Source: freemalaysiatoday.com PETALING JAYA: The number of Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIP) cases that ended in conviction in 2018 was 115, while between January and July this year there were 23 convictions, the de facto law minister’s office clarified today. Samantha Chong, the press secretary to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Liew Vui Keong, said
Source: newindianexpress.com DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday issued contempt notices to secretary, urban development of Uttarakhand, district magistrate of Haridwar district and Senior Superintendent of Police, Haridwar for non-compliance of Court’s directions regarding the slaughter of animals in the open. Kartikey Hari Gupta, counselling for the petitioner said, “In September 2018, the honourable court
Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has held that state government’s recognition for a school is mandatory for the institution to get affiliation from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The court said lack of government recognition disentitled the consideration of affiliation under the bylaws of the board.The school management would do well
Source: nationalheraldindia.com In a major setback to the Yogi Adityanath government, the Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed its decision to include 17 Other Backward Castes (OBC) in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list. The court’s decision came on a petition filed by social activist Gorakh Prasad. On June 24, the state government had directed District
Source: newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: In a huge setback to the Telangana government, a division bench of the High Court on Monday set aside the Cabinet decision dated June 18 this year to demolish the 150-year-old Errum Manzil building and construct a new state legislative Assembly and Council complex in its place. Although the judicial review of
Source: barandbench.com The Bombay High Court recently upheld an arbitral award passed in favour of the Government of Israel, and directed a company in South Mumbai to refund a security deposit worth Rs. 1.17 crore paid for office space given on rent basis for the Israeli Consulate between 2009 and 2012. Justice RD Dhanuka passed an order to
Source: outlookindia.com Nainital, Sept 13 The Uttarakhand High Court Thursday began hearing a petition challenging an ordinance that exempted politicians from paying the market rent for government bungalows allocated to them as ex-chief ministers. Last week, Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya promulgated the ordinance exempting former chief ministers from paying the high rent. The ordinance
Source: deccanchronicle.com Chennai: The All India Bar Association has requested the Central government to take forward the recommendation of the Supreme Court and notify the transfer of the incumbent Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court A.K.Mittal, paving way for his quick assumption of charge as Chief Justice of Madras High Court. In a press release, Adish
Source: thehindu.com The Students’ Joint Action Committee held protests outside the district Telugu Desam Party office here on Wednesday, demanding that people’s representatives put pressure on the State government to establish the capital city and the High Court in Kurnool city. The protesters alleged that district TDP president Somisetty Venkateswarlu had made statements earlier which
Source: indianexpress.com THE state government has decided to remove the mandatory condition of Rs 50 lakh Compulsory Service Bonds for admission in two postgraduate medical superspeciality courses – paediatric surgery and cardiothoracic vascular surgery – in state government medical colleges from the academic session 2019-20, citing no takers since the condition was introduced in 2014.
