Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com KOCHI: Kerala High Court today held that license is not required for serving liquor in private functions organised in houses. The Court delivered the order while considering a plea by one Alex V Chacko apprehending harassment by police and excise department authorities in a baptism function in which he is planning to serve

Source:- ndtv.com CHENNAI:  Ordering status quo on a bid to relocate a liquor shop near an educational institution, the Madras High Court has said it’s time the Tamil Nadu government should review its liquor policy respecting people’s wishes. Rejecting the government’s argument that curbing liquor trade would result in flow of spurious liquor, Justice K

Source:- deccanherald.com University Grants Commission on Friday directed 34 deemed universities which offer medical programmes to abide by the Supreme Court’s recent order while filling up their seats as the Central Board of Secondary Education declared the results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). The Centre’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will conduct the

Source:- news18.com New Delhi: There is more garbage than land for people in the national capital, the Delhi High Court said on Friday, citing photographs in news showing the accumulation of solid waste in various parts of the city. The court said a will to work was needed to clean up the city and not

Source:- hindustantimes.com The BJP government in Uttarakhand has moved the Supreme Court to relieve it of the duty of being the legal guardian of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. Challenging a three-month-old verdict of the Uttarakhand High Court declaring the Ganga and Yamuna living entities, bestowing on them same legal rights as a person, the

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD: Eloping with a minor Muslim girl does not attract abduction charges nor the charge of statutory rape if the couple gets married. This is because the courts have approved of marriage of Muslim girls before they reach the age of 18 as per Sharia laws. Gujarat high court recently quashed abduction charges

Source:- indiatimes.com On June 18, it was reported that crimes against women seem to have dropped in the capital of New Delhi this year. According to figures released by Delhi Police, 836 cases of rape have been reported till May 31 compared with 924 in the same period last year. Molestation cases have gone down

Source:- indianexpress.com The Punjabi diaspora in Canada has added yet another feather to its cap with Palbinder Kaur Shergil becoming the first turbaned Sikh woman to be nominated as the judge of Supreme Court there. Already, most of the the 19 Indian-origin members of the Canadian Parliament are Punjabis. Shergill, who originally hails from a

Source:- hindustantimes.com According to statistics provided by the law ministry, the Narendra Modi government has substantially increased the number of posts for judges in the high courts and judicial officers in the districts while failing to fill pre-existing vacancies. The number of unfulfilled judicial posts has skyrocketed. Nearly 40% of judges are missing from the

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The government appears to have zeroed in on constitutional expert K K Venugopal as Mukul Rohatgi’s successor for the attorney general’s post. The 86-year-old looks set to return as a law officer after a gap of 40 years. Official sources confirmed that Venugopal has emerged as the front-runner for the AG’s