Month: May 2019

Source:-  newindianexpress.com Schools have been told by Madras High court not to insist upon parents to buy accessories other than textbooks. CHENNAI: Schools have been told by Madras High Court not to insist upon parents to buy accessories other than textbooks. Vacation judge CV Karthikeyan gave a direction to this effect while passing interim orders on

Source:- dnaindia.com The single-judge bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav issued notice to officials of the education department directing them to file their reply in the case by June 21. The Gujarat High Court on Friday sought a response from the state education department after a minority school moved the court alleging that the state government is

Source:- scroll.in The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition filed by a Muslim woman challenging two talaq (divorce) notices issued by her husband. The court said it will hear the matter on Friday, PTI reported. Advocate MM Kashyap, appearing for the woman, said she has been married for nine years. The complainant’s lawyer

Source:- indialegallive.com The Delhi High Court has stayed the operation of Rule 7 of the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018 which pre-requisites a joint proposal by three senior advocates for a lawyer to apply for a senior designation. As per the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018,

Source:- downtoearth.org.in Considerable change in Yamuna flood plain observed: NGT panel report The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on May 9, 2019 received a report by the joint inspection team that investigated the demarcation of Yamuna river floodplain in Agra and the construction in it. During inspection, the team found that area along flood plain had changed considerably owing

Source:- trak.in In a fresh threat to OTT players in India, the apex court has issued a notice to the Centre, asking whether regulation should come into place or not. In case Centre responds positively, then the Supreme Court can order regulation of Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and other OTTs operating in India. And this can

Source:- ndtv.com The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of State Bank of India against the Delhi High Court order which had held that the firm, Jah Developers Pvt. Ltd., can be represented by lawyers in the in-house proceeding of the lending bank to declare it a willful defaulter. NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court has held that

Source:- deccanherald.com A Delhi High Court project with the help of a Bengaluru-based NGO found that the National Capital Region requires 43 more judges to clear all the pending cases in one year. The Delhi High Court worked with Daksh, a Bengaluru-based civil society organisation, to study the functions of the courts without backlogs of cases and prepare an

Source:- hindustantimes.com The collegium, which comprises the five senior-most judges of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of India, reiterated its April recommendation that Jharkhand high court chief justice Aniruddha Bose and Gauhati chief justice AS Bopanna be appointed to the apex court. For the second time in 12 months, the Supreme Court collegium

Source:- hindustantimes.com Around 2.1 million people have TB in India, of which an estimated 30,000 people have MDR-TB. Only 6,500 patients are on the bedaquiline-based treatment regimen, which may cause severe side effects such as heart problems and hearing impairment. The Union health ministry is considering a proposal to allow bedaquiline, a controlled-access drug used in