Source: deccanherald.com A year after the Supreme Court was informed on 100-plus laws that discriminate against a leprosy-infected person, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has written to 23 states and two central departments with a plea to repeal all such laws as leprosy is a completely curable disease.  “Even though the disease is now fully

Source: indiatoday.in The Supreme Court will today hear the appeals filed by former union minister P Chidambaram against the Delhi High Court’s order rejecting his anticipatory bail plea in the INX media case being probed by the CBI and ED case against him. A special anti-corruption court on August 22 sent Chidambaram to the CBI

Source: thehindu.com The ‘120 Feet Road’ connecting Surveyor Colony to Mattuthavani is being restored to its original width as part of a larger project to connect Alanganallur Road with Melur Road. The plan is to prevent vehicles taking Dindigul highway to reach the Chennai highway and vice versa from entering the city and adding to

Source: indiatoday.in Noting that the slogan ‘Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao’ (save and educate girl child) alone cannot save girl child, a Delhi court has sentenced the father and grandmother of a deceased toddler, who was found severely malnourished, to six months jail term for failing to take proper care of her. The court said

Source: hindustantimes.com One of the accused in the Syana violence of December last year, in which a police inspector was killed, received a hero’s welcome on his release from the Bulandshahr district jail on Saturday evening, according to a video circulated on social media. In all, six accused were released after the Allahabad high court granted

Source: webindia123.com In a setback to the YSRCP government, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday suspended pre-closure orders to Navayuga Engineering Company for developing a hydroelectric station as part of the multipurpose Polavaram project. The court in its interim orders suspended the pre-closure orders issued by Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (AP Genco). Justice

Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court said on Friday it will hear on September 3 former IAS officer Shah Faesal’s plea alleging he was illegally detained at Delhi airport on August 14 and taken back to Srinagar where he has been kept under house arrest. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra

Source: accommodationtimes.com The Bombay High Court today ruled that the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), is not a financial establishment and notifications for attachment of the company’s assets including bank accounts and properties under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) Act stand quashed. The Competent Authority requested for a stay. However, the High Court declined.

Source: newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Chief Wildlife Warden of Tamil Nadu to send a report to the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) within six weeks on 29 quarries situated in the eco-sensitive zones in Kanniyakumari district. A bench comprising Justices M Sathyanarayanan and B Pugalendhi issued further

Sourcce: hindustantimes.com His phone pinging with Janmashtami greetings all day, the Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Govind Mathur on Friday ordered judicial officers in Uttar Pradesh to stop sending him such messages. The instruction was conveyed by the high court’s registrar general to the judges in an urgent communication that made Chief Justice Govind Mathur’s