Source:- newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Supreme Court today said it was “tentatively not convinced” with the grounds taken by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to challenge Lok Sabha Speaker’s decision to certify a bill to amend Aadhaar law as a money bill. As the government asserted that it fulfilled the criteria as the expenditure for the welfare schemes

Source:- hindustantimes.com Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has come down strongly on Fabindia for selling its ready-made cotton garments as khadi products without approval and threatened legal action if this was not stopped immediately. In a notice to Fabindia, a multi-city apparel and home furnishings store, KVIC noted that the company had been warned

Source:- livelaw.in Calcutta High Court on Friday commuted the death sentence awarded by Additional Sessions Judge Arambagh to Lakhikanta Adhikary who killed his 26 year old wife and 7 year old son. The High Court awarded life imprisonment with minimum 30 years without remission. The case of the prosecution is that accused Lakhikanta Adhikary was

AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala suffered a major jolt with the Supreme Court upholding the trial court’s judgment convicting her in the 21-year-old disproportionate case against her. With this, Sasikala stands disqualified to take over as Tamil Nadu chief minister. The apex court set aside the Karnataka High Court judgment of May 11, 2015 which

Source:- intoday.in Modifying its earlier order ordering that everybody must stand while the national anthem is played in theatres, the Supreme Court today said the audience need not stand if the anthem is part of a film. The apex court said the audience need not stand up when the national anthem is part of the

Source:- ipleaders.in There are more than 2.18 crore cases pending in district courts across the country. 12 states have more than 5 lakh cases to decide while a little more than one case, on an average, is awaiting conclusion for at least 10 years. Cases for divorce is not an exception. In India, divorce cases

Source:- indiatimes.com KOCHI: The high court held that if a dangerous animal poses threat to human lives, a public servant, such as a police officer, should give preference to saving human lives. Even if the public servant’s decision to kill the animal turns out to be wrong, he is protected under law and cannot be

Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Five new judges were on Wednesday appointed to the Supreme Court, taking it working strength to 28. President Pranab Mukherjee has signed their Warrants of Appointment and the notifications will be issued shortly, sources in the government said here. Those elevated to the apex court are five high court judges, including

Source:- ndtv.com AHMEDABAD:  The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed police in Anand district to take a pregnant girl to the family of her alleged rapist, after she told the court that she loved him and wanted to give birth to his child. The court also asked the social welfare officer of Mahisagar district, where

Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court refused to entertain AIADMK chief V K Sasikala’s plea on Wednesday seeking more time to surrender for undergoing jail term in the disproportionate assets case. “We do not intend to pass any order on this. We are not going to change anything in the judgement,” a bench headed by Justice