With India’s at approximately 1.2 billion and climbing by the minute, on the eve of World Population Day July 11, a large section of the capital’s fashion fraternity and the page 3 party hoppers called for enacting a law to curb the population explosion. Most of them are even trying to address the issue of [ Read More ]
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Legal NewsCBI given case of two minors’ rape in police stationThe Allahabad High Court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged rape of two minors by four policemen inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district. The court has directed the CBI to complete its investigation within three months and submit its report to the court. According to officials, [ Read More ] Why five months for celebrating bull festival, court to Tamil NaduThe Supreme Court Friday asked the Tamil Nadu government why the time period for celebrating Jalli Kattu, or taming the bull festival usually celebrated during Pongal in January, had been increased to five months and who all stood to benefit from this. It asked the state government to consider reducing the time period for celebrating [ Read More ] Diplomat spy’s judicial custody extendedA Delhi court today extended by 14 days the judicial custody of diplomat Madhuri Gupta, accused of passing classified information to Pakistani intelligence agencies. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja extended her judicial custody till May 29 after the probe agency submitted during in-chamber proceedings that the sanction from government was awaited to initiate further action [ Read More ] Delhi High Court cautions magistrates against abusing powersThe Delhi High Court Friday cautioned metropolitan magistrates in trial courts against abusing their powers, saying they should strictly abide by the guidelines. Justice M.C.Garg, giving a slew of directions to the magistrates, ruled that any order should be passed only after applying the judicial mind and this should reflect in their orders. ‘When a [ Read More ] ‘Acquittal on benefit of doubt not grounds for dismissal’The Gujarat High Court Friday ruled that the acquittal of an individual on benefit of doubt cannot be the ground for his dismissal from government service. The ruling came from a division bench of Justice Bhagwati Prasad and Justice S.R. Brahmbhatt, hearing the petition of Himmatsinh Vankar, who contended that a case registered against an [ Read More ] SC Judge Swatanter Kumar delivers record 75 judgements in one daySupreme Court judge Swantanter Kumar set a new record by delivering 75 judgements on a single day! Seventy seven matters were listed for judgement, out of which 75 judgements have been written by Justice Kumar. Justice Kumar has earlier set another record when he delivered more than 80 judgements in one day when he was [ Read More ] SC appreciates Solicitor General’s efforts for import policyTaking serious note of grave threat to national security by illegal smuggling of war material, the Supreme Court has appreciated the efforts of Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramaniam in preparing a comprehensive policy to ensure strict supervision and surveillance on imports. With the efforts of Mr Subramaniam, the Union Home Ministry had prepared the [ Read More ] Saket court complex misses more deadliinesThe Saket district court complex in south Delhi, which with 80 courts and 666 lawyers’ chambers will become India’s largest, has missed another deadline for completion. What’s more, authorities still can’t say when it will become operational. When operational, the seven-storey court complex will take on a major part of the burden of the Patiala [ Read More ] |
