Source: freepressjournal.in The Rajasthan High Court has taken the lead to ensure that Article 18 of the Constitution which abolished all titles after independence is upheld, so that its own judges are not addressed as “My Lord” or “My Lady” which is an archaic colonial era practice repugnant to the very same Constitution which all
Source: thehindu.com In a major relief to MDMK chief Vaiko, the Madras High Court on July 18 suspended the one-year jail term awarded to him by a lower court in a 2009 sedition case. Justice P.D. Audikesavalu, before whom the appeal filed by Vaiko came up, suspended the sentence imposed by a special court on
Source: newsclick.in Patna: Dozens of contractual school teachers were injured in police action while they were on their way to gherao the Bihar Assembly, demanding salary at par with permanent teachers working in various government schools in the state, on Thursday, July 18. “Dozens of teachers were injured in the protest. Some of them were
Source: arabnews.com NEW DELHI: New Delhi will deport all illegal immigrants found in the country, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on Wednesday. The warning signaled a heightening of a campaign that some critics say is “aimed at alienating the Muslim minority.” The minister’s statement comes as the state of Assam is set to release
Source: firstpost.com The International Court of Justice (ICJ) voted 15-1 in favour of India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case and suspended the death sentence by Pakistan against the former navy officer. Pakistan’sad hoc judge Tassaduq Hussain Jillani was the only judge who voted against the verdict. In 2017, Pakistan appointed Jillani, former chief justice, as an ad hoc judge to
Source: timesnownews.com Srinagar: Over the past several months, solid waste management has posed several challenges for the people and administration of Jammu and Kashmir. While citizens blame municipal authorities for failing to address the issue effectively, officials with the civic body claim that little is being done on the part of residents to segregate waste at
Source: wefornews.com New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to reconstitute a bench for hearing a matter related to extra-judicial killings in Manipur. The order from a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi came after senior advocate Collin Gonsalves told the court that the matter had not been heard since
Source: outlookindia.com Kolkata, Jul 18 A section of BJP councillors of the Bongaon Municipality in West Bengal approached the Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking to move a petition for removal of the civic body”s chairman. The court granted them leave and directed that the matter will be heard on Friday. Debjani Dagupta, the counsel
Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court reaffirmed that wilful conduct that drives a wife to commit suicide or demand for dowry, both could attract conviction under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Supreme Court observed, “Conviction under Section 498A IPC is for subjecting a woman to cruelty. Cruelty is explained as any wilful
Source: english.sakshi.com New Delhi: Seven of the nine recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium this year to appoint chief justices to nine high courts have been accepted while two names are under “various stages of processing”, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said up to July
