Source: bloomberg.com Singaporeās Minister of Law and Home Affairs doesnāt believe the island city-state stands to benefit from any instability in Hong Kong, as protests stretch into a third month. The rival financial centers are widely seen as investor-friendly havens from which to tap into fast-growing Asian markets. SinceĀ protestsĀ started in June, sparked by a proposal
Source: tribuneindia.com Justice Udai Umesh Lalit of the Supreme Court on Saturday opined that legal literacy could make a difference by making people understand their rights and duties. āEmpowerment comes from knowledge, which brings enlightenment to help people from deprived sections of society,ā he said. He was addressing students during the state-level annual students legal
source: hindustantimes.com When the first of thisĀ monsoonās waterloggingĀ occurred in Mumbai in early July, Mumbai municipal commissioner Pravinsinh Pardeshi blamed climate change for the crisis. āTheĀ cityās infrastructureĀ is not capable of handling climate change and change in rainfall pattern,ā he told this newspaper on July 5. Indeed, in a matter of just eight days, from 8.30 am
Source: asianage.com Mumbai: Muslims in Kolhapur, one of the worst flood-affected areas in Maharashtra, have decided to donate money that would otherwise have been spent on sacrificial cattle to flood-affected people. On an average, a person spends Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 on goats and still higher amounts on bovines. Haji Abdul Qadar Malbari, the superintendent
Source: sentinelassam.com GUWAHATI: Post-publication of final NRC (National Register of Citizens) on August 31, the āDā (Doubtful) voters tag in photo electoral rolls will be applied to all those people who are found ineligible for inclusion in the NRC, a source in the Assam Home and Political department said. The āDā voters do not have the
Source: newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: Division bench of the Madras High Court has enhanced the compensation of Rs 45.29 lakh awarded by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to a whopping Rs 1.06 crore payable to the wife of a private company official, who died in a road accident, eight years ago. A bench of Justices N Kirubakaran
Source: indiatvnews.com The Centre has finally paid Rs 25,000 as compensation to IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi in compliance with the Uttarakhand High Court order issued in August 2018, after contempt notices were issued by the court in June this year. Chaturvedi had filed a case before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in a matter pertaining
Source: indianexpress.com Citing āa glaring example of lack of competence and sincere effortsā on the part of the prosecution, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside the life imprisonment sentence given by a sessions court to an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative and Pakistan national, Mohammad Waris alias Raja, and a resident
Source: news18.com New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the Commissioner of Police whether facilities, including drinking water, sanitation and medical check-up, are being provided to traffic police personnel at their duty locations. A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said these are only the “bare minimum” facilities that are
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court has rejected a plea by farmers for āfair compensationā for land acquired from them. It said the villagers came to court 21 years too late. A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M.R. Shah applied the Doctrine of Acquiescence on the farmers. Thus, once the agriculturists acquiesce to certain terms,