Source:-newindianexpress MADURAI: The Court Hall No. 12 of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court was still active when the clock ticked towards eight on Thursday evening — the last day of the three-month sitting that began in July. While it is not unusual to witness judges put in extra hours, what made Thursday special
Source:-newindianexpress ROURKELA: After a PIL was filed in the Orissa High Court by Bimlagarh-Talcher Sangram Samiti (BTSS) on September 14 seeking expeditious land acquisition process for Talcher-Bimlagarh broad gauge rail line in Sundargarh, Deogarh and Angul districts, the project has started moving forward. Around 693 acre private land in the three district remains to be
Source:-newindianexpress BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday took serious exception to delays in investigation, trials and low conviction in cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and issued multiple directions including to the State government for the effective implementation of the Act.A division bench comprising Chief Justice
source:-newindianexpress CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, in the assembly session on Wednesday, announced that steps would be taken for stricter punishment for crimes against women and children. According to the announcement, with the central government’s concurrence, steps would be taken to make the following amendments to Crimes against Women under the Indian
Source:-newindianexpress HYDERABAD: A public interest litigation has been filed in the Telangana High Court challenging the GO 131 issued by the State Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) Department on August 31 this year for regularisation of unapproved and illegal layouts under the Land Regularisation Scheme (LRS) in both rural and urban areas in the
Source:-newindianexpress NEW DELHI: With Justice Arun Mishra set to retire on September 2, the strength of the Supreme Court judges will not only get reduced to 30 from the total 34 but the regional imbalance will get further accentuated. As many as nine high courts are not represented at all in the apex court and
Source:-newindianexpress NEW DELHI: With Justice Arun Mishra set to retire on September 2, the strength of the Supreme Court judges will not only get reduced to 30 from the total 34 but the regional imbalance will get further accentuated. As many as nine high courts are not represented at all in the apex court and
Source:-newindianexpress CHENNAI: Taking serious view of Tambaram Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) defying the court’s and tehsildar’s previous orders by approving transfer of a 35-acre land’s patta that was registered with Chrome Leather Factory Limited, the Madras High Court quashed the land transfer order. It also said that it “does not want to use any strong
Source:-newindianexpress MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday granted permission for a Muharram procession in the city with stringent restrictions in place in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and Madhav Jamdar gave permission after the Maharashtra government granted hearing to a local Shia Muslim organisation that had petitioned
