Source: indianexpress.com Citing “a glaring example of lack of competence and sincere efforts” on the part of the prosecution, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside the life imprisonment sentence given by a sessions court to an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative and Pakistan national, Mohammad Waris alias Raja, and a resident
Source: news18.com New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the Commissioner of Police whether facilities, including drinking water, sanitation and medical check-up, are being provided to traffic police personnel at their duty locations. A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said these are only the “bare minimum” facilities that are
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court has rejected a plea by farmers for ‘fair compensation’ for land acquired from them. It said the villagers came to court 21 years too late. A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M.R. Shah applied the Doctrine of Acquiescence on the farmers. Thus, once the agriculturists acquiesce to certain terms,
Source: thehindu.com Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy has called for constituting a Bench of the Madras High Court in Puducherry. Addressing a State-level conference on legal services and Motor Accident Mediation Cells in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry hosted by the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority and the Union Territory of Puducherry Legal Services Authority, Mr. Narayanasamy
Source: indiatoday.in A 25-year-old man from Hyderabad died and an Uttar Pradesh resident was injured in a paragliding accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred at Shanag area near Manali. Two persons were injured and taken to a hospital, where doctors declared one of them brought dead, district Superintendent
Source: newindianexpress.com BHUBANESWAR: After winning the 2019 Assembly elections with a thumping majority, the BJD Government’s lack of interest to conduct the urban local body (ULB) polls has raised questions over the reason. Elections to the ULBs have been deferred as the State Government has failed to complete the process of reservation and delimitation of
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the state government, Vadodara collector, Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), and a private developer Earth Landmark, after a public interest litigation (PIL) questioning the construction carried out by the developer over a natural gas pipeline of GAIL
Source: telegraphindia.com City civil court on Friday refused to issue any interim stay on the decision of the synod of Church of North India (CNI) to remove Reverend Ashoke Biswas, former bishop of the Calcutta diocese, from the post. The synod, headquartered in Delhi and the highest decision-making body of the CNI, had replaced Biswas
Source: indianexpress.com Amid a continuous protest outside gate no. 1 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, litigants are facing a difficult time even in entering the court complex as the lawyers’ dharna against the decision to establish Haryana Administrative Tribunal by the state government has affected the functioning of the High Court. The pendency
Source: millenniumpost.in New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday made it clear that it would continue with the day-to-day hearing of the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid land dispute case and assured a counsel for Muslim parties of giving mid-week breaks for preparing arguments, if needed. The apex court reverted to the objections raised
