Category: News
Rajya Sabha passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
The objective of the new law is to promote entrepreneurship, availability of credit, and balance the interests of all stakeholders by consolidating and amending the laws relating to reorganization and […]
SC directed the Government that they can’t simply sit on Lokpal’s Appointment
Rapping the Government for delaying the Lokpal’s appointment despite past assurances, the Supreme Court of India on Monday directed the Attorney General of India to inform the Court on the […]
Inhumanity towards Human Rights activist: Khurram Zaki killed by unknown assailants in Pakistan
Khurram Zaki, a social media campaigner and human rights activist known for his strong stance against religious extremism in Pakistan, was killed by unknown assailants in the country’s financial capital […]
Bombay High Court invokes ‘collective conscience of society’ to confirm death penalty to duo who kidnapped and murdered 8 year old boy
The Bombay High Court bench comprising of Justice B.R Gavai and Swapna Joshi confirmed the death penalty awarded to duo who were convicted for kidnapping and murdering of 8 year […]
No Reservation in Promotion: The M.P.High Court, Jabalpur
Clause 4A of Article 16 of Part-III under Indian Constitution provides that State can make provision for reservation in promotion in favour of SCs and STs who are not adequately […]
Road safety law in india
Road accidents in India account for the death of 15 persons every hour, the highest number of road accident deaths in the world, data released by Consumer Voice, a non-profit […]
Child Rights: Government’s procrastination to act on law panel report
Child rights activists and eminent jurists rued the government’s fragmented approach to childcare and decried the slow progress in implementing the recommendations of the Law Commission’s 259th report on Early […]
A New Hope for the Transgender Community: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University provides reservation for transgenders
For the first time in its history, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has reserved seats for transgenders. The seats would be reserved under the Most Backward Class Category (MBC), TNAU Vice-Chancellor […]
A person can change his religion and faith but not the caste to which he belongs, as caste has linkage to birth: SC
The High Court had held that the conversion from one religion to another would dis entitle the person to carry his caste with him after conversion. In that context, the […]
SC stays Gujarat HC contempt proceedings against High Court Bar Association President Yatin Oza
The contempt proceedings was initiated against him for circulating defamatory materials against a sitting Judge of the High court and for holding meetings of the association for discussing the scandalizing […]