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Sr Advocate Raju Ramachandran Joins NALSAR As Distinguished Professor
National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad has onboarded Sr Advocate Raju Ramachandran as it's Distinguished Professor. NALSAR posted about this development on its official 'X' Handle on July 23. Ramachandran is Sr Advocate at the Supreme Court and a former Additional Solicitor General of India. ...
Govt Has No Current Plan To Remove 'Socialist' & 'Secular' From Constitution's Preamble : Union Law Minister
Clarifying the Union Government's official stance, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has said that there are no plans at present to remove the words "socialist" and "secular" from the Preamble to the Indian Constitution. Yesterday, in response to the Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman query on "official bearers of some social organisations" attempting to create an atmosphere for the removal...
Srinagar Court Orders Husband To Pay Monthly Subsistence To Wife For Illegally Pronouncing 'Triple Talaq'
A Srinagar court has ordered a man to pay a monthly subsistence of ₹7,000 to his wife and their dependent child after finding that the woman was a victim of instantaneous triple talaq (Talaq-e-Biddat), which is outlawed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. The order was passed by Zirgham Hamid, 1st Additional Munsiff/Judicial Magistrate 1st...
Three Plead Guilty In 2020 Bengaluru Riots Case, NIA Court Sentences Them To 7 Yrs Imprisonment
A special NIA Court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced three accused involved in the 2020 Bengaluru Riots Case, to seven years rigorous imprisonment on them pleading guilty for the offences charged with. The convicted accused are Syed Ikramuddin alias Syed Naveed (44), Syed Asif (46), and Mohammed Atif (26) who were charged under sections Sections 15, 16, 18 and 20 of...
Plea In Supreme Court To Apply POSH Act To Political Parties
A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to apply the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ("POSH Act") on political parties. Consequently, the writ petition also seeks the constitution of a grievance redressal mechanism as per the directions of the Supreme Court's judgment in its 2013 Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan.The...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Assam Chief Secretary In Contempt Petition Over Demolitions In Goalpara District
The Supreme Court today (July 24) agreed to hear a contempt petition against the Chief Secretary of Assam Government and Goalpara district authorities for alleged illegal eviction and demolition of structures in violation of the Court's guidelines in In Re: Directions in the matter of Demolition of StructuresThe bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran issued notice in the...
Udaipur Files Movie : Supreme Court To Decide Tomorrow On Extending Stay Of Release
In the matter pertaining to the controversial movie "Udaipur Files : Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder", the Supreme Court on Thursday (July 24) expressed that it would ask the parties objecting to the film to approach the Delhi High Court challenging the Centre's order which approved the movie's release with 6 edits.On whether the release of the film should be stayed till the parties approach the...
Supreme Court To Hear Next Week Plea Against Jharkhand DGP
The Supreme Court's 3-judge bench is scheduled to hear the plea against the holding of office by the present Director General of Police (DGP) of Jharkhand, Anurag Gupta, on the ground that his continuation is contrary to the decision in Prakash Singh v. Union of India. Senior Advocate Anjana Prakash Gupta, representing certain social activists who have moved against the Director General of...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea To Allow BS-VI Compliant End-of-Life Vehicles To Ply In Delhi-NCR
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear an application seeking to allow vehicles meeting the BS VI emission standards to operate in the National Capital Region regardless of their end-of-life period (10 years for diesel vehicles and 15 years for petrol vehicles).A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran agreed to list the matter next Monday, after...