Month: September 2020

HC ruling against post of Parliamentary Secretary It’s up to the Governor to disqualify the 12 MLAs: O Joy

Source:-e-pao Imphal, September 20 2020: The 12 MLAs who held the post of Parliamentary Secretary can be disqualified in accordance with the Constitution but it is upto the Governor whether they should be disqualified or not, asserted veteran politician O Joy. Speaking to media persons this afternoon, O Joy remarked that the High Court of

Patna HC refused to vacate stay on Netflix documentary, directing the lower court to pass an order within two weeks

Source:-theindianwire The Patna High Court on Friday, refused to vacate the order passed by a sub-judge in Araria staying the airing of the documentary Bad Boy Billionaires, directing instead that Netflix canvass its submissions before the lower court (Netflix India v. Sahara and Ors). Justice Birendra Kumar, asked ‘Netflix,’ the appellant before him, to approach

Govt rapped for delays, acquittals in SC/ST cases

Source:-newindianexpress BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday took serious exception to delays in investigation, trials and low conviction in cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and issued multiple directions including to the State government for the effective implementation of the Act.A division bench comprising Chief Justice

Land deals in ACR: AP HC grants stay on SIT’s actions

Source:-devdiscourse Government Advisor (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy termed the High Court orders “surprising” and “unfortunate”. The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government constituted the 10- member SIT, headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police- rank IPS officer, on February 21 to conduct a comprehensive investigation into various alleged irregularities, particularly the land deals

Tamil Nadu govt to push for stricter punishment for crimes against women and children

source:-newindianexpress CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, in the assembly session on Wednesday, announced that steps would be taken for stricter punishment for crimes against women and children. According to the announcement, with the central government’s concurrence, steps would be taken to make the following amendments to Crimes against Women under the Indian