Source: indiatoday.in The Supreme Court is set to commence day-to-day hearing from Tuesday in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya after the efforts to arrive at an amicable settlement through mediation have failed. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will conduct the hearing. The bench,
Source: barandbench.com The Lok Sabha today passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 to increase the strength of the Supreme Court to thirty-three (33), excluding the Chief Justice of India. As per the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill, the amendment to the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 was being sought to
Source: outlookindia.com Kolkata, Aug 5 Retired Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee, nephew of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Pprasad Mookerjee, on Monday expressed happiness at the Centre repealing the Constitution”s Article 370, saying the objective for which his uncle fought and died have now been accomplished. “I am happy that the causes, for which my uncle Syama
Source: energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday to clarify his governments intention behind certain contentious decisions taken in recent days. The Chief Minister will also meet Union Home Minister Amit Shahahead of the meeting with the Prime Minister. This will be Jagan’s second meeting with
Source: outlookindia.com Ahmedabad, Aug 5 Congress leader Gaurav Pandya has filed an election petition in the Gujarat High Court challenging the Election Commission”s decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the state. The elections to the seats which fell vacant after BJP leaders Amit Shah and Smriti Irani were elected to
Source: indiatoday.in The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by a witness in the alleged fake encounter case of suspected gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kasuar Bi and their aide, challenging the acquittal of 22 people in the case by a special court. The witness, Mahendrasinh Zala, had challenged the December 2018
Source: indianexpress.com As Jammu & Kashmir loses its special status with Monday’s Presidential order, the region will witness a tectonic shift in laws governing the state. From property-related laws, criminal laws to crucial central laws like Right to Information & Education — these will be among the many that will be applicable to the proposed Union Territories (UTs),
Source: hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court will consider on Monday a policy submitted by the Delhi government to restrict the number of guests and wastage of food at social functions at motel and farmhouses in the capital. On July 1, the apex court had directed the AAP government to formulate a policy to curb extravagance in
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court has refused to quash an FIR against the chief officer of Bavla Nagar Palika, Siddharth Patel, for the death of three persons on March 31 while cleaning a drain. Patel was booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for employing manual scavengers in contravention of the Prohibition
Source: indialegallive.com At Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, he was the monarch of all he surveyed. Today, Tiger T24, popularly known as Ustad, is languishing in solitary confinement at Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur. Ustad attained notoriety after he killed a forest guard on May 8, 2015. Tragically, it was human interference that made Ustad a man-eater.
