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Supreme Court Directs Centre To Remind States, UTs To Submit Data On Missing Children
In a PIL on child trafficking and unresolved cases of missing children recorded on the Khoya/Paya portal, the Supreme Court recently directed the Centre to issue strong reminders to several States and Union Territories that have not furnished data relating to missing children cases.The petition highlights the plight of children who are victims of organised trafficking networks operating...
Delhi Court Refuses To Order FIR Against Exhibition Of 'Offensive' MF Husain Paintings On Hindu Deities
A Delhi Court has upheld the dismissal of a plea seeking registration of FIR over exhibition of two allegedly offensive paintings of Indian painter MF Husain on Hindu deities at the Delhi Art Gallery.The complaint was lodged by a lawyer Amita Sachdeva.Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Partap Singh Laler of Patiala House Courts upheld an order passed by JMFC Court earlier this year, observing...
Supreme Court Refuses To Review 2024 Judgment Quashing Hyderabad Land Allotments For MP/MLAs, Judges, Journalists, IAS Officers Etc
The Supreme Court today dismissed review petitions filed against its November, 2024 judgment which quashed preferential allotment of lands to housing societies of MPs, MLAs, civil servants, judges, defense personnel, journalists etc. within the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih passed the order on the review petitions after hearing a battery...
'Caught In Providence' Judge Frank Caprio Passes Away Aged 88
Former Chief Judge of the Municipal Court of Providence, Frank Caprio, famous for his role on the TV show 'Caught in Providence,' has passed away at the age of 88.In a judicial career that spanned almost four decades, Caprio featured on the popular TV show 'Caught in Providence' and became known as the "nicest judge in the world" for his warm and welcoming nature in dealing with litigants in...
Parliament Clears Bill To Prohibit Online Money Games
Within a day of Lok Sabha passing, the Rajya Sabha cleared today The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, which seeks to prohibit 'online money games' and offering of bank services, advertisements, etc. related thereto.Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw placed the Bill before Rajya Sabha for consideration and passing. In his address,...
Allow Visually Challenged CLAT-PG Candidates To Give Answers In Computer : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has directed that visually impaired candidates appearing in future editions of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) must be provided facilities including the use of JAWS (Job Access With Speech) screen reader, and permission to use customised keyboards and mouse to answer questions on a Word document on the computer, with the additional option of using a scribe as per...
Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of Plea Against MCD Circular On Picking Up Stray Dogs
The Supreme Court today refused to urgently list an application filed in the Stray Dogs matter against a circular statedly issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for the picking-up of stray dogs.The application was mentioned before a bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi. The bench however turned down the request for urgent listing, pointing out that orders have been reserved...
Karnataka Bar Council Directs Advocates To Remove Promotional Reels/Videos Uploaded On Social Media By August 31
The Karnataka State Bar Council has passed a resolution directing advocates who have uploaded any contents making derogatory statements/promotional reels and videos in social media to remove such objectionable reels, videos etc, within 31/8/2025, failing which it will initiate disciplinary proceedings U/Section. 35 of the Advocates Act, 1961.The resolution was passed by the Bar Council...
Limitation Period For Offence Under Drugs & Cosmetics Act Starts From Receipt Of Drug Analyst's Report : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that the period of limitation for offences under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act,1940, punishable with 3 years imprisonment, has to be calculated from the date of publishing of the government analyst's report. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing the challenge to the order of the Kerala High Court, which allowed the continuation...
Supreme Court Hearing-Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent-DAY-3 : Live Updates
A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the SupremeCourt will hear today the Presidential Reference by President Droupadi Murmu on 14 questions on the power to assent on Bills, including whether Court can fix timelines for the President/Governor to decide on Bills. The Presidential Reference, made under Article 143, came a month after Supreme Court's judgment in Tamil Nadu Governor's matter, wherein...