President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his consent to a bill giving primacy to the Deputy Governor (LG) of Delhi over the elected government. The central government announced the presidential approval of the Delhi National Capital Territory Government (Amendment) Bill 2021 through a notice in the bulletin. Under the …
Read More »Supreme Court sends man to jail for failing to pay Rs 2.60 crore arrears to estranged wife
The man had requested a period of two years to pay the full amount. (Figurative) New Delhi: The Supreme Court sentenced a man to three months in prison for contempt of court after he failed to pay an outstanding amount of Rs 2.60 million along with monthly alimony of Rs …
Read More »Great victory for Tata at the Battle of Mistry
Bombay: On Friday, the Supreme Court awarded Tata Sons Ltd a major victory in its four-year dispute with the Mistry family, its main shareholder, as it overturned an appeals court ruling ordering the reinstatement of Cyrus Mistry as president of the holding company of the Tata group. A three-judge Supreme …
Read More »Army criteria systematically discriminate against women: Supreme Court
In a world created “by men for men,” adjustments in thought and letter are necessary to build an egalitarian society, the Supreme Court said Thursday, holding that the Army’s evaluation criteria for granting permanent commission to women Short-duty officers systematically discriminated against them. . By allowing the plea of a …
Read More »Bobde backs Ramana for CJI as SC dismisses Jagan’s complaint | India News
NEW DELHI: One month before your retirement, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde recommended on Wednesday to the elderly Supreme Court Judge Justice NV Ramana to the Center as the next CJI. In the process, Bobde dismissed an unprecedented complaint against Ramana filed by Andhra Pradesh Prime Minister Jaganmohan Reddy …
Read More »‘Anil Deshmukh Wanted to Frame BJP Leaders’: What Former Mumbai Policeman Said in SC Petition | India News
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Police Commissioner Deviated Param Bir Singh Monday moved the Supreme Court Demanding a CBI investigation into corruption allegations against Maharashtra’s interior minister Anil Deshmukh. Singh’s petition in the high court comes just days after he wrote an eight-page letter to the chief minister of Maharashtra. Uddhav Thackeray …
Read More »How many generations will the reservations continue, asks the Supreme Court during the hearing of the Maratha quota case
Arguments in the Maratha quota case remained inconclusive and would be resumed on Monday. New Delhi: For how many generations would reservations in employment and education continue, the Supreme Court sought to know during the Maratha quota case hearing on Friday and expressed concern about the “resulting inequality” should the …
Read More »Judge Chandrachud: Only one judge left in South Carolina; deeply disturbing
Supreme Court Justice Justice DY Chandrachud said Saturday that it is “deeply disturbing” that the high court is left with only one woman after Justice Indu Malhotra’s retirement and called for “serious introspection” to address this. “Judge Malhotra’s retirement means that the Supreme Court now has only one female judge …
Read More »The rise and fall of VK Sasikala
Sasikala announced her decision to leave politics on Wednesday. For thirty years, VK Sasikala was known for her association with the most powerful woman in Tamil Nadu. Described by most as a friend of Jayalalithaa, a ‘shadow’ by some others, it was the late Chief Minister, who saved the kindest …
Read More »Call on the Chief Justice of India to resign over offer to rapist
More than 3,500 concerned citizens, representatives of women’s and feminist movements sent an open letter to the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, demanding that he resign and apologize for his comments in court, where he asked a man, accused of rape a minor, if he was willing to marry …
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