Source:- intoday.in New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Justice Dipak Misra today inaugurated the Supreme Court Legal Services Committees (SCLSC) video conferencing facility in the court complex. Justice Misra, who is also the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), while launching the revamped website of SCLSC said the committee aims to engage quality lawyers

Source:- financialexpress.com The Supreme Court today summoned Chief Secretaries of nine drought affected states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, for failing to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA). A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur said despite considerable time having passed since the law came into force, these states have failed

Source:- huffingtonpost.in NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday set up a high-powered expert committee to look for technological solution to block the uploading of videos of rape and child pornography on internet. The committee will have the representatives from the central government and the three search engines — Google India, Yahoo India, Microsoft

Source:- barandbench.com In the latest development surrounding the spat between the Bar Council of India and the Delhi Bar Association, the BCI has today issued a press release clarifying their stand. The controversy relates to the recent amendments proposed to the Advocates Act banning lawyers from going on strike and impose a fine on advocates for

Source:- intoday.in The question of whether LK Advani and around a dozen other top leaders including Uma Bharti and Murli Manohar Joshi will stand trial on allegations of conspiring to demolish the Babri Masjid will now take another two weeks to be settled. The Supreme Court today deferred the matter by two weeks due to

Source:- hindustantimes.com A court in Jaipur on Wednesday sentenced two people to life imprisonment for the Ajmer Dargah blast in 2007 that killed three people and wounded 17. The special NIA court had found Hindu right-wing activists Sunil Joshi and Devendra Gupta guilty of planning the blast, and Bhavesh Bhai Patel of planting the explosive.

Source:- indiatimes.com MUMBAI: The Bombay high court refused to release a Bhiwandi youth, who allegedly stalked a minor, raped her under threats and then circulated her nude photos on social media. Justice Sadhana Jadhav dismissed the bail application of Sujit Patil, who was arrested in August 2016. He was booked for stalking, rape and under

Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Imagining cases without invoking printed pages is difficult, but CJI J S Khehar on Wednesday declared that in six to seven months there would be no need to file bulky paper-books as petitions and accompanying documents. He told lawyers in court room no.1 that the Supreme Court will pick case records

Source:- intoday.in The Supreme Court today sought a reply from the Election Commission over a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can be tampered with. The top court has asked the central poll panel to file its reply over the PIL within four weeks. The plea sought examination of the

Source:- indiatimes.com CHANDIGARH: In a rare order directly affecting the lives of paramilitary personnel, the Punjab and Haryana high court has asked Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to consider the transfer case of a constable so that he can cohabit with his wife. “Keeping in view the legitimate hope that the petitioner and his wife