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Central Govt rejects Najeeb Jung's resignation as Delhi Lt. Governor

23 Dec 2016

December,23,2016:He wanted to return to his "first love, Academics." Just a day after Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung surprised everyone by tendering his resignation, citing his return to "firs...

Modi Government decides to observe December 25, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Birthday as 'Good Governance Day'

23 Dec 2016

December,23,2016:"Mera Desh Badal Raha Hai, Aage Badh Raha Hai" is the Theme. Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu stated that the Good Governance Day would be observed on December 25, which is Birthday o...

Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging decision of appointment of Justice Khehar as next CJI

23 Dec 2016

December,23,2016:Petitioner wanted Apex Court to stay the appointment of next CJI, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar. On Friday the Apex Court dismissed the plea filed by a lawyers’ body seeking not to ma...

Supreme Court: Trial Courts should not harass Rape survivor or view their testimony with doubt and suspicion

23 Dec 2016

December,23,2016:Habit of Trial Courts of seeking corroborative evidence before relying her testimony literally amount to adding insult to injury suffered. Courts shouldn't harass a rape survivor by...

SC convicts Two Doctors in Contempt for keeping Accused admitted in their Hospital to evade Arrest Warrants, Read Text

22 Dec 2016

December,22,2016:Doctors kept Accused in Medical asylum to defeat the surrender orders passed by Apex Court. The Apex Court has convicted 2 senior doctors of a private hospital in Gurgaon for contemp...

RBI imposes penalty on Five foreign Banks for violating Foreign Exchange Management Act and Rules, 1999

22 Dec 2016

December,21,2016:Guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India were violated. On Wednesday the Reserve Bank of India imposed a penalty on 5 foreign banks, including Standard Chartered Bank and Deuts...

Only 1% Indians pay Income Tax while 95% of remaining do only cash transactions & aid Black Money accumulation

22 Dec 2016

December,22,2016:Amitabh Kant,Chief Executive Officer,NITI Aayog said that just one per cent of the India's more than 1.25 billion population pays Income Tax. While addressing a Workshop on Cashles...

Centre Govt passes Ordinance for e-transfer of salaries of Employees in Pvt. Sector to boost Cashless Transactions

21 Dec 2016

December,21,2016:Read Text of Bill here. Some States have already brought this Amendment. Today Centre Govt. took a decision to bring in an Ordinance for amendment of the Payment of Wages Act to mand...

HC seeks reply from Uttar Pradesh Government for doling out Cash and Awards ‘Arbitrarily’

21 Dec 2016

December,21,2016 -Public money was used for these Awards by the State Govt. On Wednesday the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC asked for a reply from the government of Uttar Pradesh on a petition fi...

Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar gets Anticipatory Bail in 1984 Riots Case

21 Dec 2016

December,21,2016:Sajjan Kumar named accused after 32 Years. Today a Delhi Court has granted Anticipatory Bail to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Vikas D...

SC decides to examine whether Courts can add 'rigorous' to sentence of Life imprisonment

21 Dec 2016

December,20,2016: Rigorous Life imprisonment is claimed to be violative of Article 21 (Protection of Life and Liberty) and Art. 14 (Right to Equality) of the Constitution.Can the word 'rigorous' be u...

True Gender Justice: Deutsche Bank India to grant 6-month Paternal leave to Fathers of new Borns

20 Dec 2016

December,21,2016: Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 is aimed at easing ine service conditions of Mother's of New Born Children. The Deutsche Bank (DB) will offer six months childcare leave...

Taking cue from India, now Pakistan passes resolution for demonitisation of its Rs 5,000 currency notes

20 Dec 2016

December,21,2016: Step to be taken to encourage the use of bank accounts and reduce the size of the undocumented economy.On Monday Pakistan’s Senate passed a resolution seeking withdrawal of Rs. 5,0...

