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Central Information Commission: Each Central & State Minister liable to answer RTI Application

13 Mar 2016

March,13,2016: Ministers in the Union and state cabinets are "public authorities" liable to answer public questions addressed to them under the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commis...

Matrimonial Breakups: After Celebrities Karishma Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar and Hritik Roshan now Malaika Arora files for Divorce Decree

12 Mar 2016

March,12,2016:The rumours may just be true on this one. Looks like Malaika Arora Khan has indeed filed for divorce from her husband of 17 years, producer-actor Arbaaz Khan. According to reports, Ma...

Taking cue from Mallya episode, SEBI now bars willful Loan defaulters from Market & holding post in Listed Companies

12 Mar 2016

March,12,2016: Cracking its whip on 'wilful loan defaulters', markets regulator Sebi decided to bar them from raising public funds through stocks and bonds as also from taking board positions at liste...

Bombay High Court agrees to hear if usage of 'Satyamev Jayate' by Aamir Khan is in violation of National Emblem Act

12 Mar 2016

March,12,2016: Bombay High Court today sought a response from actor Aamir Khan and Star TV to a PIL by an activist taking objection to the use of words 'Satyamev Jayate' for their television programme...

PM Modi to Courts: Use Technology to improve efficiency and the quality of Judgments

12 Mar 2016

The Prime Minister recalled the contribution of several legal luminaries in the Independence struggle of the country. March,12,2016: While giving his key-note address at the function of closing cente...

SC clears 12 unsuccessful Candidates of 2014 Delhi Judicial Services Exam for Interview,Read Text

12 Mar 2016

March,12,2016: The Supreme Court lately gave a ray of hope to 12 unsuccessful candidates of 2014 Delhi Judicial Services examination, who were later declared successful in re-valuation conducted by th...

BCCI's last-ditch effort to thwart the Supreme Court from bringing Transparency in Cricket, Read Text

12 Mar 2016

March,12,2016: The BCCI had lately submitted to the Supreme Court, its response to the Lodha Committee report. While acknowledging that the cricket body has "benefitted greatly from the Report of the...

Both Houses pass Carriage by Air Bill to hike compensation for Air Travellers, Read Text

12 Mar 2016

March,12,2016: A Bill providing for enhanced compensation to air travelers in case of death, injury, lost baggage or even inordinate delay in flights, was passed by Parliament on Friday. The Carriage...

Supreme Court: PILs are for poor people, not for converting 'India' into 'Bharat'

11 Mar 2016

March,11,2016: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea demanding changing the name of India to Bharat as it took strong exception to the petitioner asking him whether he thinks it has nothing else to...

Supreme Court: Law does not bind the State to give reservation in promotions to SC,ST, Read Text

11 Mar 2016

March,11,2016: The state is not duty-bound to give reservation in promotion to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees, the Supreme Court said on Friday. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Pra...

Aadhar Bill,2016 passed in Lok Sabha: Govt. claims it would save Nation Rs.20,000 Crore, Read Bill Text

11 Mar 2016

March,11,2016: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Aadhaar bill to provide a unique identity to residents and give legal teeth to the government in ensuring that its subsidies and services directly rea...

Calling Women and Girls ‘Honey’, ‘Baby’ or 'Chinki' can now land you in Jail

11 Mar 2016

March,11,2016: Did you know calling a woman ‘baby’ or ‘honey’ against her will can land you in jail? To inform youngsters about this and many other lesser-known aspects that can count as sexual harass...

Real Estate Bill: Will it tame the Builders and make 'Consumer the King', Read Full Text Here

11 Mar 2016

It seeks to make consumer the king, says Minister Venkaiah Naidu. March,11,2016: The Rajya Sabha passed a landmark Real Estate Bill on Thursday with a promise to secure the interests of home buyers a...

Despite SC direction of ensuring his safety, Kanhaiya assaulted in JNU Campus itself

10 Mar 2016

March,10,2016: JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is facing sedition charges, was allegedly attacked on campus Thursday by a youth believed to be an outsider. According to students and...

Law Commission get new Chairman with Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan

10 Mar 2016

March,10,2016: Former Supreme Court Judge Balbir Singh Chauhan was today appointed Chairman of the 21st Law Commission, a post lying vacant since last September. “Govt. appoints Dr. Justice Balbir Sin...

HC terms it 'A Eco Disaster', SC refuse to hear against it but NGT allows with Rs.5 Crore Fine: World Culture Festival

10 Mar 2016

March,10,2016: The Supreme Court refused to entertain on Thursday a petition against the World Culture Festival, a day after the National Green Tribunal cleared the controversial three-day event in sp...

Court believes Jaitley's plea that he is a man of integrity, makes Kejriwal an Accused for Defaming him

10 Mar 2016

March,10,2016: A Delhi court on Wednesday summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party leaders on a defamation complaint filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in conne...

