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Ola Driver Sexually Harrass and 'Molest' Additional Sessions Judge: Gets Arrested, services Terminates

03 Jun 2016
June,3,2016: Ola Driver started shouting at the Lady Judge, threw her bag and abused her.In pursuance of the charges of molestation on one of the Ola cab driver by an Additional Sessions Judge at the...
 

Glimmer of Hope for Jayalalithaa in DA Case as SC observes,''Only ill-gotten assets a Crime''

02 Jun 2016
June,2,2016: This was the first hearing after Ms. Jayalalithaa won the Assembly elections.Supreme Court has observed on Wednesday that Acquisition of financial assets per se is not an offence or  cri...
 

Indira Jaising’s NGO ‘Lawyers’ Collective’ suspended for 6 months by Home Ministry

01 Jun 2016
June,1,2016: Indira Jaising is said to have received payment to the tune of Rs 96 lakh from the NGO’s foreign funds.Home Ministry has suspended the FCRA registration of Lawyers Collective, an advocac...
 

Muslim Youth being framed in False Terror Cases by Police: Central Govt. express concern

01 Jun 2016
June,1,2016: Instead of prosecuting all suspects as Terrorists, policy being designed for their de-radicalisation.DV Sadananda Gowda, Union minister for Law and Justice has expressed concern about Mus...
 

Supreme Court passing Senseless and Unscientific Judgments: castigates Union Defence Minister

31 May 2016
May,31,2016: Diesel vehicles ban is leading to loss of thousands of Jobs in Auto Sector.The directives of the Apex Court are “senseless” and “without any scientific basis”, feels Defence Minister Mano...
 

Delhi High Court passes Landmark Judgment mandating,''One Bar, One Vote'' in all Bars Associations

31 May 2016
May,31,2016: ''One Bar, One Vote'' is a contentious issue with all the Bars Associations in Delhi and else where.In a Landmark Judgment passed by the Division Bench of Justices HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S....
 

SC revolutionizes MACT Cases pan India by extending Procedure formulated by Delhi High Court Judge

30 May 2016
May,30,2016: Procedure formulated by Justice JR Midha of Delhi High Court is a revolutionary step in mitigating the woes of Road Accident Victims.Supreme Court has lately passed an order which would...
 

Special Court directs CBI to probe alleged Disproportionate Assets of Ex-Chief of RAW

30 May 2016
May,30,2016: Properties in NOIDA under scanner.Special CBI Court in Delhi has issued directions to inquire into complaint of amassing of disproportionate assets by a former secretary of the Research a...
 

Police action against Comedian's mindless Video bad mouthing Lata & Tendulkar, watch it Here

30 May 2016
May,30,2016: Google and YouTube are being approached by Mumbai police to block it.Google and YouTube are being approached by Mumbai police asking them to block comedian Tanmay Bhat's latest Video - no...
 

Italy paid Murdered Fishermen’s families Rs. 30 Lakhs each through Church for release of Marines

29 May 2016
May,29,2016: Italy used local Church contacts in Kerala and paid compensation to Murder Victims’ families.Just a few days after the Supreme Court of India allowed the second Italian Marine to return h...
 

High Court: Judges should not disclose Victim’s name in Sexual Assault Cases to save her reputation, Read Text

29 May 2016
May,29,2016: Trial court is not expected to indicate the victim’s name in the Judgement.Delhi High Court lambastes Judges for mentioning the name of victims in the judgments passed in sexual assault...
 

Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Reservation for Jats and five other communities

26 May 2016
May,26,2016: SC had had earlier said that Jats are not backward socially, educationally or politically.The High Court of Punjab and Haryana High has today stayed the much Politicised reservation for J...
 

SC allows Second Italian Marine detained for killing Indian Fishermen to Leave India

26 May 2016
May,26,2016: Salvatore Girone, one of the two Marines accused of killing two fishermen off Kerala, will return to ItalySupreme Court today allowed the Petition of Salvatore Girone, who is one of the t...
 

