Govt plans OFS for 10% stake sale in RCF, seeks bids for legal advisor role

Source:-https://www.business-standard.com The Union Government plans to sell 10 per cent stake in Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd (RCFL) through offer for sale (OFS). The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management has sought bids from law firms to act as legal advisers and assist the government in the process. A domestic law firm will act

931 bail applications, 141 pleas for suspension of sentence pending in SC, reveals RTI

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Amid controversy over urgent hearing of bail pleas of journalist Arnab Goswami and some others, a response to an RTI query has revealed that 1,070 pleas for bail and suspension of sentence pending in the Supreme Court as on December 18 last year. Responding to RTI activist Saket Gokhale, the Supreme Court’s Central Public

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Private interest must give way to public interest

Source:-https://www.theindianwire.com The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently emphasised that private interests must give way to the public interest, while dismissing appeals challenging a land acquisition proceeding. The Court also pointed out that it was the consistent view of the Constitutional Courts that the viability or feasibility of the process would not fall within the

1072 Petitions For Bail And Sentence Suspension Pending In Supreme Court: RTI Reply

Source:-https://hwnews.in In crucial information revealed by the Supreme Court in response to an RTI application, the apex court has said that 1072 cases relating to bail and suspension of sentence are pending in the Supreme Court as on December 18, 2020, LiveLaw reported. This includes 931 petitions seeking bail/interim-bail and 141 cases seeking suspension of

North MCD demolishes temple in Chandni Chowk

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The North Delhi Municipal Corporation demolished a temple in Chandni Chowk early on Sunday morning on the directions of the Delhi high court, sparking a political blame game between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party. The temple, located on the road which is being redesigned only for pedestrians only as part

New set of judges for the High Court Bench

Source:-https://www.thehindu.com Madurai A new of judges will preside over the court proceedings in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court from January 4, 2021. Justice M.M. Sundresh will be the administrative judge of the High Court Bench for the next three months. A Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and S. Ananthi will hear

All not well with J&K, liquor vends allotted arbitrarily for all times: HC

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Chandigarh, December 28 An order passed by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today made it clear that all is not well with the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the latest being “total arbitrary exercise of power” in the allotment of liquor vends virtually “for all times to come by the finance minister

Turkey passes law to tighten government control over civil society groups

Source:-https://www.wionews.com Turkey has passed a new law that would increase government monitoring of civil society groups, which rights groups have warned would violate the freedom of association. The legislation approved by the Turkish parliament on Sunday permits the interior ministry to appoint NGO officials and halt groups’ activities under vague terrorism charges. It also allows