Month: October 2020

Supreme Court orders states to provide dry ration to sex workers

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Supreme Court has directed all states to provide dry ration to sex workers in adequate amounts and uniformly. It asks them to seek help from the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and legal services authorities in identifying them for providing succour during the pandemic. A bench of Justices L. Nageswara

BJP’S contradictory stands on property rights in different States smacks of communalism: SAD

Source:-https://www.dailypioneer.com Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday lashed out against “the double standards of BJP Governments at the Centre and in States on property ownership rights of citizens in different States”. Akali Dal came down heavily against the “contradiction in the reported decision of the BJP Government to allow property ownership rights to outsiders in Jammu

Odisha: A decreasing trend

Source:-https://frontline.thehindu.com Life is limping back to normal in most parts of Odisha with the gradual decline in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the worst-hit pockets. The decline started from September 26. The previous day, 4,356 cases had been reported – the highest daily number. The decline has continued and on October 13 the

No bail for Himachal Pradesh man who shared wife’s nude pictures on social media

Source:-https://zeenews.india.com Taking serious note of the gravity of the offence and its physical and psychological impact, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed an anticipatory bail plea of a man accused of uploading obscene photographs and videos of his wife on social media in her name. Justice Vivek Singh Thakur passed this order on Tuesday

U”khand CM moves SC against HC order for CBI probe into graft allegations

source:-https://www.outlookindia.com New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday against the Nainital High Court order for a CBI probe into the allegations by two scribes that money was transferred into the accounts of his relatives in 2016 to support appointment of a person as head of

Munger firing: Chirag likens Nitish to ‘general Dyer’; Tejashwi seeks probe

Source:-https://www.theweek.in RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and LJP’s Chirag Paswan have lashed out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the police firing in Munger district on Monday, which left one person dead. Speaking to mediapersons after the start of polling in the first phase of elections in Bihar on Wednesday, Tejashwi was quoted by NDTV

SC stays contempt proceedings against Ramesh Pokhriyal over non-payment of govt housing rent

Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the contempt proceedings initiated against Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal for alleged non-compliance of the Uttarakhand High Court’s last year order on payment of rent by former chief ministers of the state for occupying government accommodation. A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman stayed the contempt