There is a form of apartheid existing in campuses which denies women social equality and dignity ; Committee on Gender Justice in Campuses, Kerala [Read Report]

The Committee set up by the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) on Gender Justice in Campuses submitted its report on the subject last month, the same being nothing short of a milestone is the quest for achieving gender equality through effective policy intervention. Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Director, Women in Security Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP) was the Chairperson...

Winter Session of the Parliament: Snapshot of the Legislative Agenda

The winter session of the Indian Parliament begins today. The legislative agenda includes 19 Bills currently pending in Parliament for consideration and passage. 14 new Bills are proposed to be introduced. Out of these one will also be taken up for consideration and passing.Two Bills will be withdrawn. These are The Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2013 and The Atomic Energy...

Compact Disc (CD) is a Document and can be admitted in Evidence: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Examining the definition of ‘document’ under Section 3 of the Evidence Act, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Dipak Misra and Justice P.C. Pant has held that a compact disc is also a document.Justice P.C.Pant, who wrote the Judgment held as follows;“In view of the definition of ‘document’ in Evidence Act, and the law laid down by this Court, as discussed above,...

Nations should unite to Combat Terror, says CJI-designate Thakur

The Supreme Court today said coordination among countries was the need of the hour at a time when the world the faced unprecedented and the worst ever terror threat.A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur, the Chief Justice designate said this while refusing interim relief to a jailed French woman, facing extradition for her alleged role in the 1991 killing of a Chilean senator.“You know what...

Names of Holy Books cannot be claimed as Trademarks: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Upholding a decision rendered by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R.K. Agrawal recently held that names of holy or religious books cannot be claimed as trademark for goods or services.“There are many holy and religious books like Quran, Bible, Guru Granth Sahib, Ramayan etc., to name a few. The answer...

Supreme Court agrees to hear PIL to End Criminalization of Politics [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation which demanded immediate measures for curbing criminalization of politics and a direction to the authorities including election commission to comply with the law commission and apex court directions in this regard.“Electoral Reforms have been engaging the attention of the Parliament and Union Government for a long time. The...

Bangladesh Executes Two Opposition Leaders over 1971 war Crimes after SC rejects Review Petitions; Justice Krishna Iyer and Bachan Singh Jt mentioned [Read Judgment]

Does Islam permit killing of those unarmed people? While awarding the sentence, the Court must take into consideration the unbearable pains, tears rolling down the cheeks and sufferings of the widows and children of the victims who cried for getting justice for about 43 years, the four Judges bench said, affirming the death sentenceTwo top opposition leaders of Bangladesh who were involved in...

Judicial Appointments and Collegium System of Appointments

The Supreme Court by striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act and the 99th Constitution (Amendment) Act as unconstitutional has focused public attention once again on the process of appointment of Judges to the higher judiciary. Neither the Executive-appointment model which prevailed till 1998 nor the Judges-appointing-Judges (Collegium) model as practiced till...

President appoints Justice T. S. Thakur as the new Chief Justice of India

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Justice Tirath Singh Thakur, Judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 3rd December, 2015.Born on 4th January, 1952, he was enrolled as a Pleader in October, 1972 and joined the Chamber of his father Late Shri D.D. Thakur, a...

Dogs should not be killed in an indiscriminate manner, but indubitably the lives of the human beings are to be saved and one should not suffer due to dog bite; SC [Read Order]

Supreme Court has allowed Intervening applications pertaining to stray dog issue and has requested the High Courts across the country, not to pass any order relating to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1960 Act and the 2001 Rules pertaining to dogs. The court also has asked all the Local Self Government bodies and Animal welfare Board to file affidavits regarding the issue.Apex Court...

eCourts Project: 95% of Phase I completed, Phase II to computerise 5751 new courts in 3 years

As per the data available on the Department of Justice website, as on September 30, 2015, more than 95% of the mandated activities under the Phase I of the eCourts Integrated Mission Mode Project have been completed. Under Phase-I, National eCourts portal have became operational. The figures of pendency of District Judiciary Courts across the country, in aggregate for country and States as...

Protection to an honest public servant required in the larger interest of society; Supreme Court grants 10 Lakh compensation to an IFS officer haunted with corruption charges [Read Judgment]

The dire necessity is to fill in the existing gap by protecting the honest officers while making the corrupt officers realize that they are not above law. The protection to an honest public servant is required not only in his interest but in the larger interest of society, the bench said while granting ten lakh compensation to the Petitioner.Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh...