Source – indianexpress.com AN informal group tasked to come out with a draft report on lynching and mob violence is learnt to have suggested amendments to the IPC and CrPC to strengthen police hands in taking action against those involved in mob violence, making the crime non-bailable, fast-tracking trial in such cases through special courts, and
Source – indianexpress.com Raising questions of propriety and conflict of interest, the Union Environment Ministry’s premier research centre Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC) to “help and facilitate…in obtaining necessary approvals” under wildlife and forest laws for a 50-km highway cutting through the
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation has been filed in Supreme Court, challenging state-run Damodar Valley Corporation’s proposal to supply power to Bangladesh from power plants using concessional domestic coal. The PIL, filed by advocate Piyush Joshi, questions DVC’s plan to use domestic coal for power at a time when the commodity is
Source – dnaindia.com The Maharashtra government was hauled up by the Apex Court last week as it failed to abide by the court’s order of reissuing licenses to dance bars which were shut down by Devendra Fadnavis three years back. The court held that reasons given by the government were only related to moral policing. The
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has allowed construction at the stalled hydropower projects in Uttarakhand but directed the state government to first abide by the High Court order of having in place muck disposal sites before work is restarted. In June, the Uttarakhand High had directed that all construction activities/widening of roads near
Source – financialexpress.com The Delhi High Court has declared unconstitutional certain provisions of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, that make begging a crime. While India doesn’t have a central anti-begging law, most states, including Delhi, have modelled their anti-begging laws on the 1959 Act. A bench comprising of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C
Source – indiatvnews.com Expressing serious concern over recent cases of rape and sexual abuse of women at shelter homes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Friday asked asked when these horrific incidents would stop. A Supreme Court bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta made the observation while
Source – hindustantimes.com People with criminal antecedents becoming members of Parliament and state assemblies is a problem and the legislature should not ignore it, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. “It is the duty of the legislature to respond to the collective cry of the citizens. Today, the citizens are saying please don’t let such people
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court Wednesday questioned the Centre’s contention that the penal provision on adultery should be retained to protect the sanctity of marriage. A five-judge bench, which is hearing petitions questioning the constitutionality of the provision that makes only men liable for the offence, asked what was the collective good in making
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Thursday approved the draft constitution of BCCI prepared by the Lodha panel with some modifications, giving full membership to Mumbai Cricket Association, Vidarbha, and Railways. The apex court also discarded the ‘One State One Vote’ policy recommended by the Lodha Panel, and granted membership to Saurashtra, Vadodara, Mumbai and