President Pranab Mukherjee appoints Justice J S Khehar as New Chief Justice of India

19 Dec 2016

December,19,2016:On Monday Justice J S Khehar has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India. He has been appointed after President Pranab Mukherjee’s approval. Justice J S Khehar, has led th...

High Court: Administrator of WhatsApp Group not liable for the content posted by its Members

19 Dec 2016

December,19,2016: When an online chat group is created, its administrator can only advise its members to refrain from posting the objectionable content, says High Court.Delhi High Court has expounded...

Supreme Court: Centre and State Governments have failed to curb atrocities against SCs-STs in the Country

19 Dec 2016

December,19,2016: SC felt that oppressive practices against the SCs and STs are still prevalent despite the Constitutional mandate against it.Expressing deep concern over SC & ST still facing atr...

Election Commission seeks total ban on all anonymous contributions to Political Parties above Rs 2,000

19 Dec 2016

December,19,2016:As of now declarations are mandated only for contributions above Rs 20,000. Election Commission has urged Government to amend the laws to ban anonymous contributions of amount above...

High Court annoyed as Govt. paid no salary to 32 Lawyers representing State for over a year

19 Dec 2016

December,19,2016:The Bench said that it was “appalled“ and “extremely distressed“ to learn this. It is now over a Year that Thirty-two public prosecutors of Delhi government have not received salarie...

Rajya Sabha MP moves Supreme Court for CBI probe into Jayalalithaa's Death

18 Dec 2016

December,18,2016:Petition alleges that she died under "suspicious" circumstances. Sasikala Pushpa, an expelled AIADMK, MP has approached the Supreme Court to seek a detailed CBI probe or a Judicial...

Young Internationally acclaimed Indian Cricketer, detained in Police Lockup for not clearing way for Politician

18 Dec 2016

December,18,2016:Mumbai Cricketer Pranav Dhanawade holds World Record by scoring all time high 1009 Runs. Mumbai cricketer Pranav Dhanawade shot into international limelight by scoring a world record...

Despite being one of World's most Polluted City, Delhi did not lodge even a single case under Air Act

17 Dec 2016

December,17,2016:Air Act has a minimum punishment of 1 year 6 months Jail. Delhi despite being at the heart of the campaigns against pollution, but it still not have a single case registered for viol...

Supreme Court to Lawyer: Is BJP financing you to file multiple Public Interest litigations?

16 Dec 2016

December,17,2016 -We cannot encourage political activism in the courtroom, said the Bench. Supreme Court rapped Ashwini Upadhyay, Delhi BJP spokesperson for filing multiple Public Interest Litigation...

Sharad Pawar mocks Supreme Court: After telling us how to run the Country, SC now turning to Cricket

16 Dec 2016

December,16,2016:I do not want to face contempt of the Court by speaking more, he said. NCP leader Sharad Pawar humorously said the Apex Court, which guides on how to run the country, would now also...

Supreme Court orders total ban on sale of Liquor on Highways from April 2017 onwards

16 Dec 2016

December,16,2016:Now Liquor Vendors shall neither be visible nor accessible to travelers on Highways. On Thursday, Supreme Court banned all the liquor shops located within 500 metres of the National...

SC tells NGO: Bring solid evidence to back graft charges against very high functionary like PM

15 Dec 2016

December,15,2016: It is very easy to level allegations, but it is not fair, said SC.“You must bring very firm & clear material,” the Apex Court bench of Justices Jagdish Singh Khehar & Arun M...

SC's soft corner for Delhi's Elected Govt in LG-CM war, says it should have some Power to function

14 Dec 2016

December,14,2016:AAP Govt. is in Appeal against Delhi High Court verdict that LG, Delhi is the Administrative Head of Govt. Delhi Government got a shot in arm when Apex Court observed that it should...

Comic Actor Kapil Sharma booked under Environment Protection Law for destroying Mangroves, FIR filed

14 Dec 2016

December,14,2016:He allegedly carried out unauthorised construction and dumped debris in Mangrove buffer zone. Today a FIR was loged against Comedian Kapil Sharma under Environment Protection Act and...

