Source – ndtv.com CHENNAI : A 17 -year-old Dalit student from Tamil Nadu who asked the Supreme Court not to insist on a common entrance exam for medical colleges has committed suicide on Friday, allegedly after she did not get admission to a medical college. S Anitha, 17, the daughter of a daily wager, scored 1,176 marks
Source – financialexpress.com The Supreme Court will hear the plea against the Centre’s move to deport illegal Rohingya Muslims, who have entered India after fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar on Monday. The matter was mentioned by Advocate Prashant Bhushan in front of a bench comprising of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and
Source – indianexpress.com The Bombay High Court has issued a showcause notice to BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta and has asked him to be personally present in court on September 8. The court observed after the Bhendi Bazaar building collapse that the BMC had legally responded in a “callous manner” to cases, including those related to
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today refused to grant interim stay on the newly-amended Finance Act which provides that the search-cum-selection committee to select administrative members of the CAT will be headed by a nominee of the central government. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D
Source – timesnownews.com Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday allowed the Haryana police and the district administration to search the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa. The searches will be conducted under the supervision of a judicial officer, the high court said. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had on Monday stated and the
Source – aljazeera.com The triple talaq judgement pronounced by the Constitution bench of five judges of the Supreme Court of India has been hailed as “historic” by all concerned. While the operative part of the elaborate ruling comprising of three different and diverse judicial opinions captured in 395 pages is just one line: “By a majority of 3:2
Source – indiatoday.intoday.in After Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s conviction in rape cases, another controversial guru Radhe Maa may be in trouble soon. The Punjab and Haryana High Court today pulled up Punjab police for not acting against a complaint on her. Phagwara resident Surender Mittal had complained to the court that Kapurthala
Source – verdict.justia.com In a 547-page judgment, the Supreme Court of India recently ruled that the Constitution of India protects a right of privacy. The decision will undoubtedly be extremely important in India, which, with a population of over 1.3 billion, is not only the world’s largest democracy but by one measure includes roughly one-third of all people living in democracies.
Source – indianexpress.com The Centre defended in Supreme Court on Tuesday the exception in Section 375 of the IPC, which states that sexual intercourse between a man and a girl aged between 15 and 18 years will not amount to rape if they are married. Senior counsel Rana Mukherjee told a bench headed by Justice
Source – livemint.com New Delhi/Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an order passed in August by the Allahabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) which initiated insolvency proceedings against Jaypee Infratech Ltd. Legal experts said the apex court’s ruling could set a precedent in terms of how it balances the rights of lenders versus
