Source:- newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee has pitched for the use of Hindi and other regional languages in high courts, saying the Constitution gives the Centre enough powers in this regard without a need to consult the judiciary. At present proceedings are held and orders are delivered in English in the Supreme Court and

Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court has declined a plea by a Pakistani national seeking extension of visa to stay in India, saying it is a call to be taken by the Executive. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said it cannot allow the request of Syed Waseem Ur Rehman, a Sufi cleric, who had

Source:- india.com “We all ache for a home where we feel safe. A home we can roam about without fear. At 3 on a bone-chilling winter morning or at 11 in the night, amid the darkness that grows over the silent streets; a ‘safe’ home is all we ache for.” Yes, we do long for such

Source:- indiatimes.com KOCHI: The concept that having sex with a woman without her consent amounts to rape has changed recently. As the law stands now, insertion of any object or body part into the vagina would amount to rape. An amendment was brought to IPC Section 375 (rape). As per sub-section 2 of Section 375,

Source:- indiatimes.com BENGALURU: The high court on Monday directed police to provide security to a newly wed couple belonging to different castes. A division bench headed by Justice B S Patil gave this direction after the couple -Suresh Babu, 31, an MBA graduate and resident of Chintamani, and Anuja, 26, an M.Com graduate and resident

Source:- newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: With the warning of passing a strict order against officials for apathy, the High Court on Monday suggested to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) to have a software to deal with the complaints of illegal constructions in city. “There is no dearth of software engineers in the Silicon Valley of India. Why don’t

Source:- indianexpress.com WITH AT least 240 of the 293 cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots being closed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the central government, the Supreme Court on Monday indicated that it wanted a “high-level committee” to monitor the probe and trials, observing that “these cases concern the entire

Source:- hindustantimes.com Overturning its earlier recommendation to put an age cap on candidates taking the law entrance exam, a state advisory committee for legal admissions has asked the government to not restrict aspirants on the basis of their age. Instead, the panel suggested, that the government wait for the outcome of multiple petitions filed in

Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Taking a tough stand against convicted terrorists, the Supreme Court on Monday said those lodged in prison for long years for slaughtering people could not be given parole or interim bail because of family exigencies. “If you are involved in such [a] heinous offence of [the] indiscriminate killing of innocents, you

Source:- livelaw.in The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has set aside a judgment by the trial court in Omerga convicting a woman of her husband’s murder. In a judgment dated April 3, 2013, the sessions court sentenced the accused to life imprisonment. This was challenged by the accused before the high court. A