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Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI: Robert Pious, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who has been behind bars for more than 26 years, on Wednesday submitted a request for mercy killing to the Puzhal prison authorities. Pious was sentenced to life imprisonment but although the state government had decided to release all seven

Source:-indiatoday.intoday.in The Supreme Court today denied interim bail for controversial former judge CS Karnan. Karnan, who retired in disgrace as a Calcutta High Court judge, was arrested in Coimbatore on Tuesday evening. Karnan was sentenced to six months in jail by the Supreme Court, which ordered his arrest after finding him in contempt for defaming

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court passes one line order —”Delay condoned. Dismissed” — in numerous civil and criminal cases, but it leaves death row convicts in the lurch as they lose the final legal battle for life in the last court of appeal without knowing the reasons. The practice of summary proceedings on

Source:- feminisminindia.com Rape is one of the most common and under reported crimes against women in India. It is carried out in different ways and cuts across various social structures. As a result, there are also classifications of rape for instance, ‘landlord rape’, ‘caste rape’, ‘rape by those in authority’, ‘class rape’, ‘police rape’ and

Source:- indialegallive.com If you don’t have the money to provide for basic facilities to schools, you should not be having the money to provide for yourself luxury cars and such other items. This was the clear message sent to the Uttarakhand government by the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday (June 22). The High Court, hence,

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Senior CBI counsel Deepak Salvi today commenced his argument in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case and said that they will be asking for maximum punishment that is death. Pointing out at the casualty figures, he added that the court has to look at some glaring facts. “257 people had died and 713

Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com KOCHI: Kerala High Court today held that license is not required for serving liquor in private functions organised in houses. The Court delivered the order while considering a plea by one Alex V Chacko apprehending harassment by police and excise department authorities in a baptism function in which he is planning to serve

Source:- ndtv.com CHENNAI:  Ordering status quo on a bid to relocate a liquor shop near an educational institution, the Madras High Court has said it’s time the Tamil Nadu government should review its liquor policy respecting people’s wishes. Rejecting the government’s argument that curbing liquor trade would result in flow of spurious liquor, Justice K

Source:- deccanherald.com University Grants Commission on Friday directed 34 deemed universities which offer medical programmes to abide by the Supreme Court’s recent order while filling up their seats as the Central Board of Secondary Education declared the results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). The Centre’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will conduct the

Source:- news18.com New Delhi: There is more garbage than land for people in the national capital, the Delhi High Court said on Friday, citing photographs in news showing the accumulation of solid waste in various parts of the city. The court said a will to work was needed to clean up the city and not