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Source: businesstoday.in Two high courts have refused to give relief to tax officials compulsorily retired by the government on serious charges of misconduct. Earlier this month, the government had invoked Section 56(j) of Fundamental Rules to compulsorily retire 15 officials dealing with indirect taxes and 12 officials of the income tax department over allegations of

Source: indianexpress.com Punjab and Haryana High Court’s verdict upholding the decision of Punjab government to narrow down the NRI category in medical college admissions is likely to have an impact on the petitions challenging a Sector-32 Government Medical College and Hospital’s decision to confine the NRI quota to only those candidates whose parents or grandparents

Source: financialexpress.com Vindicating the central government’s stance, the Calcutta High Court on Friday nullified the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)’s Kolkata Bench, terming it as ‘usurpation of jurisdiction’. The CAT order on Wednesday had stayed the ‘compulsory retirement’ handed to an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official under Section 56(j) of fundamental rules. The

Source: cnbc.com The Supreme Court said Friday it will not hear arguments over a 2016 Alabama abortion law that outlaws the most common procedure used during a pregnancy’s second trimester. The decision means the law, which had been blocked by lower courts, will not go into effect. The case concerned a law enacted by Alabama

Source: dailyexcelsior.com JAMMU, June 28: Over one lakh criminal cases including those relating to terrorism, juvenile terrorism and rapes are pending in the High Court and Subordinate Courts of Jammu and Kashmir and shortage of Judges particularly at the top level in the judiciary is creating hurdles in ensuring speedy disposal of the same. This

Source: business-standard.com A six-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by a 50-year-old man when she was playing near her house in Nowrozabad area of Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Friday. Shivnath Kulke has been arrested for allegedly raping the minor girl when she was playing in her neighbourhood in Kathautiya village under

Source: thehindu.com India has abstained from voting on a General Assembly resolution aimed at examining options to end trade in goods used for capital punishment and torture, saying it is unacceptable to place death penalty on par with torture. The 193-member UN General Assembly Friday adopted the resolution ‘Towards torture-free trade: examining the feasibility, scope

Source: jantakareporter.com In an extraordinary development, the Chhattisgarh High Court has stayed the investigation into the death of a BJP MLA, who was killed in a Maoist attack in April this year. Since the victim is a BJP MLA, the National Investigation Agency had decided to take control of the investigation. The state government had

Source: newindianexpress.com KANNUR/KOCHI: Ten days have passed since NRI businessman Sajan Parayil committed suicide, but the investigation into the case has made little progress with the police not pressing charges against anyone so far though four officials of Anthoor Municipality have been suspended by the state government. Even an anticipatory bail petition filed by suspended

Source: thehindubusinessline.com The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) does not want its work/role hampered, especially in the areas of security and law enforcement, by the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019. The government is in the final stages of working on the Bill and has started discussions on what could be best in the Indian context.