Source: deccanchronicle.com BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court directed the state government to constitute a committee of four experts for a comprehensive study on the deaths of elephants at eight elephant camps in the state. Earlier, the court had asked the government and the petitioner to name specialists or expert body to study and report on the
Source: gulfnews.com A 20-year-old in India has appealed the Supreme Court to cancel the bail given to his father and step mother who physically abused him so badly that he was left with deformities. In 2012, the victim’s father, former army major Lalit Balhara and his stepmother Preeti Balhara were sentenced to 10 years in
Source: deccanchronicle.com Chennai: The All India Bar Association has requested the Central government to take forward the recommendation of the Supreme Court and notify the transfer of the incumbent Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court A.K.Mittal, paving way for his quick assumption of charge as Chief Justice of Madras High Court. In a press release, Adish
Source: hindustantimes.com A day after the van driver of a private school was arrested for allegedly molesting a four-year-old student following a protest by people at the school, the Haibowal police booked 152 protesters for damaging the school property. Two of the accused were identified as Davinder Singh alias Kharku, and Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha
Source: thehindu.com The Students’ Joint Action Committee held protests outside the district Telugu Desam Party office here on Wednesday, demanding that people’s representatives put pressure on the State government to establish the capital city and the High Court in Kurnool city. The protesters alleged that district TDP president Somisetty Venkateswarlu had made statements earlier which
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday slammed the lawyer of Gautam Khaitan in the AgustaWestland case on the applicability of the black money law with retrospective effect. “You are trying to avoid the bench. This conduct is deprecating,” Justice Mishra said during the hearing. “Nonsense”, said Justice Mishra,
Source: indianexpress.com THE state government has decided to remove the mandatory condition of Rs 50 lakh Compulsory Service Bonds for admission in two postgraduate medical superspeciality courses – paediatric surgery and cardiothoracic vascular surgery – in state government medical colleges from the academic session 2019-20, citing no takers since the condition was introduced in 2014.
Source: timesofisrael.com Two women filed a High Court petition Tuesday demanding the right to serve in combat roles as tank crew members when they are drafted into the army in March 2020. In their petition, Or Abramson and Maayan Halbershtat argued that “failure to integrate women into combat roles is a violation of their right
Source: indiatoday.in Despite its efforts, Pakistan failed to garner enough support at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to even file a request for an “urgent debate” at the world body meeting. Before leaving for Geneva, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had promised his domestic constituency that he would move a “resolution” on
Source: indiatoday.in Taking a swipe at Ashok Gehlot government, former Rajasthan home minister and senior BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria on Tuesday claimed that the Congress was too lax to evict Vasundhara Raje from her official bungalow despite the high court order. The Rajasthan High Court had, in a significant judgment on September 4, struck