CJI Thakur's claim on need of 40,000 Judges not based on Scientific Data: Law Minister Gowda

26 May 2016
May,26,2016:Law Commission of India jumped to 40,000 Judges figure without any scientific data. CJI simply relied on it. In an interesting development D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Union Law & Justice Min...
 

Newspaper's Sexist Article''10 Most Beautiful IAS and IPS Officers In India'' creates controversy

25 May 2016
May,25,2016: Hindi Daily's article titled ''10 Most Beautiful IAS and IPS Officers In India'' criticized.Disappointed over a sexist listicle done by a Hindi daily Bhaskar, titled “10 Most Beautiful IA...
 

High Court throws out PIL seeking to insulate Sitting Judges from Complaints, terms it 'Frivolous'

25 May 2016
May,25,2016: Requested Registrar to issue Circular to Protect sitting Judges from Complaints.Today a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) came up for hearing before High Court of Delhi seeking directions...
 

President signs NEET Ordinance overuling SC Orders, State Boards left out this year

24 May 2016
May,24,2016: Students of State boards will not have to sit for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test on July 24.President Mukherjee has lately signed the NEET Ordinance amid high drama. The Union...
 

Now, Income Tax Department decides to 'name and shame' all Crorepati defaulters

24 May 2016
May,24,2016: Defaulter's names, addresses, contacts, PAN number etc will be published in news papers & Web Portals.In an interesting development the Income Tax Department has taken a decision to '...
 

SC vacation Bench agrees to hear Italian Marine Salvatore Girone’s plea to go back to Italy

23 May 2016
May,23,2016: Proceedings before International Arbitration would be completed only by December 2018.The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the plea of Salvatore Girone on May 26, one of the two Italia...
 

HC: We will Protect Judges from biased attacks, so that they work fearlessly & independently,Read Text

23 May 2016
May,23,2016: Stressed the Rule that You may criticise the Judgment not the Judge.Bombay High Court has ruled that Court and Judges cannot function fearlessly and independently unless they are protecte...
 

Will never tolerate any illegality even if committed by my Children: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

22 May 2016
May,22,2016: He was inaugurating Pool campaign for the 2017 Goa Assembly polls.Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister has said he would never spare even his own children if they were found to be involv...
 

Post Assam win, Govt. asks NCERT to add Indian Tea in NCERT Books as Largest Women Employer

22 May 2016
May,22,2016: People should know that First Indian Tea planter Maniram Dewan was hanged by the British for his involvement in the 1857 Freedom Struggle.Upon receipt of a request of North East Tea Asso...
 

Will the new Real Estate Regulation and Development Act,2016 be a game changer?

22 May 2016
May,22,2016: The new Law will  tame the Builders and make ‘Consumer the King’Both the Builders and Buyers have hailed the new Real Estate Regulation and Development Act,2016. As soon as it was Notifie...
 

Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016 notified by Govt. is a benchmark to deal with threats : All you should know

21 May 2016
May,21,2016: The new enactment shows Civil Aviation's preparedness to new types of threat.Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, has received the assent of the President on 13 May and comes into effect from 16 May...
 

Center's decision to nullify SC Order on NEET by Ordinance route comes under challange

21 May 2016
May,21,2016: Arvind Kejriwal  Delhi CM has opposed the Ordinance route adopted by GOI.The Union Cabinet has passed an Ordinance with an aim to override the Supreme Court Judgment on NEET. Govt. has t...
 

Soon, Law for mandatory 50% reservation for Woman in Local Bodies

21 May 2016
May,21,2016: Currently Women representation in these bodies is only 9 %Chaudhary Birender Singh, Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has declared that soon Govt. will bring a legis...
 

Legal Fraternity up in arms against Times of India for Malicious reporting on sitting HC Justice

20 May 2016
May,20,2016: Senior Advocate Indira Jaising termed the News item as a “targeted attack.”Thirty four Advocates, including stalwarts Mr. Fali S. Nariman, Mr. Soli Sorabjee, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. Dushyant...
 

