Source: livemint.com New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will begin hearing final arguments to decide on the quantum of compensation that patients should receive from multinational pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson (J&J) Pvt Ltd today, in what could end uncertainty for patients in the J&J’s faulty hip implant case. The court had on 30 May directed
Source: abcnews.go.com Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez became Puerto Rico’s new governor Wednesday, just the second woman to hold the office, after weeks of political turmoil and hours after the island’s Supreme Court declared Pedro Pierluisi’s swearing-in a week ago unconstitutional. Accompanied by her husband, Judge Jorge Díaz, and one of her daughters, Vázquez took the
Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has ruled that the benevolent provision under Section 436-A of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is not applicable for granting bail to an accused facing trial for an offence for which maximum punishment prescribed under law is imprisonment for life. The provision under Section 436-A of CrPC is applicable
Source: tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com The Patna High Court has questioned the delay in finalising the amendments to the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that would set the conditions and rules for e-pharma companies to conduct business in the country. In its order of July 31, the court said the
Source: indianexpress.com Dismissing the revision plea of a Sonipat juvenile against his conviction in a rape case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the absence of external or internal injury on the victim’s body cannot discredit her allegation. “It shall not be appropriate to expect or presume that in all cases of
Source: hindustantimes.com A single-judge bench of Delhi High Court has started a fund for rehabilitation of the victims of burns. The fund will be generated by the penalty (cost) that the high court bench of Justice Najmi Waziri imposes in other cases of litigation on either of the parties. The fund — known as Aasra
Source: livemint.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred till 19 August hearing in the Essar Steel insolvency case, saying said the matter should be decided in light of fresh challenges following recent amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. A division bench, headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and comprising Justice Surya Kant, heard the
Source: hindustantimes.com The Allahabad High Court has directed the Prayagraj senior superintendent of police to ensure arrest of Lalgopalganj Town Area, Nawabganj, Prayagraj chairman Mukhtar Ahmad, who is an accused in a gangrape of a minor, within two weeks and produce him before the court concerned. In addition, the court warned the SSP that if
Source: thenewsminute.com Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that no one will be allowed to dilute the investigation or legal process, in his first reaction to the controversy surrounding IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman following the death of journalist KM Basheer. 35-year-old Basheer, a Thiruvananthapuram based journalist died early Saturday morning after being hit by
Source: dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court on Wednesday temporarily stayed the demotion of 63 income tax officials belonging to the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities whose promotion in 2012-2013 had been reversed by an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in 2017. The order of the CAT had come about as general candidates
