Source: freepressjournal.in Chennai: The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government not to prevent protests highlighting the water woes in the state and said it should work with organisations interested in conservation of water bodies to address the situation. Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the observation on Friday while directing the Chennai Commissioner
Source:- timesnownews.com Mumbai: A man was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly touching himself inappropriately in front of a minor. The accused works as a tailor. The four-year-old boy shared the incident with his family, after which they approached the police. The arrest was made on Tuesday, June 4. The complaint against the accused was lodged
Source:- deccanherald.com A Delhi High Court project with the help of a Bengaluru-based NGO found that the National Capital Region requires 43 more judges to clear all the pending cases in one year. The Delhi High Court worked with Daksh, a Bengaluru-based civil society organisation, to study the functions of the courts without backlogs of cases and prepare an
Source- indianexpress.com A day after Rajya Sabha cleared the Constitution Amendment Bill on providing 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for the economically weaker sections in the general category, NGO Youth For Equality on Thursday moved the Supreme Court, contending that the Bill was liable to be quashed as it was contrary to the
Source – newindianexpress.com PATNA: The seven women employees of the government-funded shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur who were arrested last month had been instrumental in causing the sexual assaults on the minor girls residing there, according to the victims’ statements. “The women employees not only allowed the sexual assaults of the girls by both male staffers
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to formulate a national action plan to curb the growing menace of drug abuse in the society, including by school-going children. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also made it clear to Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, representing
Source – moneycontrol.com The plea to quash the infamous Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code has risen from the grave and made its way back to the Supreme Court yet again after ruthlessly being thrown out in 2013. What needs to be seen is whether the apex court will scrap the section or condone it
Source – dnaindia.com The issue of growing menace of drug abuse among children has come up again before the Supreme Court which asked the Centre to apprise it of steps taken to comply with its 2016 verdict that had directed measures including formulation of a national action plan to combat it. While deciding a PIL filed
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government to consider enacting a law to set up fast-track courts to expedite criminal cases against lawmakers. “With regard to MPs and MLAs, it falls under the domain of Parliament. It has the necessary competence to come up with a law. Make law and create
