Source: thewire.in New Delhi: Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey of Jammu and Kashmir high court’s Srinagar bench on Thursday directed the Agra Central Jail in charge to let a detenu’s brother-in-law meet him. Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie is a resident of Ari Gohal in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akad Mattan and has been detained in the Agra jail. His brother-in-law Sajjad Ahmad Bhat will now be able to meet him. The

Source: hindustantimes.com Legal expert Sudhir Krishnaswamy on Wednesday took charge as the vice-chancellor of the National Law School of India University just two days after students at the prestigious institution had boycotted an exam pressing for his appointment. Krishnaswamy is an alumnus of the NLSIU and graduated from the varsity in 1998. He went on

Source: dnaindia.com In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to make the country free from the single-use plastic, the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a ban on single-use plastic on the court’s premises as well as that of the circuit benches at Jalpaiguri and Andaman and Nicobar Islands from

Source: indiatoday.in local court on Monday will hear the bail of the law student arrested for trying to extort Rs 5 crore from Chinmayanand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader she has accused of rape. The former Union minister’s own bail petition in the sexual assault case is coming up for hearing that day. On

Source: in.news.yahoo.com New Delhi: A tribunal of the Delhi High Court has upheld the ban imposed on Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Home Ministry said. The ban on JKLF-Yasin was upheld by the tribunal headed by Justice Chander Shekhar, a Judge of the Delhi High Court, a

Source: deccanchronicle.com Chennai: Directing the Commissioner of Police, Chennai to monitor the overall investigation into the death of techie Subhasri on the road due to a banner falling on her and a tanker lorry running over her on September 12 at Pallikaranai and file a status report, the Madras high court has asked the police how

Source: huffingtonpost.in In the run-up to the Supreme Court judgement on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, exactly a year ago, there had already been many news reports that outlined the many problems with Aadhaar, such as multiple starvation deaths, problems with biometric verification, Aadhaar cards being bought and sold, and a frightening number of data leaks from a huge number of government departments. However, the court still ruled on

Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Thursday refused to provide any relief to Jetpur’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) JM Bharwad, who is been missing ever since he was booked by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB), for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 8 lakh for not beating an accused arrested under the Arms Act.

Source: indiatoday.in he Supreme Court has set a tentative deadline for completion of arguments in Ayodhya title dispute by October 18. If this happens, this would give the bench roughly a month’s time to pronounce its judgment. For, if the Supreme Court bench does not decide the case before Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi retires on November 17,

Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court held there is no fundamental right to “free” electricity for business or commercial purposes. HC also said that any government-provided service cannot be used for a private self-serving benefit. The bench of Justices Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari and Gautam Patel delivered the significant judgment while dismissing