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A  6-judge bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna, on Thursday, dismissed the curative petition filed by death row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta challenging the dismissal of his claim of juvenility at the time of offence. This comes a day before th..

The number of corruption related complaints received in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) during the last one year for the period 01.03.2019 to 29.02.2020 is 12,458.  Total disposal of Corruption related complaints during the said period is 12,066. As per guidelines issued by Department of Administrative Reforms and ..

Justice Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari, who is presently serving as Acting Chief Justice of Bombay HC, and was previously a Judge of the Bombay High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of that High Court and is due to retire on April 27. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his elevation vide resolution dated February 24. p style="text-ali..

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025. The Plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of substance (drug) abuse through a multi-pronged strategy. The activities under the NAPDDR, inter-alia, include awareness generation programmes in  schools/colleges/Universitie..

On Monday,Ranjan Gogoi, former CJI,wasnominated to  Rajya Sabha, as a nominated member, by President Ram Nath Kovind. He has been nominated to fill the vacancy caused due to the retirement of one of the nominated member, Senior Advocate K.T.S. Tulsi.The notification to this effect was published in the Official Gazette and read as..

It is most heartening, most consoling and most refreshing to learn that the Madhya Pradesh High Court just recently on February 26, 2020 in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled 'Gaurav Pandey Vs Union of India and Others' in Writ Petition No. 17704/2018 (PIL) has taken serious note of the increasing &lsqu..

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is working in collaboration with various Central Government Ministries/stakeholders to make efforts to achieve reduction in import dependency on oil. The import reduction strategy broadly includes increasing domestic production of oil and gas, improving energy efficiency and productivity, giving thrust on demand substitution, pr..

The Karnataka government has passed new standards to handle the spreading of novel Coronavirus (COVID) by allowing the specialists to persuasively concede the individuals who reject treatment for COVID. The crisis arrangements have been upheld by the state under areas 2, 3 and 4 of the Epidemic Diseases Act. p style="text-a..

Under the new Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damage to Public and Private Property Ordinance proclaimed by Governor Anandiben Patel on Sunday, clearing powers have been conceded to another cases court, remembering for gathering pay ex-parte whenever required, that is, without hearing the person who is blamed for vandalism. Further, the law expresses that the honour of paym..

Farooq Abdullah was kept alongside a few chiefs including his child Omar Abdullah and PDP's Mehbooba Mufti on August 5, when the legislature finished uncommon status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and forced enormous security limitations and a correspondence lockdown. The orders didn't give any ..

The govt is preparing to set up All-India Judicial Service (AIJS) by Mar 2022, as per a proposition put together by the law service to the Union Council of Ministers. The Center is pushing forward with the arrangement despite resistance from many state govt and HCs.  The law service has chosen to finish the meeting procedu..

Introduction The administration has requested two driving Malayalam news stations to suspend broadcast for 48 hours over their inclusion of the ongoing enemy of CAA revolts in Delhi. The activity comes over supposed infringement of specific arrangements of the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 independently ..

Major Port Authorities Bill 2020 was introduced in the Loksabha by the minister of state for shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh MANDAVIYA. The Bill seeks to provide for regulation, operation and planning of Major Ports in India and to vest the administration, control and management of such ports upon the Boards of Major Port Authorities and for matters connected therewith ..

Bill to transform Indian mining sector: Pralhad Joshi Parliament passed The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for amendments in Mines & Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 and The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. Rajya Sabha passed the bill today while Lok Sabha already passed this bil..

In the judgment of the two writ petitions filed by the as many Judicial Officers from Jharkhand - Arun Kumar Gupta and Raj Nandan Rai v.State of Jharkhand & Another, delivered on February 27, 2020, Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Deepak Gupta, at the Supreme Court have observed while dismissing those writ petitions that adverse entries with regard to int..