NEWS SCAN Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday withdrew a memo issued last year that had ordered the phase-out of privately operated federal prisons.Sessions issued a new memo that questioned the wisdom of the phase-out and said the Bureau of Prisons should “return to its
NEWS SCAN Incumbent operators – Airtel, Vodafone and Idea – should be asked to pay a penalty of Rs. 9,900 crore combined for alleged breach of licence conditions by not providing interconnection to Reliance Jio, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice B C Patel has
NEWS SCAN In a path-breaking verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that it can transfer civil and criminal cases including matrimonial disputes out and into Jammu and Kashmir, where central laws like CPC and CrPC do not apply, to ensure “right of access of
Let me begin by first and foremost expressing my utmost gratitude and profuse compliments to former Justice BP Singh (retd) of Allahabad High Court for not just accepting the invitation to swear in the newly elected members of Meerut Bar but also publicly supporting the
The term ‘Rule of Law’ is an ancient term which has again found significance in the present time. Rule of Law is derived from natural law and natural law is also the source of fundamental right. According to St. Thomas Acquinas, natural law is “an
The legal tenet that has been inculcated in us for ages is that, “One is presumed innocent till proved guilty.” But, if one were to go by ‘judgements’ handed down in recent times, it is the other way around – “One is presumed guilty till proven