Source – newindianexpress.com ALAPPUZHA: After the successful demolition of the five residential highrises constructed in Maradu municipality in Ernakulam for flouting the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules, all eyes are on the 54 villas of Kapico Kerala Resorts (Private) Limited on Nediyathuruthu Island in Vembanad Lake at Panavally panchayat of Alappuzha. The Supreme Court recently upheld

Source – NEW DELHI: The Telangana High Court has ruled that the five-year fees being collected by private medical colleges in the state as “illegal, arbitrary and violative of Art.14 of the Constitution of India”, because the actual course duration is four and half years. The court, while directing colleges to collect the tuition fee for

Source – hindustantimes.com The Bombay high court (HC) has granted bail to a 25-year-old man who was in jail since April 2018 for raping a 14-year-old girl on grounds that the victim’s conduct indicates she left her home of her own free will and “she had surrendered to the physical desires of the applicant out

Source – Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would not take up the case of Michelle Carter, a woman serving a 15-month sentence for her part in her boyfriend’s death by suicide. Carter had asked the justices to take up her case, arguing that her conviction three years ago for involuntary manslaughter — based on her

Source – hindustantimes.com People in Kashmir on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order to the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review internet curbs and were hopeful that services will be restored at the earliest. They have started enquiring from officials on when they could actually have internet facilities back on their phones, homes and offices since the

Source – www.hindustantimes.com The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to internet companies Apple, Google and WhatsApp on petitions of three professors of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The professors had approached the court on Friday seeking directions to preserve data, CCTV footage and other evidence relating to the January 5 violence on JNU campus. The petition filed by

Source – opindia.com The counsel appearing on behalf of the Income Tax department had requested recusal of the Madras HC judge for the tax evasion case involving Congress Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram and his wife Srinidhi citing that the justice before being elevated to the position of Madras HC judge served as lawyer for Karti and his

Source – indianexpress.com Statements of official witnesses are to be treated at par with the independent witnesses, unless some motive for false implication or false deposition is found to be there, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said. Observing that non-examination of an independent witness does not have any effect on the trial, the

Source – news18.com Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the UP government to regulate the sale and distribution of acid. The court further directed the state government to file its counter affidavit on January 31, detailing steps being taken in this regard. A bench of Chief Justice Goving Mathur and Justice

Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Amidst increasing pendency of cases, vacancies in high courts have already crossed 400. The Centre is facing a challenge in filling the same and is blaming the states for sending the names of judges late to the collegium. Attorney General KK Venugopal told the top court that government alone could