Source: thehindubusinessline.com He also wrote that the retirement age of high court judges should be raised to 65 years. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged
Source: npr.org Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced five men to 15 years in prison Friday for raping an 18-year-old woman — a unanimous decision that overturns an earlier ruling of a lesser charge and shorter prison term. Fearing the men might attempt to flee the country, Spanish authorities rushed to arrest four of them following the
Source: indianexpress.com A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta ordered Friday that further construction of the Kandi road inside Uttarakhand’s Rajaji tiger reserve be stopped forthwith and issued notice to the state government. Advertising The stay comes two days after an interim report was submitted to the court on June 19 by the
Source: theprint.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term was marked by a vigorous push for Aadhaar, India’s biometric system that was often projected as a success story ready for replication in other countries. But a recent ruling by Jamaican Supreme Court poses an important question: does Aadhaar hold a good chance of being exported? Can it become part of India’s diplomatic outreach?
Source:- news18.com New Delhi: In the wake of protests by doctors in West Bengal against assault on their colleagues, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking to ensure safety and security of doctors in government hospitals across the country. The petition sought directions to Union ministries of home affairs and health as
Source:- denvercatholic.org It is inspiring to see states across the country significantly restrict abortion this year, primarily by banning the destruction of life within the womb once a fetal heartbeat is detected. These laws are also a challenge to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that nationalized the question of abortion and legalized
Source: indiatoday.in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday demanded the setting up of a collegium on the lines of the Supreme Court to appoint election commissioners, asserting that the three nominated members of the poll panel should not be given the mandate to hold elections. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee hit out at
Source: hindustantimes.com A day after the government appointed justice R S Jha as acting chief justice of Madhya Pradesh high court overlooking the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to appoint justice A A Kureshi as chief justice of the high court, the law ministry defended its decision saying “there is nothing unusual about the appointment”. A
Source: dnaindia.com The Reserve Bank’s new circular for resolution of stressed assets is propelled by provisioning requirements and gives more freedom to bankers in taking decisions, Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) Chairman Sunil Mehta said Saturday. Two months after the Supreme Court struck down its February 12 circular, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Friday came
Source:-livelaw.in In this case, three Judge bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul considered the following question: “Whether in a case where cruelty had been committed in a matrimonial home by the husband or the relatives of the husband and the wife leaves the matrimonial home and takes
