Don’t use excessive force in Manipur: Army told
2016-07-08
AFSPA gives the army sweeping emergency powers in the northeastern stateContinue Reading
Why is this professor not allowed to teach?
2016-05-13
N Saibaba, who teaches English, suffers from 90 percent disabilityContinue Reading
Marines case: India, Italy to soon approach SC
2016-05-05
New Delhi: Pursuant to a ruling by a UN tribunal, India and Italy will soon approach the Supreme Court for relaxation of bail conditions of Italian marine Salvatore Girone, held in India on murder charges. “As you know the tribunal has said both India and Italy should now approach theContinue Reading
Mariner allowed to stay in Italy until Sept 30
2016-04-26
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the stay of marine Massimiliano Latorre, who along with his colleague Salvatore Girone is accused of killing two fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012, in Italy till 30 September. The court was informed by the Centre that international arbitration proceedings in theContinue Reading
Worship places on roads, pavements insult to God: SC
2016-04-19
New Delhi: Allowing unauthorised places of worship on roads and pavements of the country was an insult to God, the Supreme Court on Tuesday as it criticised state governments and union territories for taking no action to bring them down. “You have to demolish such structures. We know you areContinue Reading
‘Supreme Court located too far North for litigants from South’
2016-04-16
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is situated in the “far North” in Delhi, and litigants from the southern States find it unduly long and expensive to come here in search of justice. This was one of the 11 reasons the Supreme Court’s amicus curiae and senior advocate K.K. Venugopal citedContinue Reading
No minority status to AMU, Centre tells SC
2016-04-04
New Delhi: The NDA government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would withdraw the appeal filed by the erstwhile UPA government challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict holding the Aligarh Muslim University as non-minority institution. “I changed my mind two months ago,” Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told aContinue Reading
SC clears shield for bystanders who help road accident victims
2016-03-30
New Delhi): The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Union government’s guidelines to shield from police harassment bystanders or good Samaritans who help road accident victims. A bench of justices V. Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra asked the central government to give wide publicity to these guidelines so that peopleContinue Reading
Supreme Court extends interim bail for Teesta, husband
2016-03-10
It said the Chief Justice will set up a regular bench for hearing them as the present combination of judges are not sitting together on a day-to-day basis.Continue Reading
India chooses Net neutrality, nixes Facebook’s Free Basics
2016-02-08
Backing net neutrality, telecom regulation had suspended Free Basics a few weeks ago.Continue Reading