Author: wakilsahab

Source – sify.com Last week was very painful. Death of 25 CRPF personnel in a Maoist ambush at Sukma was soon followed by the martyrdom of three soldiers in a terrorist attack at Pulwama. Heart-rending TV clips of wailing widows and orphaned children were highly disconcerting. Far too many lives are being lost. Continued inadequacy of

Source – legallyindia.com The ongoing challenge in the Supreme Court regarding the linking of Aadhaar for filing of income tax returns, and making it mandatory for PAN, has reached Day 5 when the Union of India continued its arguments. We have been updating details from court proceedings from day 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well.

Source – india.com New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A court here has reserved its verdict for May 19 in a coal block allocation case involving Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Limited (KSSPL), court sources said on Tuesday. The court of Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge Bharat Parashar was hearing a case pertaining to alleged

NEW DELHI: Why should chewing of tobacco not be banned as such a step would end the problem posed by ‘gutka‘ and ‘pan masala‘, the Delhi High Court asked today. The court asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) whether such a step has been taken by the Centre or any of

Source – caravanalive.com Protestors from 20 different cities of India held a protest a ‘satyagraha for men’ to mount pressure on government and bring gender neutral laws. A 90 year old lady named Birma Devi is one of the those who called for the ‘satyagraha for men’ in a protest demanding gender-neutral laws and a

Source – ndtv.com CHANDIGARH:  The Haryana assembly on Thursday passed a resolution for the creation of a separate High Court for Haryana in Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.The assembly resolution requested Parliament to effect an appropriate amendment in the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, to pave the way for a separate High Court for Haryana

Source – india.com Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 4 (ANI): An unusual case of triple talaq has come to light in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, where a woman named Amreen Bano has expressed her desire to sever ties with her abusive husband. Amreen Bano, (24), has filed an FIR against her husband, alleging that she was

Source – irishtimes.com The High Court has overturned awards for alleged whiplash to seven people who claimed they suffered the injuries when a mini-bus they were travelling in was rear-ended by what a judge described as a “mysterious car”. Ms Justice Marie Baker said while all the claimants had clinical signs of whiplash type injury, that

Source – firstpost.com The Supreme Court said on Thursday that the Lokpal law as it stands today is “workable” and there is no “justification” to hold it back till the proposed amendments are effected. A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Navin Sinha also dismissed another plea seeking privacy of the Chief Justice of India

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Friday passed a slew of directions including setting up of a data base of children living in orphanages and child care institutions to ensure their safety and welfare. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta directed the Centre, state governments and union territories (UTs) to complete