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Centre Doesn't Have "In Compile Format" Data On Mercy Petitions Moved By Rapists or Terrorists, Reveals RTI
The President has received 135 mercy petitions since 1981 from death row convicts but the Centre, it seems, has no data on the mercy petitions received prior to 1981. It also does not have "in compile format" data on how many mercy petitions were moved by rapists or terrorists.This is the situation when the government in April 2018 had brought an ordinance making rape of children under 12...
SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Justice Ravindra Bhat As Rajasthan CJ [Read Resolution]
Supreme Collegium has recommended Delhi High Court Judge Justice Ravindra Bhat as Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court. "Office of the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court has recently fallen vacant, consequent upon transfer of Mr. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, Chief Justice of that High Court to Bombay High Court. Therefore, appointment to that office is required to be made. Mr. Justice...
Chargesheet Filed Against Bishop Franco Mulakkal In Kerala Nun Rape Case
The Kerala police today filed chargehseet against Franco Mulakkal, Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese of Catholic Church, alleging that he had raped a nun on several occasions over a period of two years.This is for the first time in the history of Catholic Church in India that a clergyman of the rank of a Bishop is named accused in a police final report. If charges are proved, Franco can be get...
'Prior Environmental Clearance Necessary For NH Land Acquisition', Madras HC Quashes Acquisition For Chennai-Salem 8 Lane Highway [Read Judgment]
To state that Environmental Impact Assessment is required to be done only when the road is to be formed is virtually amounting to "putting the cart before the horse".
SC Collegium Recommends To Make 7 Additional Judges of Gauhati, Chhattisgarh & Jharkhand High Courts Permanent [Read Resolution]
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to make 7 Additional Judges of Gauhati, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand High Court permanent.Justices Hitesh Kumar Sarma and Mir Alfaz Ali of the Gauhati High Court, Justices Sharad Kumar Gupta, Ram Prasanna Sharma and Arvind Singh Chandel of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justices Bimlendu Bhushan Mangalmurti and Anil Kumar Choudhary of the Jharkhand...
Qualification & Registration As Advocate Does Not Ipso Facto Imply That The Person Practices As An Advocate: Delhi High Court [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court recently observed that the mere fact that a person is qualified and registered as an advocate does not ipso facto imply that the person is practicing as an advocate and is earning.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva noted, "The mere fact that the respondent is qualified and registered as an advocate does not ipso facto imply that she is practicing as an advocate and earning."The...
We Should Hang Our Face In Shame: Madras HC Frowns At Discrimination Against Widows [Read Order]
“Even after so many decades of social advancements and in spite of works of many leaders, like, Rajaram Mohan Roy, Mahatma Gandhi, still women are not equally treated and that too, a widowed lady has to face discrimination in social functions as well as auspicious occasions.”
Delhi Court Sends 2 Sacked SC Staffers To 7 Days PC For Posting Wrong Info On Website
A Delhi court on Monday sent two sacked Supreme Court staffers to seven days in police custody for allegedly posting wrong information on the apex court's website related to a case involving Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani. Metropolitan Magistrate Sumeet Anand allowed the Delhi Police to interrogate Tapan Kumar Chakraborty and Manav Sharma, who were arrested on Sunday, for...
Vijay Mallya's Appeal Against Extradition Order Rejected By UK High Court
A UK High Court has rejected Vijay Mallya's application to appeal against his extradition, reports the PTI. He had filed leave to appeal against the February 4 order of the UK Home Secretary clearing his extradition to India."The application for permission to appeal was refused by Mr Justice William Davis on 05/04/2019," said a spokesperson for the UK Judiciary. The liquor baron has...
Manipur Journalist's Detention Under NSA For Facebook Posts Against PM & CM Quashed By HC [Read Judgment]
Manipur journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem, who was detained under the National Security Act on November 27, 2018 for making Facebook posts against Prime Minister and Manipur CM, has been released by the Manipur High Court today.The hearing in the habeas corpus petition filed against the detention order was concluded on March 4 and the judgment was pronounced today. The High Court quashed...
'Empanelled Employees Cannot Continue Beyond 180 Days', Kerala HC Directs KSRTC To Relieve All Empanelled Drivers By April 30 [Read Judgment]
The High Court of Kerala today directed that the empanelled drivers of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation should be relieved by April 30.This is following the earlier order of the High Court directing the removal of empanelled conductors of KSRTC, holding that they cannot continue beyond 180 days and that the vacancies existing beyond that period should be filled up from the rank...