Month: February 2020

Odisha government asked to submit plan on Chilika lakes’s unauthorised prawn gheries.

Source:- newindianexpress.com Chilika Lake: The Orissa High Court has posted the matter to March 2 for taking stock of the progress in eviction work. CUTTACK: The state Government on Monday admitted in the Orissa High Court that no eviction work for clearance of encroachments in Chilika lake area has been undertaken for over two months. Eviction work

Madras HC seeks report to terminate mentally-ill woman’s pregnancy.

Source:- newindianexpress.com The 55-year-old petitioner submitted that after her husband’s death, she reared sheep in her village to make ends meet. MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court sought a report from the Dean of government Sivaganga hospital on a petition filed by a woman seeking permission to terminate pregnancy of her 26-year-old

Revised IT intermediary rules in 2 weeks after law ministry’s nod.

Source:- tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) will seek the law ministry’s views on the validity of the provisions in the draft document before notifying the rules, they said. The government is expected to notify within two weeks the revised IT intermediary guidelines that seek to make social media companies more responsible for

Delhi High Court to rule on rapists’ delay tactics.

Source:- deccanchronicle.com NEW DELHI: The four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case are “trying the patience of the nation,” the Centre told the Delhi High Court on Sunday, challenging the trial court’s order staying their execution. The court, which was giving a rare Sunday hearing to the matter, has reserved its order. Nirbhaya’s

High School teacher’s assault: Calcutta HC asks for report at the earliest.

Source:- www.orissapost.com Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Monday directed the West Bengal Legal Aid Service Authority to file a report in connection with the alleged physical assault of a woman in South Dinajpur district. On a prayer for taking suo motu cognizance of the issue by a lawyer, a division bench led by Chief Justice

Rs 15 lakh promise: PM Modi, Amit Shah face charges of cheating, dishonesty in Ranchi court.

Source:- www.indiatoday.in The complainant HK Singh, an advocate, has filed a case against PM Modi and Amit Shah, accusing them of cheating people by promising to credit Rs 15 lakh in every person’s bank account if they come to power. A district court in Ranchi has started proceedings in a case where Prime Minister Narendra

Why Kerala Has Gone to Supreme Court Against the CAA.

Source:- thewire.in ‘The Centre’s new citizenship law imperils India’s constitutional values. No person who wants democracy to flourish can afford to be silent in this struggle against communalism.’ India’s history in the first half of the 20th century is immortalised by our glorious national struggle against colonialism. In these early years of the 21st century,

Protests Against Anti-Citizenship Law Rally At Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh.

Source:- ndtv.com As slogans were raised against the anti-CAA sit-in at Shaheen Bagh amid heavy police presence, cops removed posters that said the site of sit-in would be cleared soon. New Delhi: Dozens of members of a right-wing group gathered on Sunday afternoon at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, the heart of protests against the Citizenship

Nirbhaya Case: Experts Say Centre’s Demand For Individual Hangings Bad In Law.

Source:- outlookindia.com The Centre on Februrary 1 moved the Delhi High Court for immediate execution of the death convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case. It argued that individual hangings were possible. Presently, all four convicts have been delaying their executions by taking advantage of the death law. The court has scheduled the hearing