According to Supreme Court Judge Justice BV Nagarathna, maternity should not be a barrier in women’s careers, and providing access to quality childcare at work would ensure that motherhood does not become an impediment to women’s empowerment. Justice Nagarathna, speaking as the Continue Reading
The Supreme Court collegium has decided not to uphold Additional Judge Pushpa Ganediwala of the Bombay High Court, which has issued several controversial orders, including the POSCO case. The decision was taken at a collegium meeting chaired by Chief Justice NV Ramana. The apex court’s move comes as Pushpa Ganediwala’s additional judge expires next February. Continue Reading
Students cannot be promoted without final year college/University exam being conducted, said by the Supreme Court. So it has upheald that the UCG,s July ^ circular that the degree’s cannot be granded or prompted to the students without conducting the exams. However, the schedules and dates has allowed some leeway and vis-a-vis. Some main points […]Continue Reading
As many as fifty eight flat owners, whose flats were directed to demolish by the top court of the country as they were found to be illegally constructed in an ecologically sensitive region, are likely to receive the compensation within few days. The committee, which was constituted to monitor the distribution of the compensation, has […]Continue Reading
The Kerala State Electricity Board has blocked power supply to the apartments in Maradu, which was ordered to demolish by the top court of the country citing that they were erected in environmentally sensitive regions. Recently, the residents of the apartments were asked to leave the flats. The notices regarding that were even pasted on the […]Continue Reading
President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation, submitted by the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani. The position vacated by the resigned judge has been awarded to Justice Vineet Kothari temporarily by the President of the country. Earlier, the Supreme Court Collegium transferred the Madras HC Chief Justice to Meghalaya as […]Continue Reading
The Indian state of Kerala is likely to bring a separate law to administer the hill temple of Sabarimala Ayyappa, as per a latest report. The new law, according to the report, will not only apply to the popular temple but also all temples that come under the Travancore Devaswom Board. The state government recently […]Continue Reading
The top court of the country has directed the concerned authority in the Indian state of Kerala to demolish the illegal apartments in the Maradu panchayat in the state’s commercial capital of Ernakulam on or before September 20. The court has rejected the state’s plea requesting more time to implement in the order given by […]Continue Reading
The Supreme Court of India has declined to encourage the petition submitted against the Delhi government’s decision to install closed circuit television cameras in the public schools that operate under the control of the state. The top court of the country has found unconvincing the argument that the decision amounts to the violation of the […]Continue Reading
Former Kolkata Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has approached the Supreme Court of India, seeking an indefinite extension of protection from the arrest by the CBI. The CBI recently questioned the former commissioner in connection with the Saradha ponzi scam. The authorities alleged that the ex-commissioner confronted many crucial questions, important to bring out the truth Continue Reading