Source – hindustantimes.com The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a plea seeking damages from the operator of world’s largest biometric database for alleged failure to adopt adequate security measures that led to data leaks. A two-judge bench headed by Justice S Ravindra Bhat of Delhi High Court has asked the Unique Identification Authority of
Source – theprint.in Former CJI R.M. Lodha and ex-judges G.S. Singhvi and Dalveer Bhandari all belong to the Oswal Jain community that comprises less than 0.5% of Rajasthan’s population. New Delhi: The Oswal Jains are a minuscule community in Rajasthan, comprising less than 0.5 per cent of the state’s population, but their prominence in the country’s judiciary is something
Source – newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court directed the CBI today not to discard the call data records of its officer who is investigating the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam involving diamond jeweller Nirav Modi. A single bench of Justice Ajey Gadkari also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its affidavit in response
Source – hindustantimes.com The Delhi high court refused to hear a plea challenging a provision in law setting the minimum age of marriage for women and men at 18 and 21 years, respectively. However, it granted protection to a man and woman, both 19 years old, who feared torture by people, including policemen, for solemnising an
Source – dnaindia.com The Supreme Court has restored the honour of an Army veteran who was among the officers who led the Operation Blue Star in 1984 and upheld a decision to exonerate him of charges of alleged misconduct and award him a rank of Lieutenant Colonel post-retirement. The top court upheld the decision of Armed
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 – indianexpress.com In its reply to the Supreme Court on the removal of creamy layer concept from promotion in government jobs, the Centre on Thursday stated that once backwardness is presumed and benefits are given, it cannot be taken back. Attorney General K K Venugopal told the bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra that only the
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
