The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission has ordered an immediate halt to the transportation of manganese ore through Belekeri village in Uttara Kannada district following a complaint by the local gram panchayat.After hearing a complaint lodged b ..
Senior Civil Judge and secretary of District Legal Services Authority D. Dharma Rao has called for a change in mindset of public towards women and their rights for laws to be effective. He said that several laws were made for protection of women but ..
The Madras High Court on Thursday posted for August 27 a petition seeking a writ of quo warranto direction against an advocate to explain under what authority he held the office of the Chairman of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. The pe ..
The Madras High Court has upheld a government order issued in November last year and the consequential notification, by which selection to Diploma in Nursing course has been restricted to female candidates.U. Ashad Ali sought a writ to call for the r ..
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and the Medical Council of India on a writ petition filed by the Government Dharmapuri Medical College, challenging the Centre’s communication that permission given to the college for admitting ..
The Madras High Court on Wednesday said that it expected the State Health Secretary to consider a suggestion made by a petitioner to provide masks to the public free of cost, if required, in the wake of A(H1N1) influenza cases in the State.The First ..
The Madras High Court has held that clerks, accountants and office assistants working in financial institutions and canvassing agents should not be prosecuted for offence under Section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interest of Depositors Act.It ..
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the Human Resource Development Ministry’s proposal to amend the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007, for bringing the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) within its ambit.T ..
The Supreme Court has called for liberal use of Mimansa Principles of Interpretation (MPI) in interpreting and understanding the statutes and provisions of law.A Bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice A.K. Ganguly in its order said “MIP w ..
As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continues its probe into five cases of corruption and bribery registered last month against the top brass of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the agency has proposed changes in the w ..