Source:- india.com Gandhinagar, March 31 (IANS) The Gujarat assembly on Friday made its anti-cow slaughter law the toughest in the country with the offence now becoming non-bailable and punishable with a life-time in jail. The Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2017, was passed with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s brute majority and the opposition Congress

Source:- india.com The Supreme Court has directed CBSE to allow students above 25 years to apply online for the NEET  UG exam. The MCI and CBSE said that since the last date is already closed it will be difficult. The Counsel (petitioner) stated that in absence of regulation by Medical Council for India the age limit

Source:- thehindu.com In an openly confrontational hearing, controversial Calcutta High Court judge, Justice C.S. Karnan on Friday challenged a seven judge Bench of the Supreme Court to “arrest and put him in jail” for contempt. Countering an order of the Bench led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar to file an affidavit explaining his

Source:- greaterkashmir.com Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed will on Saturday take over new as Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Governor N N Vohra will administer the oath of office to Ahmad  at 2 pm in Jammu. President of India has already appointed the Delhi High Court Judge, Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed as the

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court refused on Friday to entertain a PIL that alleged that political organisations were resorting to hartals to hoodwink repeated judicial pronouncements banning strike and bandh calls, which paralysed normal life. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said, “Hartals can never be

Source:- thehindu.com Justice Indira Banerjee, presently a judge of the Delhi High Court has been appointed by the President as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Ms. Justice Banerjee would be the second woman next to Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (June – November, 1992) to head the charted court. Born on September 24, 1957

Source:- thenewsminute.com In a significant judgement, the Hyderabad High Court acquitted P Satyam Babu, who had spent many years in jail, for the rape and murder of Ayesha Meera, a 17-year-old pharmacy student in Vijayawada. The murder took place in 2007, and Satyam Babu was convicted by a Vijayawada women’s special sessions court in 2010, and

Source:- thehindu.com The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking to restrict lawmakers from practising any other profession, saying though the petitioner has a valid point the issue is beyond the realm of its jurisdiction. “The prayers made in this petition do not fall within the realm of our jurisdiction under Article 32 of the

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to relax an earlier order banning liquor vends along national and state highways, but gave relaxation for areas with population less than 20,000. The top court modified its order for areas having a population of up to 20,000 and reduced the distance norm in these

Source:- hindustantimes.com After fixing three important cases involving constitutional questions the Supreme Court has prepared a roll of over 5,000 cases to be listed during the forthcoming summer break. These matters would be heard by the two regular vacation benches – comprising two judges each – that would sit from May 11 to July 2.