Sourcce: thewire.in Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Friday ordered a judicial probe into the alleged custodial torture and death of a remand prisoner in a jail in Idukki district, days after the issue rocked the state. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan here. Announcing the decision, Vijayan said
Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court yesterday held that when an accused in a case did not enter appearance before High Court, the High Court should not have decided the case on merits. Instead, it should have issued second notice to the accused or directed the High Court Legal Services Committee to appoint an advocate or
Source: deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed the Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board to consider polytechnic diploma courses as equivalent to Intermediate for the purpose of recruitment. Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili gave the order while dealing with a petition by seven polytechnic students, who passed the recruitment tests for the post of constable.
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court has ordered the Kerala government to pay ₹5 lakh compensation to four minors affected by the toxic pesticide Endosulfan in the State within two months. If the victims are not paid the money within the period, they are at liberty to revive the contempt action against the Kerala government, the court said. Thousands affected The order
Source: indianexpress.com Calling the petitions before it “a claim for urban-centric elitism”, the Bombay High Court said that students seeking admissions in top colleges have no fundamental right to prestige. Advertising A division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice Gautam Patel on Friday dismissed two petitions filed by 15 engineering colleges challenging the
Source: business-standard.com With the arrest of two persons, the Punjab Police Saturday claimed to have unearthed an illegal operation of selling and purchasing second-hand vehicles which was being run in collusion with some officials of the state Transport Department. Around 93 vehicles, running illegally in the state and valued at Rs 4 crore, have been
Source: scroll.in The main convict in the Kathua gangrape and murder case on Friday appealed against his conviction to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which admitted the petition on the same day. The court listed July 18 for the hearing of all the appeals by the six convicts in the case, The Indian Express reported. “Admitted. Recovery of
Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: Students of the National Law School of India University staged a silent protest against a fee hike at their campus on Saturday. Representatives of the Student Bar Association put forth three demands in a meeting with the executive council. “One is to rollback the fee hike from `1.80 lakh to `2.30 lakh
Source: theprint.in Mumbai: “Are you ostriches,” an angry Bombay High Court bench Friday asked the censor board for refusing to issue a universal (U) certificate to a children’s film and asserted the board will “not decide what one wants to watch and see”. In strongly-worded observations, a division bench of justices S C Dharmadhikari and Gautam
Source: theprint.in Srinagar: Barely nine months after panchayat elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir, elected members in the Valley are demanding another round of polls, opposing a decision by the state to appoint government employees as administrators to look after panchayat affairs. The elected members, mostly affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are also
