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Negative Marking System Cripples Students' Intuition, Kills Art Of Intelligent Guessing: Madras HC
"Intelligent guessing should be permitted and encouraged, as it would help the students in their future life, whereas, the attempt of CBSE in awarding negative marks would totally eradicate the habit of intelligent guessing."
'Long Pendency' Amounts To A 'Special Reason' For Imposing Lesser Penalty In Corruption Case Involving Meager Bribe Amount:SC
The Supreme Court reduced punishment imposed on a man who was convicted for receiving a bribe of Rs. 1200 in the year 1985, to 'period already undergone'. Ambi Ram was working as "Kanoongo/Patwari" at Didihat, Uttarakhand. The prosecution case was that he assured one Gopal Singh that he would not arrest him nor would implicate him in one pending criminal case, if he pays him...
Bar Council Of TN & Puducherry Imposes Rs.10,000 On New Lawyers For Putting Up Hoardings
The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has reportedly imposed costs of Rs. 10,000 each on 11 lawyers for erecting huge digital banners and hoardings marking their enrolment, in violation of Bar Council rules.As per a TOI report, the decision was taken by the council's special committee comprising Senior Advocate R. Singaravelan and Advocate N Chandrasekharan."They have affixed big poster...
BCI Calls For Nationwide Lawyers' Agitation On February 12 [Read The Press Release]
The Bar Council of India (BCI) is organising a nationwide lawyers' agitation on Feb 12The press invitation claims that 1.7 million lawyers across the country would take it to the roads on February 12, "to protest against the present Government's inaction towards causes of Lawyers".It then states that the press conference has been scheduled to share the agenda regarding the same with the press,...
Provisions Of Sexual Harassment At Workplace Act Available In Addition To Other Legal Remedies: J&K HC [Read Order]
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently clarified that the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 are available in addition to remedies available under other laws.Justice Sanjay Kumar GuptaJustice Sanjay Kumar Gupta ruled, "In this light of the matter, there is no manner of doubt that the said Act is in addition to RPC...
Delhi HC Refuses To Restrain India TV Journalist From Joining Rival News Channel
The Delhi High Court has dismissed an injunction application filed by Independent News Service Pvt Ltd (INSPL), to restrain Sucherita Kukreti, its channel India TV's newsreader, from joining any rival television channel till November 30, 2019. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw observed, "Granting any interim injunction would amount to restraining the defendant from doing what she has been doing for...
'Centre Making All Efforts To Destroy NRC Process',SC Rejects Centre's Plea To Relieve Forces From Assam NRC Work For Election Duty [Read Order]
The Supreme Court today talked tough to the Centre, by rejecting its prayer to allow withdrawal of combined armed police forces involved in Assam NRC work for election duty during Lok Sabha polls"Is it too much to ask that Lok Sabha polls and NRC work should go on simultaneously and peacefully?", the CJI asked Attorney General K K Venugopal.The Government's request was for suspension of NRC...
Sabarimala : Women Seek To Intervene In Review Petitions In Support Of SC Judgment
As the Supreme Court Constitution Bench is set to hear the review petitions against Sabarimala judgment tomorrow, four women filed applications today, seeking to intervene in support of the judgment.Two of the applicants- Bindu and Kanaka Durga- had entered the temple on January 2. Bindu, who teaches law at Kannur University School of Legal Studies, says that she has intense desire to pay...