Source: freepressjournal.in Chennai: The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government not to prevent protests highlighting the water woes in the state and said it should work with organisations interested in conservation of water bodies to address the situation. Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the observation on Friday while directing the Chennai Commissioner

Source: heraldextra.com PATNA, India (AP) — India’s Supreme Court on Monday directed state and national authorities to file reports to the court on an encephalitis outbreak in the eastern state of Bihar this month in which 152 children have died. A senior health department official in Bihar, Sanjay Kumar, said the epidemic is showing signs

Source: news18.com Chennai: The Madras High Court Friday orally observed agitations were becoming a full-time profession in Tamil Nadu and wondered how the state economy will prosper if any and every development project was opposed. Justice Anand Venkatesh made the observations while posting to July 1 a petition by Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) founder

Source: businesstoday.in Two high courts have refused to give relief to tax officials compulsorily retired by the government on serious charges of misconduct. Earlier this month, the government had invoked Section 56(j) of Fundamental Rules to compulsorily retire 15 officials dealing with indirect taxes and 12 officials of the income tax department over allegations of

Source: indianexpress.com Punjab and Haryana High Court’s verdict upholding the decision of Punjab government to narrow down the NRI category in medical college admissions is likely to have an impact on the petitions challenging a Sector-32 Government Medical College and Hospital’s decision to confine the NRI quota to only those candidates whose parents or grandparents

Source: financialexpress.com Vindicating the central government’s stance, the Calcutta High Court on Friday nullified the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)’s Kolkata Bench, terming it as ‘usurpation of jurisdiction’. The CAT order on Wednesday had stayed the ‘compulsory retirement’ handed to an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official under Section 56(j) of fundamental rules. The

Source: cnbc.com The Supreme Court said Friday it will not hear arguments over a 2016 Alabama abortion law that outlaws the most common procedure used during a pregnancy’s second trimester. The decision means the law, which had been blocked by lower courts, will not go into effect. The case concerned a law enacted by Alabama

Source: dailyexcelsior.com JAMMU, June 28: Over one lakh criminal cases including those relating to terrorism, juvenile terrorism and rapes are pending in the High Court and Subordinate Courts of Jammu and Kashmir and shortage of Judges particularly at the top level in the judiciary is creating hurdles in ensuring speedy disposal of the same. This

Source: business-standard.com A six-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by a 50-year-old man when she was playing near her house in Nowrozabad area of Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Friday. Shivnath Kulke has been arrested for allegedly raping the minor girl when she was playing in her neighbourhood in Kathautiya village under

Source: thehindu.com India has abstained from voting on a General Assembly resolution aimed at examining options to end trade in goods used for capital punishment and torture, saying it is unacceptable to place death penalty on par with torture. The 193-member UN General Assembly Friday adopted the resolution ‘Towards torture-free trade: examining the feasibility, scope