Even as Banks line up at SC for hearing, Kingfisher Mallya does a vanishing act, flees Country

09 Mar 2016

March,9,2016: Industrialist Vijay Mallya left the country the day public sector banks, to whom he owed over Rs. 9000 crore in loans, moved the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) on March 2, 2016 against him...

Supreme Court: Close all Coaching Centers being run in residential areas, they are nuisance to Women

09 Mar 2016

March,9,2016:Youngsters come with bikes and loiter around, harassing women and old people. The Supreme Court on Tuesday said coaching centres in residential areas were a nuisance to women and the elde...

Right to Information Act will not apply to Appointment of High Court & SC Judges: Modi Govt.

09 Mar 2016

March,9,2016: The Government has decided against bringing appointments to the higher judiciary under the purview of RTI Act, Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said on Tuesday noting transparency can be...

Central Govt. finally decides to increase the strength of High court Judges by 25% by adding 225 Posts

08 Mar 2016

March,8,2016: Union Law Minister Mr. Sadananda Gowda has today declared that the Central Government has increased the sanctioned Strength of Judges in High Courts by 25%, in Consultation with Chief Ju...

17 Banks join hands in knocking Supreme Court door to stop Vijay Mallya from fleeing country

08 Mar 2016

March,8,2016: The SBI and other banks on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court with a plea to prevent Vijay Mallya from leaving the country. The SBI leads a consortium of 17 lenders to the grounded Kingfis...

Scotch Whisky industry hails Indian Court verdict restraining Indian Companies from using “Scotch”

08 Mar 2016

March,8,2016: The £5-billion(Rs.48,000 Crore) Scotch whisky industry is celebrating a recent decision by one of India’s new commercial courts that granted permanent injunctions against three Indian co...

Man who placed bounty on Kanhaiya's head is arrested by Delhi Police

07 Mar 2016

March,7,2016: Adarsh Sharma has been booked under several Indian Penal Code sections, including one which is non-bailable. After coming across as soft in their stance against a man who announced a bou...

Modi Govt. wants SC to add “Merit and Integrity” as “Prime Criteria” for appointment of SC & HC Judges

07 Mar 2016

March,7,2016: For the first time, the Government has sought to include “merit and integrity” as “prime criteria” for appointment of judges to the higher judiciary. It has also proposed selection of u...

CPI(M) pleads to SC: Right to Information Act (RTI) is an undemocratic infringement if applied to Political Parties

07 Mar 2016

March,7,2016: Bringing a political party under the Right to Information Act will lead to an undemocratic infringement on its confidential discussions, including its attitude to the government and plan...

Kerala HC Judge: Why Muslim women could not have Four Husbands under Gender Equality

07 Mar 2016

March,6,2016: Kerala high court judge Justice B Kamal Pasha stirred a hornet’s nest on Sunday by asking why Muslim women could not have four husbands while the men enjoyed the same privilege under the...

HM Rajnath says Modi Govt. alive to the need to ensure Access to Justice for All

06 Mar 2016

March,6,2016: There is a need to ensure access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. Addressin...

Haryana Govt. decides to introduce Bill for Jat quota in coming Assembly Session

06 Mar 2016

March,6,2016: The Haryana government will introduce a bill in the state assembly in the forthcoming session to grant reservation to five communities, including the Jats, chief minister Manohar Lal Kha...

Chief Justice Madras HC makes singing of National Anthem in all Private Schools mandatory

05 Mar 2016

March,5,2016: The Madras High Court has made it clear that the national anthem should be sung in all private schools in Tamil Nadu during the morning assembly. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay...

Post Grant of Bail, Threat to Kanhaiya's Life as a Group offers Rs.11 Lakh Reward on his Head

05 Mar 2016

March,5,2016: Posters offering a reward of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who shoots dead JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was released on bail two days ago, have surfaced in the national capital. The sm...

Indifferent attitude of Environment Protection Agencies force Courts to intervene: CJI

05 Mar 2016

March,5,2016: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar sitting alongside on stage and listening to him, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on Friday said the “indiff...

SC directs framing of Federal SOP for protection of those who help Road accident victims

05 Mar 2016

March,5,2016: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to pass orders confirming a Central notification issuing a standard operating procedure (SOP), for the protection and examination of ‘good Samaritans’...

SC appointed Committee found No irregularity in Delhi Judicial Service Exam (DJS) papers evaluation

04 Mar 2016

March,4,2016: In compliance of orders of Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, Justice P V Reddy has submitted a detailed report after examining the answer papers of those who did not cle...

CJI Thakur: What has happened to the Noble Legal Profession, Agitations have replaced Arguments

04 Mar 2016

March,4,2016: Bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justices R Banumathi and UU Lalit asked the parties to the dispute to submit their suggestions to the court; these will be considered by the...

Supreme Court puts Final Death Nail on Concepts of Ancestral Property & Joint Family Property, Read Judgment

03 Mar 2016

March,3, 2016: In a Landmark Judgment pronounced by Supreme Court of India yesterday in case titled Uttam vs Subagh Singh, Civil Appeal no. 2360/2016 Dt. 2nd March 2016 has relaid the Law on t...

