Category: High Court

Delhi High Court to rule on rapistsā€™ delay tactics.

Source:- deccanchronicle.com NEW DELHI: The four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case are ā€œtrying the patience of the nation,ā€ the Centre told the Delhi High Court on Sunday, challenging the trial courtā€™s order staying their execution. The court, which was giving a rare Sunday hearing to the matter, has reserved its order. Nirbhayaā€™s

High School teacherā€™s assault: Calcutta HC asks for report at the earliest.

Source:- www.orissapost.com Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Monday directed the West Bengal Legal Aid Service Authority to file a report in connection with the alleged physical assault of a woman in South Dinajpur district. On a prayer for taking suo motu cognizance of the issue by a lawyer, a division bench led by Chief Justice

Why Kerala Has Gone to Supreme Court Against the CAA.

Source:- thewire.in ‘The Centre’s new citizenship law imperils Indiaā€™s constitutional values. No person who wants democracy to flourish can afford to be silent in this struggle against communalism.’ Indiaā€™s history in the first half of the 20th century is immortalised by our glorious national struggle against colonialism. In these early years of the 21st century,

Protests Against Anti-Citizenship Law Rally At Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh.

Source:- ndtv.com As slogans were raised against the anti-CAA sit-in at Shaheen Bagh amid heavy police presence, cops removed posters that said the site of sit-in would be cleared soon. New Delhi: Dozens of members of a right-wing group gathered on Sunday afternoon at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, the heart of protests against the Citizenship

Nirbhaya Case: Experts Say Centreā€™s Demand For Individual Hangings Bad In Law.

Source:- outlookindia.com The Centre on Februrary 1 moved the Delhi High Court for immediate execution of the death convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case. It argued that individual hangings were possible. Presently, all four convicts have been delaying their executions by taking advantage of the death law. The court has scheduled the hearing

Teachers accuse government of trying to bypass High Court order.

Source:- thehindu.com Court says department-level tests mandatory for promotion A section of qualified primary school teachers has accused the State government of trying to bypass a recent High Court (HC) order that made department-level tests mandatory for promotion as head teachers. K.N. Anand, president of the Kerala Test Qualified Primary Teachersā€™ Union, told The Hindu

Budget 2020: A hint of food subsidy reforms?

Source:- financialexpress.com Budget 2020 India: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a slew of measures for the agriculture sector in her Budget speech on Saturday, but was silent on reforming the public distribution system, something that the Economic Survey had made strong case for. However, Budget FY21 numbers show the government could be moving on this.

Talks on with Law Minn on legislative changes for LIC listing: Fin Sec.

Source:- daijiworld.com (IANS): Finance Secretary Rajeev Kumar on Saturday said the Ministry is in talks with the Law Ministry for the legislative changes needed on account of LIC listing. “We have started talks with the Law Ministry on the legislative changes for LIC IPO,” he said at the post-Budget media interaction. “We are working on

Supreme Court allows transportation of iron ore mined in Goa before March 2018, overrules Bombay H.C order.

Source:- barandbench.com The Supreme Court this week allowed mining firms to transport iron ore mined from Goa prior to March 15, 2018, provided that it has paid royalty to the government authorities for the same. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant overruled a decision