No Proposal To Amend Official Languages Act To Include Languages Other Than Hindi & English As Official Languages, Centre Tells Rajya Sabha

There is no proposal to amend Official Languages Act to include Scheduled languages other than Hindi and English as its official languages, the Centre told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Member of Parliament Vaiko had asked the Ministry of Home Affairs whether there is proposal to amend Official Languages Act to include Scheduled languages other than Hindi and English as its official languages,...

15 Special Cells Have Been Created To Address The Concerns Of Inter-Caste Couples Fearing Honour Killing: Delhi Govt Informs Delhi HC [Read Order]

Delhi Government has informed the Delhi High Court that 15 Committees of Officers as District Special Cells have been constituted to address the concerns of inter-caste couples who are facing threats of honour killing. While addressing the Division Bench of Justice JR Midha and Justice Brijesh Sethi, the Delhi Government further stated that the Deputy Commissioner of Police of...

Calcutta HC Refuses To Stay Publication Of NUJS Merit List In Plea Challenging 30% Domicile Reservation [Read Order]

Calcutta High Court has refused to grant interim relief in a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the law mandating 30% domicile reservation for admission in West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS). The High Court declined to pass interim orders directing authorities to not publish the merit list with respect to NUJS while the petition filed by...

AP HC Stays Probe Into Amaravati Land Scam; Gags Media & Stops Social Media Posts

Andhra Pradesh High Court has issued an injunction restraining any media reporting as to the FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau alleging corruption and illegal land transactions in relation to the shift of the capital to Amaravti following the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.After staying further proceedings on the FIR, which names several...

SC Extends Term Of Justice (Retd.) Manmohan Singh As IPAB Chairman For Three Months [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the tenure of Justice (Retd.) Manmohan Singh as the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), for three months. The order was passed today by a Bench comprised of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat, while hearing a batch of petitions concerning appointments to Tribunals as well as a challenge to...

Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging The Decision Of DU's Law Faculty To Hold Exams For Students Already Promoted To Next Semester

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by students of Faculty of Law, Delhi University, challenging the decision of holding exams for students who have already been promoted to the next semester. The Single Bench of Justice Jayant Nath has issued notices to the Faculty of Law, University Grants Commission, Bar Council of India, and the Delhi University. Filed by some of...

No Plans To Enact Legislation To Prevent Custodial Torture: Govt Tells In Lok Sabha [Read Statement]

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that it has no plans to bring a legislation on Custodial Violence. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy, informed the House that the Indian Penal Code provides punishment for such offences and it has no plans to bring in a separate legislation. The clarification comes in response...

Parliament Clears Bill To Merge 3 Ayurveda Institutes In Gujarat To Set Up An Institute Of National Importance [Read Bill]

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020, by voice vote. Introduced by the Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the Bill seeks to merge three Ayurveda institutes, namely the Institute of Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar;Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Jamnagar; andthe Indian Institute...

Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage Between Couple Belonging To Notified Scheduled Tribe Is Not Maintainable Under Hindu Marriage Act: Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

The Tripura High Court has observed that marriage between persons who belong to Scheduled Tribes notified under Article 342 of the constitution of India cannot be dissolved by invoking provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956.The bench comprising Justices S. Talapatra and SG Chattopadhyay observed that Section 15 of Special Marriage Act, 1954, provides a very complex structure for...

Full Bench Of P & H HC Set To Consider Whether Prisoners Detected Using/In Possession Of Cell Phone/SIM Card Inside Jail Premises Are Disentitled From Parole/Furlough [Read Order]

A full bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court is set to consider the entitlement of prisoners who are "detected of using cell phone or in possession of cell phone/SIM card inside the jail premises" to parole or furlough .A bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and Avneesh Jhingan on Monday, deeming that the law in this regard should be settled by a larger bench, referred the following question...

Agitation Before Commissioner's Office Against Mass Transfer Order 'Similar Activity' As Strike: Madras HC Upholds Punishment Of Stoppage Of Increment Of Cops [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has ruled that the conduct of the police personnel in holding a demonstration before the Office of the Police Commissioner, raising slogans against the higher officials, delivering interviews to the media, in demanding for immediate relieving of an entire transfer order is an activity similar to strike.The petitioner before Justice R. M. T. Teekaa Raman, while he was...

SC Grants Two Days' Interim Bail Under Police Escort To Murder Convict For Marrying His Fiancee [Read Order]

"The Police escort shall be in plain clothes and shall be at the cost of the appellant."