Source: .thehindu.com Time has run out for a retired headmaster of an Assam government school for inclusion in the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) to be published by July 31. The reason is the delay by officials — despite a court order — in starting the process for correcting a clerical error that snatched
Source: thelogicalindian.com The Madras High Court has said that a woman can terminate her 20-week old unwanted pregnancy on her own without taking permission from the court or the medical board. The court made this observation on 19 June, while disposing of a petition by a rape victim who approached the court for permission to
Source: indianexpress.com The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld an arbitral award, directing city-based businessmen brothers Yogesh Mehra and Ajay Mehra to pay about Rs 700 crore ‘siphoned off’ by them from a joint venture (JV) company between them and German wind turbine major Enercon GmbH. Advertising The order, passed by a single judge of
Source: scroll.in Until they saw a carpet of felled trees outside their village in early January, the residents of Hiroli in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district had no inkling that the government had cleared mining operations on their sacred hill. Their shock deepened when they realised that, on paper, they had been shown to have approved the
Source: hindustantimes.com Roughly 60% Jharkhand’s bio-medical wastes generated from hospitals, nursing homes and clinics across the state go untreated in absence of proper disposal facilities, according to pollution officials and environmentalists. The state has around 5,500 hospitals, nursing homes and clinics but only two common bio-medical waste incineration facilities are functioning, officials at the Jharkhand
Source: business-standard.com In a novel initiative, one sapling will be planted for each enrolment in government schools across the state, Rajasthan School Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara said Monday. Addressing a workshop here, the minister also said concerted efforts should be made for 100 per cent enrolment in state schools, sapling plantation and in reducing
Source: business-standard.com The Supreme Court Monday said forest fire is a serious problem in the hilly states, especially in summers and the reason behind it is the large presence of pine trees in most of the areas. A vacation bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai allowed the petitioner to file a copy
Source: taxscan.in In a big relief IT giant Infosys, the Karnataka High Court has quashed Income Tax Notices against Infosys Limited. The Petitioner has challenged the proceedings initiated by the respondent under Section 147 r/w section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 relating to the assessment years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07. The Petitioner contended
Source: thehindu.com The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of two policemen who allowed Vikas Yadav to leave his hospital room in AIIMS, without parole on the night of Deepavali in 2011. Vikas Yadav was facing trial and serving a 25-year jail term for the murder of Nitish Katara. A Bench of Justices Vipin
Source: abcnews.go.com The Supreme Court on Monday dealt a blow to advocates of greater access to public information, ruling in a 6-3 decision that the government does not have to turn over private food stamp data it obtained from grocery stores to a South Dakota newspaper. The paper, the Argus Leader, had filed a Freedom