India reported to have 1.46 lakh Deaths, 5 lakh injuried from Road Accidents in 2015

14 Dec 2016

December,14,2016: A total of 5,01,423 accidents happened last year against 4,89,400 in 2014.In 2015 Road accidents were on the rise & claimed more than 1.46 lakh lives. Besides this more than...

After MP Jailbreak incident, Government asks CISF to Audit Prison security

13 Dec 2016

December,13,2016: Eight SIMI undertrials who escaped were later killed in police encounter.After Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had conducted a security audit of Bhopal Central Jail from wh...

Does the MPs who disrupt functioning of Parliament deserve their Salary and allowances?

13 Dec 2016

December,13,2016:Entire Winter Session of Parliament was washed away and wasted by Opposition's continuous disruptions. Serious concerns are being expressed over the disruption of Parliament by "a se...

High Court: Backing out of the Mutual Consent Divorce petition equals to Mental Cruelty, Read Order

12 Dec 2016

December,12,2016:Having once agreed to Mutual Consent Divorce, one Spouce cannot withdraw consent without justification, HC ruled. Delhi High Court has held that after mutually agreeing to divorce, w...

Law Firm caught stashing Rs.13.56 Crore Cash including Rs. 2.6 Crore in new Notes

12 Dec 2016

December,12,2016: On Sunday, Delhi Police raided office of a law firm based in Southeast Delhi's Greater Kailash-I area, and recovered about Rs 13.56 crore in cash.Out of the sum of money recovered...

Rs1,000 Crore already spent, but e-Court plan of Supreme Court yet to make its presence felt

11 Dec 2016

December,11,2016: Only 4 out of 24 High Courts have fully implemented the concept of e-courts. Centre has spent over Rs 1,000 crore in last few years in its bid to revolutionise justice delivery sys...

Supreme Court Judge draws parallel between Lord Rama's exile and Jail inmates term in Prison

11 Dec 2016

December,11,2016:Tihar Jail authorities observed the International Human Rights Day with Apex Court Justice. SC Justice A K Sikri, along with the other dignitaries, were invited to event to address i...

Delhi Court while dealing with Cow Slaughter Act, questions 11 Districts created in Delhi, Read Order

11 Dec 2016

December,11,2016:There was a clash between Central Law and Delhi Assembly Legislated Law. While dealing with an issue related to Cow slaughter, a Metropolitan Magistrate found that there were two ena...

DB upholds Single Judge's order allowing sale of Photocopied Foreign Books to Students, Read Order

11 Dec 2016

December,11,2016: Photocopy of costly Foreign Publications are sold at meager 50 paise per page rate.Owner of the Rameshwari Photocopy Service, Dharampal Singhat DU was entangled in a copyright cas...

RWA wins an epic Legal Battle, rescues 11 Acre of Land usurped by the Promoter, a Real Estate Giant

11 Dec 2016

December,11,2016:DLF told to return 11 Acres of Complex Land to Park Place RWA. In a setback to DLF, leading real estate player , the Punjab and Haryana HC has directed the developer to return ba...

Air Force Chief SP Tyagi, Retd. first Armed Forces Head ever to be arrested by CBI in a Corruption Case

10 Dec 2016

December,10,2016: A Delhi Lawyer and Tyagi's Cousin were also arrested.CBI has arrested SP Tyagi former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief on the charges of corruption in the probe into the Rs 3,600-crore...

CJI Thakur: I would retire with a Heavy Heart, Bar has reduced itself to a 'Fish Market'

10 Dec 2016

December,10,2016: Never saw Junior Lawyers out-shouting Senior Advocates in 23 Years as a Judge, Thakur lamented.CJI TS Thakur equated the atmosphere of Apex Court to that of a “fish market”. On F...

