Cabinet Approves Ordinance To Bring University-Wise Reservation For Teaching Posts

The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for promulgation of "The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Ordinance, 2019" to treat University/ College as the unit of reservation roster for teaching posts instead of 'Department/ Subject'."This decision will allow filling up of more than 5000 vacancies by direct recruitment in Teachers' Cadre duly ensuring that...

Mere Refusal To Marry Is Not Instigation To Commit Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC

"If, on refusal of marriage, any girl or boy commits suicide, it will generate huge number of litigations of offence punishable under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code."

NGT Gets 1,691 Letter Petitions In 7 Months, Says Number Reflects Deficient Statutory Bodies

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has received 1,691 letter petitions or petitions through e-mails from across the country in just seven months i.e., from July 2018 to January 2019.Of the 1,691, the tribunal admitted 321 as petitions after technical scrutiny and identifying genuine grievances. As many as 239 of these 321 petitions stand disposed of.Considering the number of petitions it...

Right Of A Female To Have A Child At The Pre-employment Stage Can't Be A Compulsion For Employer To Change Selection Rules: Patna HC

“This option to beget a child cannot be converted as a compulsion on the Employer to hold a separate PET after the candidate delivers a child.”

Former SC Judge Justice K Ramaswamy Passes Away

Justice K. Ramaswamy, former judge of Supreme Court of India, passed away today.Justice K. Ramaswamy was born on on 13.7.1932, He graduated from W.G.B. College, Bhimavaram, and took graduation in law from Andhra University Law College.He started his practice on 9.7.1962 and was later elevated as judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court on 29.9.1982. He got elevated as the Judge of Supreme Court...

NGT Slaps Rs 500Cr Fine On Volkswagen For Cheating Emission Tests

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday slapped a cost of Rs 500 crore as damages on German automobile major Volkswagen while holding it guilty of causing environmental damage and using cheat devices in its vehicles. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel slapped a fine of Rs 500 on the company. The bench passed the order on a petition moved by a Delhi-based...

Delhi HC CJ Issues Advisory For All POCSO Courts To Ensure Speedy Trials

The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court has issued an advisory to all POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) courts containing a string of recommendations to ensure speedy trial in cases of child sexual abuse.The advisory has been issued on the recommendations of the Committee to Regulate and Monitor the Progress of trials under the POCSO Act, constituted after the Supreme Court...

Justice S V Bhatti Transferred To Kerala HC From Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Notification]

The President today notified the transfer of Jusice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti from Andhra Pradesh High Court to High Court of Kerala, accepting the Supreme Court collegium's proposal.On January 15, the Collegium had proposed his transfer to Kerala HC in the interest of "better administration of justice". Upon his views being sought on the proposal, Justice Bhatti expressed...

Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu Transferred To Bombay HC From Kerala HC [Read Notification]

The President today notified the transfer of Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu from High Court of Kerala to Bombay High Court, accepting the proposal made by Supreme Court Collegium on January 11.He is directed to assume charge on or before March 20, 2019.On September 22,2017, the Collegium had recommend his reptriation to his parent High Court, the then High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for...

Shakti Mills Gangrape: Section S.376(E) IPC Is Unconstitutional: Argues Convict's Lawyer Before Bombay HC

In the confirmation hearing of death penalty awarded to Vijay Jadhav, Mohammad Qasim Shaikh and Mohammad Salim Ansari for the gangrape of an 18-year-old call centre employee in July 2013 and 22-year-old photojournalist in August 2013, advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhary argued that the government's views on Section 376(e) of the Indian Penal Code are outdated and violative of...

NGT Tells Railways To Ensure Trains Slow Down While Passing Through Elephant Corridor In Deepor Beel, Suggests Underpass As Long-Term Measure [Read Order]

Unhappy with the Railways authorities in Assam failing to take temporary measures such as reducing the speed of the train while it crosses through the elephant corridor in Deepor Beel, a wildlife sanctuary, leading to deaths of many pachyderms, and shifting the municipal solid waste plant from the area, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has reiterated that "earth is not for humans alone....

AgustaWestland : CBI Court Directs To Shift Christian Michel To Cell Meant For Undertrials [Read Order]

A Special CBI Court in New Delhi today directed to shift Chirstian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland case, to the cell meant for undertrails from the present high security cell which is meant for convicts. The Court passed the order while considering an application by Michel to shift him from high security solitary cell to a normal cell. The CBI said that he was kept in Jail...