Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the Ernakulam district administration to hand over the key of a church in nearby Piravom to the orthodox faction. A division bench comprising justices AM Shaffique and TV Anilkumar also directed the police to continue providing protection to the church known as Piravom Valiyapalli, doors
Source: thenortheasttoday.com The Legal Rights Observatory (LRO), a legal rights group affiliated to RSS, has threatened to approach the Meghalaya High Court if the district administration fails to initiate action against people who are responsible for the destruction of a worship place of the Khasi traditional faith at Khongthong village in Sohra on June this year. Afre seeking intervention to
source: hindustantimes.com Following a petition (criminal miscellaneous) filed by a woman draftsman-cum-building inspector over the alleged inaction of the police department against a right to information (RTI) activist allegedly threatening and eve-teasing the inspector, the Punjab and Haryana high court, while disposing of the petition, directed the commissioner of police (CP) Rakesh Agrawal to take action
Source: zeebiz.com With over 3.30 crore cases piled up in the Indian courts for disposal, the Narendra Modi-led government has finally instructed the Union Ministry of Law and Justice to “find out a way for reducing delays and arrears” in the country`s justice system. The government has also asked the Law Ministry to initiate structural
Source: hindustantimes.com New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that “jilting a lover, however abhorrent that it may seem to some, is also not an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code”. Justice Vibhu Bakhru made the observation while hearing a case in which the state (Delhi police) had challenged an order of the
Source: indiatoday.in In a shocking incident, a 43-year-old was allegedly hypnotised by a delivery agent for Amazon who then attempted to rape the woman at her flat in Noida. The incident took place on Monday morning when the 30-year-old delivery agent arrived at the Noida flat of the woman to pick up a return, The
Source: newindianexpress.com MADURAI: Observing that giving alternative employment to an employee who became disabled during a workplace accident cannot be a ground to deny their compensation, the Madurai Bench confirmed the award of compensation to a bus conductor who lost his left leg while on duty in 2010. Justice J Nisha Banu gave the verdict
Source: ndtv.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted two more months to the CBI to complete probe in a bribery case allegedly involving the agency’s former special director Rakesh Asthana. Justice Vibhu Bakhru made it clear that no further time will be granted to the agency to complete the investigation in the
Source: telegraphindia.com One is a 19-year-old construction worker charged with aiding militants against Indian troops, the other is one of Kashmir’s most prominent lawyers, accused of being “an incorrigible secessionist”. Despite their different backgrounds, Uzair Maqbool Malik and Nazir Ahmad Ronga have something in common: they are among hundreds of people who have been detained
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court said family courts should grant visitation rights in such a manner that a child is not deprived of the love and care of either parent. A Bench led by Justice Deepak Gupta said the interest of the child should be kept foremost in custody battles between separated parents. “A child
