India’s federal anti-corruption ombudsman, the Lokpal, officially commenced functioning on Tuesday with the country’s president appointing former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose as the body’s first chairperson, along with eight other members. The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, which mandates …
The Supreme Court on Friday took to task a petitioner whose PIL had sought that all Indian Muslims be sent to Pakistan and the Hindus there be brought to India. Pulling up Sangat Singh Chauhan, who had moved the PIL, …
The Supreme Court of India on Friday has provided a huge relief to former Indian Cricketer S Shreesanth. A Beanch of Justice Ashok Bhushan and K.M. Josheph revocked the life ban on Sreesanth by saying that the punishment of life …
About 10.19 lakh cases were settled in the first National Lok Adalat of 2019 held on March 9,2019 across the country under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority. The settled cases include 5.45 lakh pending and 4.73 prelitigation cases. …
Apex Court asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to clarify what action it would take if a person whose name was not included in the final draft of National Register of Citizen (NRC) for Assam, but was in the …
PNB scam case, ED files fresh charge sheet against Nirav Modi, the first charge sheet in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam was filed in May last. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a fresh charge sheet against Punjab National …
Russia Duma Approves Bill Targeting Unfold of False News, Russia’s lower house, the State Duma, passed [in Russian] a bill on Thursday that will fine people and firms for spreading “fake news.” The Duma defines faux news as “unreliable socially …
‘Stop defacing natural landscape with flags, posters’: SC tells TN political parties, The Supreme Court on Friday called for an immediate end to the defacement of the State’s natural environment by political parties and leaders. “You (Tamil Nadu government) cannot …
The High Court of Sikkim has held that act of forcibly kissing and hugging a child can amount to ‘aggravated sexual assault’ as it has been defined under section 9 (m) of the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, …
The Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has referred the Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir dispute to a panel of meditators for the settlement. The panel shall be headed by the Retired Supreme Court judge …