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Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court refused on Friday to entertain a PIL that alleged that political organisations were resorting to hartals to hoodwink repeated judicial pronouncements banning strike and bandh calls, which paralysed normal life. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said, “Hartals can never be

Source:- thehindu.com Justice Indira Banerjee, presently a judge of the Delhi High Court has been appointed by the President as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Ms. Justice Banerjee would be the second woman next to Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (June – November, 1992) to head the charted court. Born on September 24, 1957

Source:- thenewsminute.com In a significant judgement, the Hyderabad High Court acquitted P Satyam Babu, who had spent many years in jail, for the rape and murder of Ayesha Meera, a 17-year-old pharmacy student in Vijayawada. The murder took place in 2007, and Satyam Babu was convicted by a Vijayawada women’s special sessions court in 2010, and

Source:- thehindu.com The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking to restrict lawmakers from practising any other profession, saying though the petitioner has a valid point the issue is beyond the realm of its jurisdiction. “The prayers made in this petition do not fall within the realm of our jurisdiction under Article 32 of the

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to relax an earlier order banning liquor vends along national and state highways, but gave relaxation for areas with population less than 20,000. The top court modified its order for areas having a population of up to 20,000 and reduced the distance norm in these

Source:- hindustantimes.com After fixing three important cases involving constitutional questions the Supreme Court has prepared a roll of over 5,000 cases to be listed during the forthcoming summer break. These matters would be heard by the two regular vacation benches – comprising two judges each – that would sit from May 11 to July 2.

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in All the speakers at the closing ceremony of the 150th anniversary of the Allahabad High Court praised the role played by it in the protecting democracy and establishing rule of law. Five of several landmark judgments of the Allahabad High Court are discussed here. The Allahabad High Court today marked its 150th anniversary

Source:- thequint.com On Wednesday, after more than a fortnight of waiting and watching – a fortnight since the first woman spoke up anonymously against TVF CEO Arunabh Kumar, accusing him of sexual harassment – an FIR was filed against him. One of the women who had personally spoken, two days before the complaint was lodged,

Source:- india.com New Delhi, April 3: The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected the plea of Swaraj India led by Yogendra Yadav for a common election symbol for the civic polls in Delhi. The Delhi High Court said that such order would cripple the election process. The High Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and

Source:- india.com Chennai, Apr 4: In a huge respite for protesting farmers of Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered state government to waive off loans acquired by all sections of farmers in cooperative societies. According to initial information, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court ordered loan waiver for farmers who took