Source: news.yahoo.com The latest amendment to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), with the simultaneous dilution of the Right to Information Act, 2005 by allowing the Modi government to fix the tenure and salaries of the information commissioners while downgrading the Constitutional status of the chief information commissioner— spells danger to democracy. And with the

Source: ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court Thursday directed all states and Union Territories to comply within six weeks with its direction to provide medical facilities to retired chief justices and judges of high courts, their spouses and dependent family members at par with the sitting judges. The top court cautioned the states and the

Source: downtoearth.org.in Jharkhand’s asbestos mines The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on July 22, 2019, heard the case of restitution of areas that were earlier under asbestos mining in Jharkhand. The tribunal had, in October, 2015, directed Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh to list all abandoned asbestos mines and, in consultation with Indian Bureau of Mines,

Source: telegraphindia.com he Centre on Wednesday held the first round of meetings on implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. Union home minister Amit Shah and minister of state for home G. Kishan Reddy attended the meeting. Clause 6 reads: “Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate, shall be provided to protect,

Source: financialexpress.com A Kerala High Court judge courted controversy when he said that Brahmins should always be at the helm of the affiars as they possessed ‘all good qualities’. Praising Brahmins at the Tamil Brahmins Global Meet organised by the Kerala Brahmana Sabha in Kochi on Friday, Justice V Chitambaresh praised the community for being

Source: greaterkashmir.com Amid the reports and complaints of haphazard and illegal constructions in several areas particularly along Srinagar-Leh highway in sub-division Kangan of Ganderbal district, the administration here have issued an order asking the rural development department to activate their ground staff to check the constructions in their respective jurisdictions. “As you are aware that

Source: greaterkashmir.com After holding several rounds of discussions with various stakeholders, the Law Ministry is ready to launch a cohesive insurance scheme for lawyers. The scheme includes medical, maternity, accidental and life benefits. Back in February, advocates in the capital and across many states, had held protests criticising the government for denying budgetary allocation for

Source: thenorthlines.com The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday asked state government to provide details within two days regarding measures taken for empowering visually impaired persons including those blinded by the shotgun fire in the State. During the hearing of a Public interest litigation before a division bench of the high court, additional advocate

Source: brighterkashmir.com Three Srinagar residents booked in Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case were set free by the Rajasthan High Court found them innocent after serving 24 long years of imprisonment in Jaipur and Tihar jails. Eyes swelled with tears at their residences in Khanqa-e-Moula and Rainawari area with their relations and family members making bee

Source: newindianexpress.com BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed an amendment bill raising reservation in government jobs and education for Other Backward Classes (OBC) to 27 per cent from the present 14 per cent. The MP House passed the MP Public Service (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Amendment Bill