Punjab Assembly Passes Police Amendment Bill Empowering State Govt To Appoint DGP

State Assembly of Punjab on Tuesday passed the Punjab Police (Amendment) Bill, 2023, to amend the Punjab Police Act, 2007, with a view to bringing about an independent mechanism for the selection and appointment to the post of the Director General of Police (head of the Police Force).According to the State, the law is being amended to ensure that the selection, appointment and the resultant...

Bar Council Members Dictating Syllabus For Law Courses Biggest Tragedy, They Don’t Know What Is Happening Beyond Litigation: Justice Muhamed Mustaque

Speaking at the launch of a mentoring initiative ‘Juris Trailblazers’, Justice Muhamed Mustaque of the Kerala High Court on Sunday said it is the "biggest tragedy" that Bar Council members are "dictating" syllabus for the law colleges.“Who is dictating our syllabus? The bar council members. This is the biggest tragedy we are facing in India. The miniscule people who get elected through...

Kerala Court Sentences Fake Antique Dealer Monson Mavunkal To Life Imprisonment For Raping Minor

A Kerala Court on Saturday sentenced the fake antique dealer Monson Mavunkal to life imprisonment for sexual abuse of a minor girl and imposed a fine of Rs 5,25,000 on him.Additional District and Sessions Judge K. Soman said Mavunkal, who was found to have committed repeated rape on a minor girl, exploiting the financial position of her family and aborting her pregnancy at his residence, does...

Post-Godhra Riots: 'Prominent Hindus Unnecessarily Faced Trial Due To Uproar Of Pseudo-Secular Media, Organisation': Court Acquits 35 Accused

A Sessions Court in Gujarat's Halol (Panchmahal District) on Monday acquitted all 35 surviving accused in four cases in connection with the 2022 post-Godhra riot cases. In these cases, 52 persons were initially charge-sheeted under various sections of the IPC and Bombay Police Act, out of these, 17 died during the pendency of the trial which went on for 20 long years.In its 36-page order,...

Kerala Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail To 'Marunadan Malayali' Editor Shajan Skaria In Case By MLA Under SC/ST Act

A Kerala Court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Shajan Skariah, editor and publisher of YouTube Channel Marunadan Malayali, in the case against him for allegedly broadcasting a derogatory news item against MLA Sreenijin. The Special Court Judge for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Honey M. Varghese found the allegations levelled by...

Chennai Court Grants 8 Days Custody To ED For Interrogating Senthil Balaji

A court in Chennai on Friday granted the Enforcement Directorate 8 days custody to interrogate Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji in connection with the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The court has asked ED to produce Balaji on June 23. Principal Sessions Judge S Alli, checked up on Balaji's health through Video Conferencing before passing the order on his custody. Balaji...

Court Sentences Former Tamil Nadu Special DGP To 3 Years Imprisonment For Sexually Harassing Woman IPS Officer

A DGP-rank officer Rajesh Das has been convicted of sexual harassment by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court at Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. Das, who was a Special DGP in the state, had sexually harassed a woman Superintendent of Police while on duty in 2021.Villupram Chief Judicial Magistrate Pushparani on Friday sentenced Das to three-year imprisonment and fine. The court also imposed a fine...

Karnataka Govt Makes It Compulsory For Schools, Colleges To Read Preamble; Govt Offices To Display Portrait Of Preamble

The Karnataka Government on Thursday announced that it has decided to make it mandatory for schools, colleges and Universities in the state, whether government aided or private, to read daily the Preamble of the Constitution of India.It also said that the officers of the State Government have been instructed to stick a copy of the preamble of the Constitution in every office of...

CLAT 2024:Consortium Of National Law Universities Notifies Syllabus,Questions Reduced From 150 To 120 For UG Exam

The Consortium of National Law Universities has today issued a notification regarding the syllabus and format for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2024.The syllabus and pattern for CLAT 2024 are stated as follows:For Undergraduate CLAT 2024The Undergraduate CLAT 2024, for admissions to the Undergraduate courses that commence in the Academic Year 2024-2025 at the participating NLUs shall comprise 120 questions instead of 150 questions as in previous years. Candidates will have 2 hours to...

Karnataka Court Takes Cognizance Of BJP's Criminal Defamation Complaint Against Congress Leaders Over 'Corruption Rate Card'

A Special Court in Bengaluru has taken cognizance of a private defamation complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Congress leadersRahul Gandhi under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code.The complaint is primarily against “Corruption Rate card” advertisement issued by the Karnataka Pradesh...

Delhi Police Files Cancellation Report In POCSO Case against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, Submits Chargesheet In Sexual Harassment Case

Delhi Police on Thursday filed a cancellation report in the POCSO case against BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. However, a chargesheet has been filed against him in a sexual harassment case.Special Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava told the media that a charge sheet before Rouse Avenue Court has been filed under Sections 354 (outraging modesty of...

Union Government Constitutes Expert Committee For Reforms In Arbitration And Conciliation Act

The Ministry of Law & Justice has constituted a sixteen-member expert committee headed by Dr. T.K. Vishwanathan, Former Secretary of the Department of Legal Affairs, for examining the working of arbitration law in India and recommending reforms in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The committee is expected to submit its recommendations within 30 days from today. The step is...