Source: newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: A public interest litigation was filed in the Telangana High Court seeking directions to the State government to constitute child welfare committees in all the 23 new districts in the state. Besides, extending the term of office of the existing child welfare committees in the old 10 districts was illegal and failure to

Source: news18.com Mangaluru: “Cyanide” Mohan, a serial killer who has murdered several women using the deadly chemical after befriending and raping them, has been convicted of killing another woman a music teacher in Karnataka, taking the total number of his convictions to 16. Mohan, who has previously been convicted of killing women in public toilets by

Source: hindustantimes.com A 23-year-old law student who accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayanand of rape alleged on Wednesday that police were delaying the arrest of the former minister and threatened to immolate herself. Hours later, the special investigation team (SIT) investigating the case said an arrest would only be made with “solid evidence” even

Source: dnaindia.com Four new Supreme Court justices will take oath on Monday, taking the strength of India’s highest court to 34. The Centre had on September 18 notified the appointment of four new judges to the Supreme Court.  Justices V Ramasubramanian, Krishna Murari, S Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy – all four chief justices of

Source: hindustantimes.com Over 69 years after it came into existence, the Supreme Court of India will, for the first time, have a judge sitting singly to decide on matters of bail and anticipatory bail — in cases which carry a punishment of up to seven years’ imprisonment — and transfer of cases form one state

Source: hindustantimes.com The Kerala government will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Friday mentioning details about the action it has taken against an order for the demolition of more than 300 flats in Kerala’s Kochi for flouting the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines. The top court had pulled up the state government for

Source: dnaindia.com Unhappy with the verdict of the Gujarat High Court in the petitions challenging the acquisition of their land for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, the farmers and other similarly situated project affected persons on Thursday decided to approach the Supreme Court against the high court’s verdict. Notably, the division bench of Justice AS

Source: indianexpress.com The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on Sagar-based Dr Harisingh Gour University for violating the state government’s norms on admission to the B.Ed course in its affiliated colleges. The central institution conducted a university-level entrance test for admission to B.Ed course in colleges affiliated to it

Source: financialexpress.com Former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, accused of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old law student at his ashram, was arrested Friday, four days after the woman recorded her statement before a magistrate in Shahjahanpur. Police have not booked him on the charge of rape, and invoked instead sexual intercourse by a person in authority,

Source: indiatoday.in In a significant verdict, the Kerala High Court has held that discipline shall not be be enforced by blocking the ways and means of students to acquire knowledge, as it directed readmission of a girl student expelled from her college hostel for opposing a regulation on use of mobile phones. The court while