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.
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday approached the Calcutta High Court with a plea seeking hand over of investigation in all cases relating to multi-crore ration distribution irregularities in West Bengal to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra to withdraw her petition challenging the eviction notice by Directorate of Estates to vacate the government bungalow that was allotted to her but cancelled following her expulsion from the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the decision of the Andhra Pradesh government to restrict grant of pension to only one person in a family.
Prayagraj (UP), Feb 2 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has granted custody of a nine-year-old girl to a woman who fostered her since birth after she was found abandoned by a eunuch in Farrukhabad in November 2014.
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court, presided over by Justice Mini Pushkarna, has directed the Union Government to submit an affidavit outlining the current status of the implementation of welfare schemes aimed at benefiting de-notified Nnmadic and semi-nomadic tribes.
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) INDIA bloc’s mayoral candidate Kuldeep Kumar has sought an urgent hearing on his petition filed before the Supreme Court against the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s refusal to stay the results of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC).
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ruled that if an investigation under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), extends beyond 365 days without resulting in any proceedings related to an offence, the seizure of a property must lapse, and it should be returned to the person from whom it was seized.
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Observing that bail matters ought to be decided as expeditiously as possible, the Supreme Court has issued a notice on a plea seeking bail despite the pendency of the matter before the High Court.
