Source – time.com India’s iconic Taj Mahal has turned a sickly color. Its regal white walls have been stained brown and green by insects and pollution, and the country’s Supreme Court is urging the government to do more to protect one of the world’s most famous buildings. Located in Agra in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh,

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today issued a slew of directions to all the high courts of the country regarding trial in sexual assault cases involving children. The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all high courts to ensure that the cases of sexual assault of children to be fast-tracked and decided by

Source – dnaindia.com The Bombay High court on Monday upheld the conviction of a man charged under various Sections of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for raping a minor girl. Justice AM Badar, while upholding the sentence of seven years given to Mohammed Azad Khan, rejected his argument that he and the

Source – thehindu.com The State government has made a strong pitch for the Central government’s nod to its Bill providing for enhancement of reservation to Muslims and the Scheduled Tribes in admission to educational institutions and government services. The Government had sent detailed representation to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs including the clarifications that were

Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: “The couldn’t-care-less and insouciant attitude of the Union government with regard to litigation has gone a little too far,” the Supreme Court said and castigated the Centre for repeatedly filing appeals on identical questions of law despite being fined earlier for clogging the justice delivery system with frivolous cases. Ticking off the Centre for snail-paced efforts to

Source – thehindu.com The Supreme Court has asked a PIL petitioner to submit a representation to the government to reschedule office hours and provide drinking water and medical facilities to the public and in educational institutions to beat the heat wave sweeping across the country. A Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that it

Source – indiatvnews.com The government will issue an ordinance to uphold the rights of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes if the Supreme Court does not go back on its judgment deleting the provision of immediate arrest on complaints from Dalits, says Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who asserts that the Constitution too will be amended if

Source – indianexpress.com BEHIND the conviction of 11 people over a lynching in Ramgarh, the first such in a cow vigilantism case, and the recent sentencing of 10 to death for a mob killing, is a series of initatives by the Jharkhand High Court and the state government’s Directorate of Prosecution (DoP). On April 24,

Source – dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court recently continued the stay on a notification issued by the Central Government, banning manufacture for sale, sale and distribution for human use, of two drugs, commonly used for treating cold/ cough. A division bench of Ranjit More and Justice Sadhana Jadhav restrained the government from taking any coercive action

Source – indianexpress.com Senior Advocate Harish Salve Friday requested the Supreme Court to treat the Ayodhya title suit as a “property dispute” underlining that the country had moved away from the events of 1992 when the Babri Masjid was brought down by Kar Sevaks. “This country has moved far away from the events of 1992