Supreme Court slams BCCI, says India No1 Cricket Team despite your Money mindedness

03 Mar 2016

March,3,2016: "You are finding fault with having a nominee of the CAG on your governing council, but you don't mind a minister?"says SC. Assuming total control even after BCCI or State Cricket Associa...

Kanhaiya Granted conditional Interim Bail by Delhi High Court for 6 Months

02 Mar 2016

March,2,2016: The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted bail for six months to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested on charges of sedition on February 12....

SC to Maha Govt: Grant Dance Bar Licences to Hotels & Restaurants in Mumbai within 10 days

02 Mar 2016

March,2,2016: The Supreme Court today rejected certain conditions like providing live CCTV footage to Police on performances in dance bars and asked the Maharashtra government to grant licences to own...

SC on Bar Exams: For betterment of the Legal Profession, we don’t want half-baked Lawyers

02 Mar 2016

March,2,2016: A day after questioning Bar Council of India’s authority to conduct All India Bar Examination (AIBE), the Supreme Court today said it was not averse to any exam to test the capability of...

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Central Information Commission: Each Central & State Minister liable to answer RTI Application

Matrimonial Breakups: After Celebrities Karishma Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar and Hritik Roshan now Malaika Arora files for Divorce Decree

Taking cue from Mallya episode, SEBI now bars willful Loan defaulters from Market & holding post in Listed Companies

Bombay High Court agrees to hear if usage of 'Satyamev Jayate' by Aamir Khan is in violation of National Emblem Act

PM Modi to Courts: Use Technology to improve efficiency and the quality of Judgments

SC clears 12 unsuccessful Candidates of 2014 Delhi Judicial Services Exam for Interview,Read Text

BCCI's last-ditch effort to thwart the Supreme Court from bringing Transparency in Cricket, Read Text

Both Houses pass Carriage by Air Bill to hike compensation for Air Travellers, Read Text

Supreme Court: PILs are for poor people, not for converting 'India' into 'Bharat'

Supreme Court: Law does not bind the State to give reservation in promotions to SC,ST, Read Text

Aadhar Bill,2016 passed in Lok Sabha: Govt. claims it would save Nation Rs.20,000 Crore, Read Bill Text

Calling Women and Girls ‘Honey’, ‘Baby’ or 'Chinki' can now land you in Jail

Real Estate Bill: Will it tame the Builders and make 'Consumer the King', Read Full Text Here

Despite SC direction of ensuring his safety, Kanhaiya assaulted in JNU Campus itself

Law Commission get new Chairman with Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan

HC terms it 'A Eco Disaster', SC refuse to hear against it but NGT allows with Rs.5 Crore Fine: World Culture Festival

Court believes Jaitley's plea that he is a man of integrity, makes Kejriwal an Accused for Defaming him

Even as Banks line up at SC for hearing, Kingfisher Mallya does a vanishing act, flees Country

Supreme Court: Close all Coaching Centers being run in residential areas, they are nuisance to Women

Right to Information Act will not apply to Appointment of High Court & SC Judges: Modi Govt.

Central Govt. finally decides to increase the strength of High court Judges by 25% by adding 225 Posts

17 Banks join hands in knocking Supreme Court door to stop Vijay Mallya from fleeing country

Scotch Whisky industry hails Indian Court verdict restraining Indian Companies from using “Scotch”

Man who placed bounty on Kanhaiya's head is arrested by Delhi Police

Modi Govt. wants SC to add “Merit and Integrity” as “Prime Criteria” for appointment of SC & HC Judges

CPI(M) pleads to SC: Right to Information Act (RTI) is an undemocratic infringement if applied to Political Parties

Kerala HC Judge: Why Muslim women could not have Four Husbands under Gender Equality

HM Rajnath says Modi Govt. alive to the need to ensure Access to Justice for All

Haryana Govt. decides to introduce Bill for Jat quota in coming Assembly Session

Chief Justice Madras HC makes singing of National Anthem in all Private Schools mandatory

Post Grant of Bail, Threat to Kanhaiya's Life as a Group offers Rs.11 Lakh Reward on his Head

Indifferent attitude of Environment Protection Agencies force Courts to intervene: CJI

SC directs framing of Federal SOP for protection of those who help Road accident victims

SC appointed Committee found No irregularity in Delhi Judicial Service Exam (DJS) papers evaluation

CJI Thakur: What has happened to the Noble Legal Profession, Agitations have replaced Arguments

Supreme Court puts Final Death Nail on Concepts of Ancestral Property & Joint Family Property, Read Judgment

Supreme Court slams BCCI, says India No1 Cricket Team despite your Money mindedness

Kanhaiya Granted conditional Interim Bail by Delhi High Court for 6 Months

SC to Maha Govt: Grant Dance Bar Licences to Hotels & Restaurants in Mumbai within 10 days

SC on Bar Exams: For betterment of the Legal Profession, we don’t want half-baked Lawyers

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