New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on quashing criminal defamation proceedings pending against former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav for his "only Gujaratis can be thugs" remark.
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) Odisha was among the states that were the first to introduce Gram Nyayalayas, or village courts, after the Act paving the way for them came into effect on October 2, 2009.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday the plea filed by INDIA bloc’s mayoral candidate Kuldeep Kumar against the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s refusal to stay the results of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC).
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) While each and every election in West Bengal since 2016 threw up the issue of corruption, never before has it left such a visible impact on the top leadership of the Trinamool Congress, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This is particularly visible in the run up to the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is not entirely exempted under the Right to Information Act (RTI) Act and must provide information related to corruption and human rights violations when requested under the Act.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached a court here against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not complying with the financial probe agency's summons sent to him in connection with its probe into the money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy matter.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has said that continuous taunts by a wife regarding her husband's financial capacity and pressuring him to fulfill extravagant dreams beyond his means amount to mental cruelty, justifying a divorce.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The government has emphasised that social media intermediaries should identify and remove misinformation or information that impersonates another person, including those created using deepfakes, else face the legal action, as actor Akshay Kumar finds himself in the crosshairs of a deepfake scandal.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Batting for equitable access to legal education, Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday said that admissions processes to law schools should not only consider academic performance but also factors such as socioeconomic background, diversity, and life experiences.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The 22nd Law Commission, chaired by Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi (retd), has recommended amendments in the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act saying that the law passed in 1984 seems to have failed in its stated objective of preventing the destruction of public property.
