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Source:- ndtv.com A Ludhiana farmer’s battle for proper compensation for land seized to build a Ludhiana-Chandigarh railway line reached an unexpected conclusion this week when a court awarded him a train. Sampuran Singh has been fighting for the money since 2015, when he went to court to argue that Indian Railways had underpaid him for

Source:- hindustantimes.com To find out why a Special Investigating Team (SIT), formed two years ago to probe anti-Sikh riots cases, has closed down a large number of cases, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central government to submit records of 199 cases closed by the three-member team. The SIT, formed by the home ministry

Source:- deccanherald.com The Supreme Court has directed the Medical Council of India to form a committee of experts to examine the possibility of colour-blind people pursuing the MBBS course. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar said the committee will include experts from genetics, ophthalmology, psychiatry and medical education from AIIMS, New

Source:- indianexpress.com It is neither possible nor advisable to disregard the Supreme Court of India since Article 141 of the Constitution says, “The law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India,” and also because the authority, and responsibility, for interpreting the Constitution rests with the Court.

Source:- dnaindia.com The apex court proposal for hike in salaries given to judges of the Supreme Court and high courts has been accepted by the government, according to a Times of India report. The proposition suggests a near 200% raise in emoluments. This revision will be in proportion to the recent increase in pay for

Source:- thewire.in In a landmark decision on Friday, the Supreme Court  set aside Patna high court’s decision to grant anticipatory bail to an accused facing charges under Section 3(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) The case pertains to an incident in 2009 when some upper caste

ource:- epw.in Life sentencing seems to be the order of the day in the largest democracy in the world, as India likes to call itself. Recent instances of life sentencing, all in March 2017, have dropped the veil of democracy off from the last institution meant to uphold it, the judiciary. This time, with the

Source:- oneindia.com New Delhi, March 24: The Law Commission has proposed amendments to the Indian Penal Code to curb hate speech, an official statement said on Friday. In its report titled ‘Hate Speech’ submitted to the Law and Justice Ministry on Thursday, the Commission has said that “several factors need to be considered before restricting

Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court upheld the life term awarded to three people for killing a Shiv Sena leader in Gujarat whose younger brother had married a woman from a minority community. A bench of justices PC Ghose and Ashok Bhushan said the homicidal death had been proven beyond all reasonable doubt with the recovery

Source:- outlookindia.com New Delhi, Mar 24 Problems are being caused by a provision in the law that makes it mandatory for anyone having knowledge about molestation of a child to report it to the police and it should be scrapped, a BJP MP said today, while moving a private member’s bill in this regard. Such