Source: devdiscourse.com A day after the Jharkhand High Court suspended Dumka Principal District and Sessions Judge Om Prakash Singh for allegedly flouting forest laws, the state police on Saturday registered an FIR against him. The court had suspended Singh on the basis of a vigilance report. On the basis of the report received from the High Court Registrar (Vigilance)

Source: theprint.in Chandigarh: Retired judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Ranjit Singh, who headed the one-man commission — set up to probe the infamous Bargari sacrilege case — has complained to chief justice of the High Court against a sitting judge for showing “undue haste” in hearing a complaint against deputy CM of Punjab Sukhbir Singh

Source: thehindu.com Apex court orders attachment of properties and accounts of builders Holding the builders of flats in Maradu responsible for illegal constructions, the Supreme Court has ordered the attachment of their properties and bank accounts. The Bench directed its registry to issue notices to Paul Raj of Alfa Ventures, Sany Francis of Holy Faith

Source: scroll.in The Uttar Pradesh government has said the inquiry into Dr Kafeel Khan, a former paediatrician at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital in Gorakhpur, where 63 children died in 2017 because of lack of oxygen, is still on, The Indian Express reported on Sunday. The government’s statement came on Saturday, hours after Khan asked

Source: sentinelassam.com GUWAHATI: Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Justice Arup Kumar Goswami has appealed to the 200 newly appointed foreigners tribunal (FT) members (judges) to be very punctual and thorough, besides being devoted and dedicated, while giving their opinions on the nationalities of NRC dropouts. Justice Arup Kumar Goswami has spelt out at length

Source:- orissapost.com New Delhi: Muslim parties retracted their statement Wednesday in the Supreme Court that ‘Ram Chabutara’, in the outer courtyard of the disputed site in Ayodhya is the birthplace of Lord Ram and attacked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report which had suggested that the structure pre-existed the Babri Masjid. The Muslim parties told

Source:- nationalheraldindia.com An important challenge during the Supreme Court’s Aadhaar hearings was the question of whether citizens have absolute rights over their bodies. The government categorically stated that citizens do not have such rights and thus it can collect our biometrics even if we are unwilling to part with them. While the matter has been

Source:- deccanchronicle.com Chennai: The Madras high court has ruled that only if a student pursued the entire course in Tamil and obtained a certificate to that effect from the head of the institution/Registrar or Principal of the college, will he or she be declared as the one who is eligible to claim preference in public employment

Source:- bloombergquint.com When, in October 2015, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court struck down the 99th Constitutional Amendment, and with it the National Judicial Appointments Commission, the judgment was celebrated by many as a victory for the cause of judicial independence. The prevailing system, which gives primacy to a collegium of Supreme Court judges

Source:- eastmojo.com Agartala: The Tripura High Court (HC), after hearing the public interest litigation (PIL) filed on Friday, directed the Tripura government to immediately stop the sacrifice of animals in all temples within the precincts of the state. The divisional bench of the HC comprising Chief Justice Sanjoy Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh was hearing the