The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of death sentence of Surinder Koli for killing children in a house in Nithari village in Noida near here in 2006.The bench comprising justices H L Dattu and A R Dave stayed the execution for a period of on ..
The BSF has been directed by the Meghalaya High Court to pay Rs 11 lakh as a compensation for the death of a 16 year-old boy in BSF firing in a remote village of East Khasi Hills district along the Indo-Bangladesh border seven years ago. "It remains ..
The Justice C S Dharmadhikari Committee, set up to recommend measures to curb crimes against women, has asked Maharashtra Government to enforce a "complete ban" on dance bars and frame a policy to check "vulgarity" on social netw ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu, Judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with ef ..
The Government has constituted a high-level committee to review various environment laws in order to bring them in line with current requirements. The committee has been set up in the backdrop of government taking serious measures to fasten the envi ..
Stressing on the need for having an egalitarian society, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday called on citizens to ensure that untouchability is not practised anywhere in the country. Delivering the fifth Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Lecture here o ..
Former Chief Justice of India Palanisamy Sathasivam on Friday assumed office as 23rd Governor of Kerala, succeeding Sheila Dikshit. 65-year-old Justice Sathasivam, whose appointment triggered debate in legal and political circles on the propriety ..
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the passing away of Shri Goolam E. Vahanvati, former Attorney General of India. In a condolence message to his wife, Smt. Nafisa Vahanvati, the President has said, “I am extremely s ..
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today said that a new Road Traffic Act will be brought in the winter session of Parliament, which will be at par with international Acts in the Road Sector. Speaking at a workshop on ..
A group of LLB students of Hooghly Mohsin College called on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (August 28, 2014). Addressing the students, the President stated that they represent a premiere and pioneering i ..