SC modifies its National Anthem order, carves out exception for differently abled

10 Dec 2016

December,10,2016:Court blasts Petitioner for seeking exemption for Forigners from standing during National Anthem at Film Festivals Yesterday Supreme Court finally modified its November 30 order mand...

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Central Govt rejects Najeeb Jung's resignation as Delhi Lt. Governor

Modi Government decides to observe December 25, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Birthday as 'Good Governance Day'

Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging decision of appointment of Justice Khehar as next CJI

Supreme Court: Trial Courts should not harass Rape survivor or view their testimony with doubt and suspicion

SC convicts Two Doctors in Contempt for keeping Accused admitted in their Hospital to evade Arrest Warrants, Read Text

RBI imposes penalty on Five foreign Banks for violating Foreign Exchange Management Act and Rules, 1999

Only 1% Indians pay Income Tax while 95% of remaining do only cash transactions & aid Black Money accumulation

Centre Govt passes Ordinance for e-transfer of salaries of Employees in Pvt. Sector to boost Cashless Transactions

HC seeks reply from Uttar Pradesh Government for doling out Cash and Awards ‘Arbitrarily’

Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar gets Anticipatory Bail in 1984 Riots Case

SC decides to examine whether Courts can add 'rigorous' to sentence of Life imprisonment

True Gender Justice: Deutsche Bank India to grant 6-month Paternal leave to Fathers of new Borns

Taking cue from India, now Pakistan passes resolution for demonitisation of its Rs 5,000 currency notes

President Pranab Mukherjee appoints Justice J S Khehar as New Chief Justice of India

High Court: Administrator of WhatsApp Group not liable for the content posted by its Members

Supreme Court: Centre and State Governments have failed to curb atrocities against SCs-STs in the Country

Election Commission seeks total ban on all anonymous contributions to Political Parties above Rs 2,000

High Court annoyed as Govt. paid no salary to 32 Lawyers representing State for over a year

Rajya Sabha MP moves Supreme Court for CBI probe into Jayalalithaa's Death

Young Internationally acclaimed Indian Cricketer, detained in Police Lockup for not clearing way for Politician

Despite being one of World's most Polluted City, Delhi did not lodge even a single case under Air Act

Supreme Court to Lawyer: Is BJP financing you to file multiple Public Interest litigations?

Sharad Pawar mocks Supreme Court: After telling us how to run the Country, SC now turning to Cricket

Supreme Court orders total ban on sale of Liquor on Highways from April 2017 onwards

SC tells NGO: Bring solid evidence to back graft charges against very high functionary like PM

SC's soft corner for Delhi's Elected Govt in LG-CM war, says it should have some Power to function

Comic Actor Kapil Sharma booked under Environment Protection Law for destroying Mangroves, FIR filed

India reported to have 1.46 lakh Deaths, 5 lakh injuried from Road Accidents in 2015

After MP Jailbreak incident, Government asks CISF to Audit Prison security

Does the MPs who disrupt functioning of Parliament deserve their Salary and allowances?

High Court: Backing out of the Mutual Consent Divorce petition equals to Mental Cruelty, Read Order

Law Firm caught stashing Rs.13.56 Crore Cash including Rs. 2.6 Crore in new Notes

Rs1,000 Crore already spent, but e-Court plan of Supreme Court yet to make its presence felt

Supreme Court Judge draws parallel between Lord Rama's exile and Jail inmates term in Prison

Delhi Court while dealing with Cow Slaughter Act, questions 11 Districts created in Delhi, Read Order

DB upholds Single Judge's order allowing sale of Photocopied Foreign Books to Students, Read Order

RWA wins an epic Legal Battle, rescues 11 Acre of Land usurped by the Promoter, a Real Estate Giant

Air Force Chief SP Tyagi, Retd. first Armed Forces Head ever to be arrested by CBI in a Corruption Case

CJI Thakur: I would retire with a Heavy Heart, Bar has reduced itself to a 'Fish Market'

SC modifies its National Anthem order, carves out exception for differently abled

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