Calcutta High Court Directs Bengal Govt To Ensure 1% Reservation For Transgender Persons In All Public Employment

In a landmark development, the Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to ensure 1% reservation for all transgender persons in public employment in the State, in accordance with the Supreme Court's NALSA guidelines.A single bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha held:This Court, however, notes that in terms of paragraph 135 (3) in the National Legal Service Authority Vs. Union...

Even 0.001% Negligence In NEET-UG 2024 Needs Firm Action, Admit If There Is Any Mistake : Supreme Court Tells Centre, NTA

The Supreme Court today (June 18) told the Union Government and the National Testing Agency (NTA) to ensure that even '0.001% negligence' in conducting the NEET-UG 2024 exams be looked into with all seriousness considering the immense labour that the candidates have put in for preparing the nationwide examination. The vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SV Bhatti was hearing a...

IIAC Releases Regulations For Conduct of Arbitration Involving Micro and Small Enterprises

The India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC) has notified the India International Arbitration Centre (Conduct of Micro and Small Enterprises Arbitration) Regulations 2024 ('The Regulations') on June 7, 2024 in the official gazette. These regulations recognise the necessity for expedited and more efficient dispute resolution for Micro and Small Enterprises, aligning with...

Lok Adalat Means Swift & Affordable Justice: Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Inaugurates National Lok Adalat At Port Blair

Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam recently inaugurated the National Lok Adalat at Port Blair, Mayabunder and Diglipur in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The Chief Justice pointed out that Lok Adalats are the key to swift and affordable justice. He stated that the figures forwarded regrading the number of benches and cases of the National Lok Adalat showed that great ground work...

New Criminal Laws Will Take Effect From July 1 : Union Law Minister

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal made it clear that Central Government was not reconsidering the decision to implement the new criminal laws from July 1,2024. He reiterated that the laws replacing the Indian Penal Code 1860, the Indian Evidence Act 1872 and the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 will come into force from July 1.Speaking to news agency PTI, Meghwal said :“From July 1, all...

Former Odisha Governor and Senior Advocate MC Bhandare Passes Away

Former Governor of Odisha and senior advocate M.C. Bhandare passed away at the age of 95.A veteran leader of the Congress party, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha for three terms and served as the Governor of Odisha from August 2007 to March 2013. He had published his memoir "The Arc of Memory" in December 2023.Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and former CM Naveen Patnaik...

Terror Funding Case: Delhi Court Grants Statutory Bail To Kashmiri Separatist Leader Shabir Shah In PMLA Case

A Delhi Court recently granted statutory bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in a money laundering case connected to a terror funding case.Additional Sessions Judge Dheeraj Mor of Patiala House Courts said that the other cases in which Shah is in custody are very serious in nature but that cannot be a sufficient ground for declining him statutory bail, when he has not...

Behind Bars & Ballots : How Laws Apply When Jailed Persons Win Elections?

“The ballot is more potent than the most powerful gun. Democracy facilitates a peaceful revolution at the hands of the common man if elections are held in a free and fair manner,” -Anoop Baranwal v. UOIIn the 18th Lok Sabha elections, the two Members of Parliament emerged victorious while being confined in the prison. Amritpal Singh from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib and Sheikh Abdul...

NEET-UG 2024 Candidates Allege Discrepancies In Scores, Urges Supreme Court To Order Re-Evaluation Of All OMR Sheets

In a recent development in the ongoing NEET-UG 2024 Results controversy, another petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a complete re-evaluation of all OMR answer sheets, re-ranking of candidates and a court-monitored enquiry. The writ petition under Article 32 was filed by eight candidates who appeared for the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) examination on May 5....

Supreme Court Dismisses 'Conman' Sukesh Chandrasekhar's Wife Leena Paulose's Plea In Extortion Case

The Supreme Court (on June 14) dismissed the petition filed Leena Paulose, the wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, against the Delhi HC adjourning her bail appeal in the Rs 200-crore extortion case. Paulose had filed an SLP against the Delhi High Court's order dated May 20, 2024, which adjourned her bail plea to July 2024. A vacation Bench of Justices PV Sanjay Kumar...

Mumbai Court Directs Police To Probe Cheating Allegations Against Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra

A court in Mumbai recently directed the police to investigate the allegations of cheating made by a bullion trader and register FIR if a cognizable offense is found against actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra.Designated Judge NP Mehta under the MPID Act observed, “Prima facie cognizable offence is made out. Concern police station is directed to investigate the allegations made in...

SEBI Imposes Rs 35 Lakh Penalty On PTC India Financial Services Officials For Corporate Governance Lapses

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently action against senior officials of PTC India Financial Services (PFS) due to severe lapses in corporate governance. SEBI imposed fines totaling Rs 35 lakh on Rajib Kumar Mishra and Pawan Singh, who were the company's director and former managing director respectively. Mishra faces a penalty of Rs 10 lakh, while Singh...