Source – newindianexpress.com BHUBANESWAR: In order to ensure speedy disposal of sexual crimes against women and children, Odisha Government on Tuesday decided to set up 45 fast track courts in the State. The move comes after Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked the States and the Chief Justices of High Courts to

Source – asianage.com Jharkhand: Six out of 13 accused in Tabrez Ansari mob lynching case were granted bail by a court on Tuesday. Ranchi bench of Jharkahand High Court granted the bail to the six accused in Tabrez Ansari mob lynching case. The counsel of accused informed that court asked it is not clear from the

Source – hindustantimes.com The review petitions challenging the November 9 judgment of the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya title dispute will be heard in-chamber by a five-judge bench of the apex court at 1.40pm on Thursday. The bench will be headed by current Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde with justices DY Chandrachud, Ashok

Source – theprint.in New Delhi: The JNU has moved the Delhi High Court seeking contempt action against its students and the police for allegedly violating a court order barring protests within 100 metres of the university’s administrative block. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in its plea, has claimed that the students “grossly violated” the August 9,

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the office of Chief Justice comes under the transparency law, the Right to Information (RTI) Act, adding that judicial independence cannot be attained by holding back information. ‘Judicial independence and accountability go hand in hand…Transparency strengthens independence,” said Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who heads the five-judge bench.

Source – indiatoday.in Two days after the alleged encounter killing of the four men accused of the gruesome rape and murder of a 26-year-old in Hyderabad, the issue of the legality of the encounter came up before the Telangana High court as well as the Supreme Court. The Telangana High Court had taken suo motu

Source – thehindu.com The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a write petition filed by VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan to declare as unconstitutional an ordinance promulgated by the State government on November 20 for changing the mode of election to the posts of mayors and municipal chairpersons from direct to indirect. Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap

Source – indiatoday.in In an official circular, the government of Rajasthan has asked all the departments not to obstruct or hamper the works and requests of those persons who write to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) about the illegal practices adopted by the officers or employees of the concerned department. Ashok Gehlot recently said that he

Source – thewire.in Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court on December 2 dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) into cases where ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company allegedly tricked people into buying its policies. The order is yet to be uploaded on the high court’s website. The plea was filed by a former employee of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

Source – hindustantimes.com NOIDA: After the Allahabad high court directed that the students of Jharkhand State Open School (JSOS) not be rusticated, authorities of the Noida campus of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam University (AKTU) have allowed 37 of 371 students to appear for their examinations that commenced Tuesday. The issue dates back to 2015, when