Source: thehindu Noting that appointments to consumer courts across the country have been marred by “political and bureaucratic influence”, the Supreme Court on Monday said these courts, meant to be a corner-stone of a vibrant consumer movement in a rapidly growing economy, have hardly lived up to expectations. Instead, the consumer courts have been plagued

Source: indianexpress Coming to the rescue of a Pakistani couple living in India, the Bombay High Court Monday directed the Centre not to take “any coercive step of deporting them from India”. According to the couple’s petition, they were required to leave India by November 18 as per an order issued by the Ministry of

Source: indiatoday The Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) will continue to run iconic Taj Mansingh hotel situated in the heart of national capital for now as the Supreme Court today ordered status quo and restrained NDMC from auctioning the property. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and U U Lalit also refused to accept

Source: hindustantimes The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) has urged the Supreme Court to include “racial slurs” and “racial profiling” in the definition of ragging that is banned in educational institutions. This, the SGPC said, would prevent victimization of Sikh students who are often ridiculed for being a Sardar. SGPC’s request is part of the

Source: hindustantimes The presumption of culpability against an accused in a dowry death case under the Evidence Act would be “activated” only when there is a proof that a deceased woman had been subjected to cruelty for demand of dowry, the Supreme Court has ruled. The provision to secure convictions in dowry death cases was

Source: timesofindia MUMBAI:The Bombay high court on Tuesday admitted a petition filed by Rhea Pillai but granted no stay against a sessions court order. Last November, the sessions court had directed a magistrate to first decide on a preliminary issue of maintainability of her 2014 domestic violence complaint against estranged partner Leander Paes. In June,

Supreme Court Cancels Bail Of Rape-Accused Bihar Lawmaker Raj Ballabh Yadav Source: ndtv NEW DELHI:  Rajballabh Yadav, a Bihar lawmaker accused of raping a 15-year-old school girl, will remain in jail the Supreme Court has ordered. Yadav was granted bail by a Bihar court last month and the state government of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Source: news18 Out of the 43 names returned to it by the government for reconsideration, the Supreme Court collegium has “reiterated” its recommendation for 37, deferred three proposals while three other names are still with it, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. On November 18, the Supreme Court had informed the government that it

Source: timesofindia RANCHI: With the state assembly passing the Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) and Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) Act Amendment Bill 2016 on Wednesday, the Jharkhand Advocates Association decided to approach the Jharkhand High Court with a writ, claiming it to be unconstitutional. “Section 21 of CNT Act has been amended by bringing in section 21

Source:- dailyo 1. Jury decision overturned by High Court (KM Nanavati v State of Maharashtra) – 1961 Hardly an open-and-shut case, the nature of the crime garnered media attention. This case is notable for being the last case when a jury trial was held in India. KM Nanavati, a naval officer, murdered his wife’s lover,