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TN Lawyer files PIL before the Madras High Court seeking direction to ensure safety of women employees in software and IT industries
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Government to expedite the process of devising regulatory measures, including a comprehensive legislation, for safety of women working in software and IT industries was filed in the Madras High Court yesterday.In his petition K T S Sivakumar, an advocate, while mentioning the recent murder of a women employee of an IT firm here,...
Supreme Court extends Sahara chief, Subrata Roy's custody till March 11
Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy on Tuesday was produced before the Supreme Court, which extended his custody till the next hearing on March 11, 2014. Two more male directors of the company were also ordered to be taken into custody. However, company director Vandana Bhargava was spared by the Court, saying she will negotiate with Roy and other two contemnors and make an acceptable...
Apex Court asks Nokia to come up with a concrete proposal to settle its tax tow with the I-T Department; posts the case for hearing on March 11
The Supreme Court on Monday, asked Nokia India Pvt Ltd to come up with a concrete proposal to settle its tax row with the income tax department.A Bench, headed by Justice A R Dave, decided to hear the matter on March 11 after Nokia's counsel submitted there was a need for an early settlement of the tax dispute as the assets transfer to Microsoft has to take place in another two to...
Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking to restrain politicians from indulging in 'provocative and hate speeches'
The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking its direction to restrain politicians from indulging in "provocative and hate speeches" saying that it cannot curtail people's fundamental right to free speech."We cannot curtail fundamental rights of people. It is a precious rights guaranteed by Constitution," a Bench headed by Justice R M Lodha said, adding...
SC declines to entertain PIL challenging reservation based on caste; asks the petitioner to approach the Government
The Supreme Court, on Monday, refused to entertain a PIL that sought to quash the reservation policy based on caste and religion and to instead implement reservations on the basis of economic condition of citizens.A Bench of the Apex Court consisting of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that it cannot directly intrude with a policy that has achieved its purpose. The...
Supreme Court to hear on March 6, the petitions filed by victims’ families challenging the TN Govt's decision to release the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear the petition filed the families of victims of the 1991 blast challenging Tamil Nadu government's decision to release the seven convicts in the 'Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case'.The petition was filed by family members of the victims, a local Congress politician Americai Narayanan and three others.Challenging the state government's decision to release...
Government Prohibits two-finger test on Rape Victims, New Guidelines drawn out for Forensic Medical Care
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has drawn new guidelines for treating rape victims and asked all hospitals to set up a designated room for forensic and medical examination of victims also prohibiting the two-finger test performed on them, labeling it as unscientific.The Department of Health Research (DHR) along with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) with the help of...
Permission granted by the Apex Court to withdraw writ petition; Senior lawyer writes to CJI in protest.
An important issue of judicial propriety and legality has arisen in the light of permission granted by the Supreme Court to withdraw a Writ Petition from the Mumbai High Court. While permitting the withdrawal, the Court has rendered the High Court judgement non est and set it aside. As a result, the damaging observations of the High Court, where it found on merits that the public...
Petition filed by Naz Foundation alleges discrimination against HIV affected children; Apex Court issues notice to the centre and states
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the centre and all the states on a petition filed by the NGO Naaz Foundation seeking to declare HIV affected children as a disadvantaged group under the Right of Education Act to ensure they got education without discrimination.Alleging that children living with or affected by HIV/AIDS are denied admission, suspended and even expelled from schools,...
Apex Court declines to entertain a PIL seeking framing of guidelines to regulate Government advertisements; asks the petitioner to approach it after the general election
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL filed by Kochouspeh Chittilappilly seeking framing of guidelines to regulate advertisements given by the government to project its achievements, saying that election is round the corner and the timing is not appropriate to hear such a plea. The petitioner had alleged that governments spend crores of rupees in advertisements to project...
After Fali Nariman, Justice (retd) K.T. Thomas now pulls out of the Lokpal Search Committee
Close on the heels of one of the eminent jurists of the Country, Fali Nariman slamming the Lokpal selection process and refusing to become a part of the 8-member Lokpal Search Committee, Justice K.T. Thomas, who was chosen as the head of the Search Committee, has followed suit, and written to the Prime Minister's Office expressing his inability to take up the appointment as head of the...
Haryana Urban Development Authority unearths illegalities in plot allotments to former President of India, former Chief Justice of P&H High Court among others
Under directions issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to probe multiple allotment of plots under the discretionary quota, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has unearthed several illegalities in plot allotments to several persons, including a former President of India, whose wife and son “obtained allotment of more than one plot” in Gurgaon, and a former Chief Justice...