Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it would soon formulate a regulatory regime, similar to one existing for all telecom operators, for Over-The-Top (OTT) services like WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype, WeChat and Google Talk. The department of telecom’s main argument was that OTTs use the network of telecom service

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Following a widespread impact of Supreme Court’s order banning the sale of liquor along National and State Highways, banquet halls, marriage gardens and tent associations have decided to challenge SC’s decision. The move comes up after the excise department decided to stop issuing one-day liquor licenses for marriages and parties held in banquet

Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the Karnataka government’s plea seeking review of its verdict by which it had abated the proceedings in a disproportionate assets case against late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. “Applications for personal hearing of review petitions before the court are rejected. “We have considered the review petitions

Souce:- indianexpress.com Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said his state attracts a lot of international tourists and hence some relaxation is needed with regard to Supreme Court order banning liquor along highways. “India is a vast country…Goa is a tourist state, we need some relaxations. But I am not going to denotify highways,”

Source:- indialivetoday.com Thiruvananthapuram/Kerala, April 6: In a relief to former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, a city civil court on Wednesday annulled its verdict directing six persons, including him and a firm to together pay Rs 1,60,85,700 in a case relating to the alleged solar scam. The court said that the case would be heard

Source:- hindustantimes.com India’s oldest civil case pending in a court — since 1956 — is in the Rajasthan high court. This is followed by the Jharkhand high court where a civil case is pending since 1958, and the Orissa high court, where a civil case is pending since 1961. For criminal cases, the Allahabad and

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Preferring social welfare to legal technicality, the Supreme Court has held that even if a woman is disentitled to maintenance from her husband during the period of separation after deserting him, she will be entitled to it after divorce if she is unable to sustain herself. The judiciary has resorted to

Source:- in.news.yahoo.com With the appointment of Justice Indira Banerjee as the Chief justice of the Madras High Court on Wednesday, four high courts in India are now headed by women. The sex ratio in the Indian judicial system is skewed as it is not representative of the female population of the country, and therefore, this

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: Bombay High Court has said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation must use modern technology including satellite and drones to supervise unauthorised constructions. “Make use of satellite…make use of drones. Human machinery has failed,” said a bench of Justice Naresh Patila and Justice Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi on April 5. The observations were made as the court

Source:- indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Friday directed various high courts to initiate steps for appointing independent public prosecutors for POCSO courts meant for trial of sexual offence cases against children. Terming the issue as “extremely important and significant”, a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar also directed the Delhi High Court to