source:telegraphindia.com The high court on Monday started hearing on Bidhannagar mayor Sabyasachi Dutta’s petition that challenged the legality of a no-confidence motion moved against him allegedly by some councillors of the municipal corporation. Justice Samapti Chatterjee asked the mayor to serve a notice on the corporation’s chairperson Krishna Chakrabarty asking her to take part in

Source: thekashmirimages.co New Delhi, Jul 14:  With the country without a Law Commission since September last year, the Law Ministry has initiated the process of setting up the body which gives advice to the government on complex legal issues. The three-year term of the 21st Law Commission ended on August 31 last year. On at

Source: indianexpress.com Acting on an application moved last week by Shweta Bhatt, wife of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, seeking an early listing of her main petition seeking armed security for her family from the state at its expense, the Gujarat High Court ordered that the main petition be listed on August 19. On July

Source:greaterkashmir.com The High Court on Monday sought to know about the steps the government has taken to implement the statutory provisions as well as the rules and regulations of mining in Jammu and Kashmir.  Hearing a Public Interest Litigation petition filed by Peoples’ Forum, a non-governmental organisation, through senior advocate M I Qadri, division bench

Source:newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Odisha High Court has imposed restrictions on selection of candidates for guest faculty positions on contractual basis by Central University of Orissa (CUO) at Sunabeda in Koraput district. The Single Judge Bench of Justice BR Sarangi imposed the restrictions in an interim order on a petition challenging the advertisement issued by CUO

Source:thehindu.com The Supreme Court on Monday asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to be served a copy of the petition filed by the Gujarat High Court Advocates Association against the “deliberate inaction” of the Central government in deciding on a May 10 recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium to appoint Bombay High Court judge Justice Akil

Source:barandbench.com The Bombay High Court recently ruled in favour of the autonomy of adult victims rescued from immoral trafficking, observing that such persons cannot be forced to live in a correction home against their wishes. A Single Judge Bench of Justice SS Shinde made the observation while ordering the release of a 22-year-old woman. The woman

Source: news18 Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, which recently witnessed an alarming spurt in the number of black magic cases, is gearing up to bring in a legislation to curb “inhuman” practices and exploitation in the name of superstition. The Kerala Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices, Sorcery and Black Magic Bill, 2019 has been submitted to

Source:barandbench.com The Delhi High Court has held that the claim of a mother under Section 6 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 as the natural guardian of a minor cannot be used to decide the jurisdiction of the Family Court under Section 9 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890. The judgment was passed

Source:wefornews.com Prayagraj, July 15 In a sensational turn of events, the couple from Bareilly, who have been making headlines since last week claiming to be under threat from a BJP MLA over their inter-caste marriage, was on Monday kidnapped at gunpoint by armed men from outside the Allahabad High Court, where they had gone to