Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Lawyers of Calcutta High Court want to give up wearing black gowns and black coats as essential dress code inside the court-rooms. The summer has been unbearable this year, a stretch of heat spell in the months of April and May without any respite from the usual April thunderstorm — Kalbaishakhi. Engaging in
Source:- telegraphindia.com Bombay High Court today went into a thorny question that tends to divide parents, children and educationists: should mathematics be compulsory in secondary school? It asked school boards to consider making the subject optional for Class X students as a relief for those planning to later pursue the arts or vocational courses that
Source:- thehindu.com In a set back to several candidates set join posts of Group A and Group B gazetted probationer following their selection, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday refused to vacate its April 5 interim order restraining the government from appointing 362 candidates who were selected in the 2011 recruitment batch by the
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: ┬аOrdering 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:- 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
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD: Eloping with a minor Muslim girl does not attract abduction charges nor the charge of statutory rape if the couple gets married. This is because the courts have approved of marriage of Muslim girls before they reach the age of 18 as per Sharia laws. Gujarat high court recently quashed abduction charges
Source:- hindustantimes.com According to statistics provided by the law ministry, the Narendra Modi government has substantially increased the number of posts for judges in the high courts and judicial officers in the districts while failing to fill pre-existing vacancies. The number of unfulfilled judicial posts has skyrocketed. Nearly 40% of judges are missing from the
Source:- thehindu.com Anganwadis do not come under the definition of educational institutions, the High Court of Kerala has ruled. The court issued the order while dismissing two writ petitions, including the one filed by the office bearers of two residentsтАЩ associations, against the opening of a foreign liquor shop at Ponnurunni. The petitioners contended that
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI: For the first time in the 135-year history of the Madras high court, the prestigious first bench has become an all-woman bench. Headed by Chief Justice Indira Banerjee, it has Justice Bhavani Subbaroyan, who was sworn in on Wednesday , as junior judge. Justice Indira Banerjee herself is the only second woman
