Online Complaint Box for children to file complaints of sexual abuse launched

An online complaint box for reporting child sexual abuse, the POCSO e-Box was launched by the Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi in New Delhi today. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), e-Box, is an online complaint management system for easy and direct reporting of sexual offences against children and timely action against the offenders under...

Part Time legal education relegates the discipline to ‘Second-Hand Status: Delhi HC

Highlighting the significance of “professionalism” in legal education system in the country, Delhi Court stated that the concept of part time law courses robs the profession of its due worth and imparts a ‘second-hand status’.As per the  PTI report, candidates who had cleared entrance exam to Delhi University’s Law course had appealed against the change in timings of two Law...

Country’s sixth child friendly Court inaugurated in Hyderabad

The city of Hyderabad on Wednesday got its first child-friendly Courtroom. After Goa and Delhi, Telangana has become the third state to have a child friendly Court.It was jointly inaugurated by Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad and Director General of Telangana Police Anurag Sharma at the Nampally Criminal Courts Complex. It was presided by T...

No TET required for teachers of minority institutions: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has ruled against the order of the governments of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, which made it mandatory for aspirants to clear Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) before appointment will not be applicable to minority institutions, either aided or unaided.The writ appeals were filed by the two governments and over 300 writ petitions challenging the governments of the two...

Madras HC slams IIT Madras over ‘Gross irregularities’ in faculty appointments [Read Judgment]

An Associate Professor’s two decade long relentless legal pursuit against unmerited faculty selections in IIT Madras was rewarded with justice in Madras High Court’s latest Judgement. Indian Institute of Technology-Madras was called on the carpet for ‘Gross irregularities’ in the selection procedures and was directed to carry out due redressal. The Court however disallowed the prayer...

Admission brochure or prospectus has a force of law: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana recently reiterated the principle that an admission brochure or prospectus has a force of law and needs to be strictly adhered to. “Accordingly, respondents cannot be held liable for any deficiency in service and the petitioner was not entitled for refund in terms of the above Clause of Prospectus. It has time and again been held by six Full Bench...

Petition filed in Delhi HC alleging charging of excess Tax by restaurants in Delhi, notice issued [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a Writ Petition contending that restaurants in the capital are charging tax in excess of what is prescribed under the law.The Petition, filed by Anish Agarwal and Avi Tandon, graduates of National Law University, Jodhpur, demands that steps be taken against restaurants charging Value Added Tax and Service Tax in excess of legal stipulations....

PIL filed in Delhi HC against attendance policy of Amity Law School

Against the attendance policy of Amity Law School, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in Delhi High Court.The petitioner, Sri. Divyadeep Chaturvedi, who is a lawyer, contended in his petition, that the institute has "arbitrarily departed" from stipulated requirement of having 75 per cent aggregate attendance in all courses and was insisting upon 75 per cent in each subject. The...

Cabinet approves Rs 5 Lakh Compensation to Victims of Cross-Border Firing

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to enhance the grant of compensation to the civilian victims under the scheme titled “Central Scheme for Assistance to Civilian Victims of Terrorist/ Communal/Left Wing Extremist (LWE), Cross Border Firing and Mine/IED blasts on Indian Territory” from Rs.3 lakhs to Rs.5 lakhs. The highlights of...

Death in Police Custody: Gujarat HC orders State to pay compensation to the kin [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court has recently directed the State Government to pay a lump sum compensation of Rs 1.50 Lakhs on account of a detainee’s death in Police Custody, to the deceased’s mother within a period of six months.As per the case details, Ashok Hakabai (deceased) was arrested under the Prohibition Act at Morbi. It was alleged that the victim was brutally tortured by the police...

Cabinet approves introduction of the "Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016"

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the "Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016".The Bill will regulate surrogacy in India by establishing National Surrogacy Board at the central level and State Surrogacy Boards and Appropriate Authorities in the State and Union Territories. The legislation will ensure effective regulation...

Past Cruelty, once condoned cannot be relied upon to seek Divorce: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has recently held that if by resuming cohabitation the spouse claiming victim of cruelty forgives the other spouse who commits the cruelty, the alleged act of past cruelty cannot be relied upon to seek divorce on account of the cruelty unless they are revived by subsequent acts of cruelty.Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani has dismissed an appeal filed by...