High Court to Delhi Govt: Implementation of Notifications is your Job, why rush to Courts

19 May 2016
May,19,2016: Uber and Ola Taxis are charging fares as low as Rs.5 per km, affecting the livelihood of Auto Rickshaw Drivers.Delhi Government got a dressing of sorts today when Delhi High Court ruled t...
 

CM Arvind Kejriwal releases Delhi Statehood Draft Bill,2016, to meet PM Modi, Read Bill & Primer here

18 May 2016
May,18,2016: BJP had been promising a full statehood for Delhi, says Kejriwal.Today Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal released the Draft State of Delhi Bill, 2016 for full statehood to Delhi as a State. It aim...
 

Supreme Court doors knocked by Women as she is Divorced via Speed Post

18 May 2016
May,18,2016: All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board  has already raised a demand for complete abolition of concept and practice of Triple Talaq.A young Muslim Women, Ms. Afreen Rehman, 25, got a s...
 

Nurses up in arms against 'Vulgarity' in Kapil Sharma's new Comedy Show, plans to sue him

18 May 2016
May,17,2016: Nursing Union is now planning to file a defamation case against Kapil Sharma.Nurses from several Medical Colleges and Hospitals at Amritsar are up in arms and have launched an agitation a...
 

Mylord hardly sits in Court for an Hour a day, is always off to Conferences, a complaint made to CJI

17 May 2016
May,17,2016: Justice is in a habit of giving public lecture to litigants while sitting in Court. Chief Justice of India T S Thakur received a complaint about a sitting Delhi High Court Judge. In a rar...
 

Sushil Kumar moves Delhi High Court seeking Justice for Rio Olympics, 2016 slot

16 May 2016
May,16,2016: Union Sports Minister has opined against any further intervention in the matter.After exhausting all his options and left with no other hope, two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar has n...
 

Judiciary must draw its own ‘Lakshmanrekha’: FM Arun Jaitley

16 May 2016
May,16,2016: The executive decisions in governance are to be taken by the Executive and not the Judiciary, says FM.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday yet again flagged concerns over judicial ove...
 

Justice Mukul Mudgal appointed as Dy. Chairman FIFA Governance Committee

15 May 2016
May,15,2016: Justice Mukul Mudgal, who had headed the IPL Spot-Fixing probe is appointed as Deputy Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee.Indian football and Judiciary saw a major Development, world Fo...
 

High Court: It is 'Very Unfortunate' that an Appeal heard by 75 Justices in 30 Years is still pending

15 May 2016
May,15,2016:Litigating Party tries to bring the opponent on its knees by tiring out its financial resources and patience during trial, said the Justice. The  High Court of Delhi has remarked,"It is qu...
 

Private Hospital asked to pay Rs.64 Lac as new born Child turns Blind due to Medical Negligence

15 May 2016
May,15,2016: NCDRC found it to be a case of medical negligence as standard of practice or due care of the patient was not followed.Maharaja Agrasen Hospital a West Delhi-based Private Hospital and thr...
 

Nation's Pride Two time Olympic Medalist Sushil Kumar Pleads for Justice

14 May 2016
May,14,2016:Nations Hero waiting for Justice, might move Court. His chances of ensuring a third successive Olympic appearance hanging in a delicate balance. Two-time Olympic Medallist Sushil Kumar ma...
 

Man who lodged Criminal Case against PM for ‘insulting’ the National Flag claims Physical Assault

14 May 2016
May,14,2016: His Complaint is Pending disposal before the Court.A man, who had filed a complaint against PM Narendra Modi for allegedly “insulting” the Indian National Flag, on Saturday told a Delhi...
 

3,800 DTC buses in National Capital Delhi to get CCTV cameras for Women Safety

14 May 2016
May,14,2016: Live feed will be sent to a centralised monitoring and control room.Delhi's AAP Government has decided to invite open tenders for CCTV cameras to be installed in all 3,800 Delhi Transport...
 
 

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