, it has Justice Bhavani Subbaroyan, who was sworn in on Wednesday , as junior judge. Justice Indira Banerjee herself is the only second woman
Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Two separate petitions have landed at the Lahore High Court seeking that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mercy plea be rejected. Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer, was convicted of espionage by a Pakistani military court and was sentenced to death by hanging. Jadhav subsequently filed a mercy plea, petitioning Pakistan Army chief Qamar
Source:- firstpost.com New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the plea of Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh and others seeking quashing of a money-laundering case against them on Monday. The arguments in the case have been heard by Justice RK Guaba, who is expected to give his order.
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: In a bid to make itself paperless, the apex court has made all the preparations to implement an ambitious project. According to the apex court registry, the project would be implemented gradually and at the first instance, only fresh matters listed in first five courts would be accessed by the judges
