The imposition of President’s rule in Arunachal Pradesh has come under the scanner of the Supreme Court which sought the report of Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa recommending central rule in the state, saying “it is too serious a matter”. The remark by a five-judge bench
Draft Environment Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was published by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on 7th October 2015. The Ministry has proposed the amendment to the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and National Green Tribunal Act, 2010. The proposed amendments are being
A Delhi court has sentenced a youth to ten years in prison by a fast-track court here for raping a 22 year-old girl in 2009. Manish was convicted last evening by judge Gulab Singh, who also imposed a fine of Rs 27,000 on him, according
The Delhi High Court has asked the city Police chief to ensure there is no hindrance to lifting of garbage in coordination with the civic bodies here, in view of the indefinite strike by sanitation workers. It said the civic bodies’ functioning should not be
This is an important case in the history of United States, dealing with the interpretation of two constitutional provisions. Article 1, section 9 states that “no Capitation, or other direct taxes shall be laid, unless, in proportion to the Census.” Article 1, section 2 provides
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court order staying till January 29 the proposed hike in fares of the Versova-Ghatkopar Metro rail corridor A bench comprising justices M Y Eqbal and Arun Mishra asked the metro operator Mumbai Metro One
A local court has acquitted twenty two Shiv Sena workers and leaders, including Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde and Thane Mayor Sanjay More, who were being tried in an attempt to murder and armed rioting case of 2005. In 2005, when the then Shiv Sena leader
US President Barack Obama has recently announced a ban on the federal prison system’s use of solitary confinement for juveniles. Obama has stated that after a review of US prisons by the Department of Justice, he is adopting new rules based on their recommendations: These
Stress was taken lightly in the seventies. Then it began to show its colors in the eighties. Gradually it was recognized as a possible diseased state of personality. Now it has become a license to murder. What has brought this sea change in human affairs?
The Madras High Court has in adjourned a PIL seeking to declare a rule of the state HR&CE department preventing women from entering temples during a particular period in which they are not by custom and usage allowed to do so. “It is to be