At Failure Of States, UTs To File Reply On Pension, Old Age Homes,SC Expresses Displeasure. Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure at the governments of 11 states, including Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Mizoram, and the two Union Territories of Lakshadweep and Daman and Diu for failing to even file counter affidavits and reply
No Change Of Bench For Hearing Judge Loya Matter- Justice Arun Mishra’s Bench To Hear PIL Amid a virtual rift between the Chief Justice Dipak Misra and four senior-most judges over assignment of important cases, the Supreme Court today announced the composition of a 5-judge constitution bench headed by the CJI, which does not include
National Anthem Not A Must In Cinema Halls:Supreme Court The Supreme Court has accepted the central government’s suggestion that playing the national anthem in cinema halls should not be made compulsory. The court modified its 2016 order a day after the government said a final call can be taken once a ministerial panel makes guidelines.
Health Of Citizens First: SC Stays Karnataka HC Judgment On Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products. The Supreme Court today stayed the Karnataka high court order quashing the 2014 government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85% of the packaging space, saying that “health of a citizen has primacy”. A bench
Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to three-and-a half-years in jail by a Ranchi court on Saturday in the fodder scam case. Lalu, along with 15 others, was convicted in the case on December 23 and has been lodged in the Birsa Munda jail since then.
Lalu Prasad and others sentencing in fodder scam case postponed till tomorrow due to the passing away of one of the advocates there, Mr. Vindeshwari Prasad. Also, a order has been issued by the CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh, ‘contempt notice’ against Lalu’s son Tejaswi Yadav and three other political leaders for making statements before
The Chief Secretary of the state government is directed by Madhya Pradesh High Court has to issue directions to all concerned to ensure that women employees get child care leave. Regarding this, a women has filed a Petition which states that please direct the authorities to grant her child care leave. Taking action on this
The City High Court has quashed a decision of the Delhi University (DU) refusing to allow a PhD student to submit his thesis for taking an ad hoc job as an assistant professor in a college during his residency period. Court held that there is no requirement of having a compulsory two-year residency period before
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 (Triple Talaq Bill) has been passed in the Loksabha on Thursday. This bill makes instant “triple talaq” a criminal offence and proposes a three-year jail term for a Muslim man who divorces his wife by uttering the word “talaq” thrice. The bill will now be introduced
RANCHI: A special CBI court in Ranchi gave its verdict today in a fodder scam case in which former Bihar chief minister Lalu Yadav is an accused. He has been found guilty and was taken into custody soon after the verdict. The sentencing will be on January 3. The case relates to embezzling of more than Rs. 89 lakh from
A Delhi court acquitted former Telecom Minister A Raja who has been accused of masterminding the 2G spectrum scam, believed to be India’s biggest ever scam, which came to light six years ago. Mr Raja is accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss
A Petition has been filed before the Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur challenging the advisory issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting banning television ads for condoms during prime time hours. The Petition has been filed by an NGO, Global Alliance for Human Rights, which has been working for the welfare of HIV +ve
Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sought debarment of Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from practicing as Advocates by writing letter to chairman of Bar council of India. In Earlier held case of Dr. Haniraj L. Chulani v. Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa,
A day after media reports about the National Green Tribunal banning chanting of mantras and jayakaras in Amarnath, the Tribunal on Thursday clarified that it is only while standing in front of the Amarnath Ji Maha Shivling – a natural formation in the cave — that a devotee shall maintain silence, barring during aartis, and that
Hotels and restaurants can continue to sell packaged mineral water bottles above ‘MRP’ rates as the Supreme Court has observed that no prevailing law prevents such a sale. A bench of Justice RF Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha observed that neither the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, read with the Standards of Weights
