Month: July 2018

Source – dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court has asked the State government to inform by Monday, the steps it has taken singularly or with help from the National Highway Authorities, to repair roads with potholes, on the Mumbai-Goa highway. A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla while hearing a public interest litigation

Source – indiawest.com NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court July 18 sought a response from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the state government and civic authorities on a plea seeking construction of baby feeding and child care rooms in public places. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C. Hari Shankar

Source – mondaq.com 1. INTRODUCTION In April this year, the Reserve Bank of India (the “RBI“) issued a notification prohibiting the use of virtual currencies, preventing entities regulated by the RBI from dealing with virtual currencies or providing services facilitating any person or entity to deal or settle virtual currencies (the “Notification“).1 Pursuant to the Notification,

Source – indianexpress.com Hearing the contentious issue relating to the ban on entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age in Kerala’s historic Sabarimala temple, the Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that a woman’s right to pray is equal to that of a man and it should not be dependent on law. “Your (intervener)

Source – ndtv.com The Victorian-era morality, prohibitions, unsafe sex and living in denial have led to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS and it cannot be blamed on homosexual relationships, the Supreme Court today said while observing the sexual intercourse itself should not be seen as a crime. The apex court termed the prohibitions

Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday blamed the frequent instances of lynching being reported from different parts of the country on the rising “intolerance and polarisation”, and urged the Parliament to enact a fresh law to instil fear of law among those who take matters into their own hands. The top court also directed

Source – thehansindia.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the garbage disposal and waste management case concerning the national capital. On the last date of hearing, the apex court criticised the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for failing its duty to dispose of the garbage accumulated in the national capital and not

Source – bloombergquint.com The Delhi High Court has asked Air India to replace the chairperson of its panel looking into the sexual harassment allegations by an air hostess against one of the carrier’s senior officials, following which the national carrier agreed to bring in a new person. The complainant had claimed that the panel chairperson was

Source – moneycontrol.com The Supreme Court yesterday said that compensation amount of Rs 25,000 which is paid to a victim of hit-and-run accident in case of death is “low” and a bill that proposes to raise this to Rs two lakh is “pending” before the Parliament. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016, was passed by the

Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to apprise it as to whether petrol and diesel can have an equal pricing for four wheelers and private cars after the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) said pollution from diesel vehicles was a cause of concern. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and