Month: January 2018

Source:- asianage.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that every high court should ensure installation of CCTV cameras (without audio recording) inside courtrooms. This must be done in at least two districts in every state and Union Territory. A bench of Justices A.K. Goel and Uday Lalit said that the districts will be

Source:- telegraphindia.com New Delhi, March 27 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that Aadhaar cards cannot be made mandatory by the government and its agencies for extending benefits of social welfare schemes. A bench of Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and S.K. Kaul, however, said that government and its

Source:- msn.com The Madras high court on Monday directed Tamil Nadu Police to arrest a man from Erode, days after he claimed to be the son of late former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Justice R Mahadevan said J Krishnamurthy had “ … not only cheated the court but also prepared forged documents.” Krishnamurthy had filed

Source:- dnaindia.com The Supreme Court on Monday denied permission to a Mumbai woman in the 27th week of her pregnancy to seek abortion. The woman is carrying a foetus that is detected with Type-2 Arnold-Chiari malformation, which involves structural damage to the brain. The 25-year-old is expecting her first child and comes from a low-economic

Source:- ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court collegium refused to accept the proposal of the executive’s right to reject its recommendation for appointment of a judge on the ground of national security as the government refused to give the reasons for rejection in writing. Though the government is learnt to have held several rounds of

Source:- indianexpress.com AMID A continuing stand-off between the Centre and the Supreme Court over the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges, the lawyers’ fraternity in Punjab and Haryana has now raised objection on the Supreme Court collegium’s recent decision to put an age cap on advocates to be considered for appointment as High

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD: The issue of Pandoli kidney racket has once again reached Gujarat high court with one Jeevan Raut, brother of main accused and absconder, Dr Santosh alias Amit Raut, questioning Anand police’s investigation into charges under the provisions of Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA). Earlier on Raut’s petition, the HC had ruled

Source: hindustantimes.com There is no international law barring the sale of products including doormats with image of the Indian flag in other countries, but legal action can be launched against e-commerce sites with commercial activities in India for selling such items, the government said on Wednesday. Responding to a series of supplementaries on the issue,

Source:- thehansindia.com As per the Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, which got parliamentary approval on March 27, is decriminalisation of suicide attempt. The bill ensures every person shall have a right to access mental health care and treatment from mental health services run or funded by the appropriate government. It also assures free treatment for such

Source:- huffingtonpost.in MUMBAI– The Bombay High Court today voiced displeasure over journalists covering court proceedings attired in jeans and T-shirts, asking if it was “Bombay culture”. The observation was made by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni when they were hearing a petition challenging doctors abstaining from work. The bench, on seeing