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 – 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
Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court today rejected the plea by four convicts, challenging their death penalty, in the December 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The apex court has decided the four convicts will be hanged till death. Following the Supreme Court verdict, lawyers for the four rapists said they plan to file a review petition
Source – thehindubusinessline.com NEW DELHI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the integrated case management system of the Supreme Court in the presence of the Chief Justice of India. The system will help litigants access data and retrieve information online and will be a step towards a paperless Supreme Court. Speaking on the occasion, CJI
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Pushing for major judicial reforms meant to bring uniformity in selection process and to curb the practice of favouritism and nepotism in selection of judges in lower judiciary, the Supreme Court in principle decided to introduce a common test for selection of judges and sought suggestions from states and union
Source – yourstory.com The Supreme Court of India is soon going completely digital. The soon-to-be-introduced Integrated Case Management Information System (ICMIS) inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall give access to the litigant so that he/she can file a case digitally and track its status on a real-time basis. According to a report by The Hindu,
Source – intoday.in The day-to-day hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the legal validity of instant triple talaq began in the Supreme Court with main petitioner Shayara Bano questioning India persisting with the controversial practice when almost all Muslim countries have banned it. “If practices like triple talaq were fundamental to Islam, then many Islamic
Source – intoday.in While Supreme Court is yet to decide the fate of Ram Janambhoomi temple, the Centre as well as state governments are already geared up to revamp the entire Ayodhya city. Union Tourism Ministry and Yogi government had a meeting where it was decided that the facelift of Ayodhya will start soon. “When we
