Delhi High Court asks Government to file steps taken to safeguard Gandhian museum and relics

A Delhi High Court bench comprising of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw urged the Counsel representing Ministry of Culture to acquaint the Court regarding steps taken for management of the National Gandhi Museum and other museums to safeguard the historic items related to Mahatma Gandhi.The plea stated, "The past record of activities of Samiti would firmly establish that it...

Salman’s conviction could not be stayed merely because he can’t get a UK Visa: Supreme Court

A Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay and Justice A.K. Goel reserved its order on the appeal filed by the Rajasthan Government challenging a State High Court order staying the conviction of actor Salman Khan so that he could travel to Britain for a film engagement.The Bench asserted that Salman’s conviction could not be stayed merely because it was hampering his...

We are not in 1935, women can be makeup artists, says Supreme Court

“You better delete this clause on your own. Remove this immediately. We are in 2014, not in 1935. Such things cannot continue even for a day,”, this is what the Supreme Court had to say to Cine Costume Make-up Artists and Hair Dressers Association (CCMAA).The petition in this regard was filed by Charu Khurana and other women make-up artists, who had qualifications from Cinema Make-up...

Transparent Recruitment Process for police hiring, SC issues notice to Centre and all states

Hearing a petition filed by NGO Lokniti Foundation which stated that the process of police recruitment at the lower levels needs to be changed as it mostly enters into controversies, the Supreme Court today issued notice to Centre and all states in the matter.The NGO in its petition had claimed that rampant corruption and political interference happens in the recruitment in different states....

Supreme Court judges informally decide amongst themselves to keep the judgments short

In a move that is bound to speed up the justice delivery system in the country, the judges of the Supreme Court have informally met and decided that the judgments that will now be delivered will be kept short."Lean, to-the-point judgments delivered in quick time" is the message that the judges are informally circulating among themselves every time they meet in groups and discuss ways to...

New CLAT MoU in place, 16 NLUs to organize CLAT as per date of establishment

The CLAT MoU which was drafted in 2007 has been replaced with a new one, which includes the provision that all 16 NLUs which are part of the CLAT Core Committee will organize CLAT as per their date of establishment (a practice which has been followed since 2007).The CLAT Core Committee, headed by its Convenor, Dr. Gurdeep Singh, VC of Dr. RMLNLU finalized the new MoU, which will replace the...

Supreme Court issues notice on Cattle Torturing

Hearing a public interest litigation filed by an NGO that had stated that a large number of cattle are transported from India to Nepal to be slaughtered at the Gadhimal festival, which happens once in five years and is scheduled for November 28 and 29 this year, the Supreme Court today ordered that Centre should ensure that the cattle are not tortured and starved while in India.The Bench...

Spot fixing in IPL: Mudgal panel files final report in Supreme Court [Read the Full Report]

Justice Mudgal Committee, which was investigating the IPL after the spot-fixing scandal emerged, submitted its final report to the Supreme Court today.Earlier, the Supreme Court had asked the panel to finish the investigation within 2 months. On September 1, the Apex Court had ruled that Srinivasan could not remain as BCCI President until he gets a clean chit from the Committee. The panel...

CLAT 2015 to be online, DSNLU the latest entrant

The CLAT Committee headed by its Convenor Prof. Gurdeep Singh, who is the Vice Chancellor of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, also the organizing University this year has decided to make CLAT a fully online examination. Earlier, only the registration and the application process was done online, however, in a paradigm shift, CLAT-2015 will have all the processes...

Draft Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment),Bill 2014 proposes to allow abortions until 24 weeks in exceptional cases.Abortion at any stage if substantial foetal abnormality is detected.

The Draft Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment),Bill 2014, which was put up on the website of Ministry of Health on 30.10.2014, proposes to allow abortions till 24 weeks in exceptional cases.The Draft Bill reads that abortion can be done on request of a woman if the pregnancy period has not gone beyond 12 weeks. However, where the length of pregnancy period exceeds 12 weeks but is below...

Prime Accused in Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, former CEO of Union Carbide Warren Anderson, Died

Wanted in India for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy that shook the country in 1984, the former CEO of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson is now dead.He died aged 92, at a nursing home in Vero Beach, Florida on September 29, 2014. Reportedly, his family did not announce his death and the same could be known only after going through the public records.After the gas tragedy, Anderson had reached India after...

High Court paves way to Liquor Prohibition in Kerala [Read the Judgment]

The Kerala High Court upheld the liquor ban in Kerala State in view of the revised Abkari Policy of the Government of Kerala. Through the revised abkari policy, the Kerala government had limited sale of liquor to five-star bar hotels and government-run retail outlets. The High Court, however, allowed four-star and heritage bar hotels to remain open. But, the court did not allow the...