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The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo moto cognizance of the media reports  and has issued a notice to the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories and to the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to submit a report within six weeks and four weeks respectively upon the inadequacy of healthcare facili..

An application filed by Malegaon Blast accused BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur was rejected by the special NIA Court yesterday. The application was seeking exemption form appearance every week.  Special Judge Vinod Padalkar directed all accused to remain present during the ongoing trial, at least one day in a week. However, the..

The Madras High Court has ruled that private entities discharging public functions would also subject to the courts writ jurisdiction under Article 226. If any private body has a public duty imposed on it, the court has jurisdiction to entertain the writ petition.The court has explained such intervention is required given that several private entities have been vest..

Bench of Justice Jayant Nath and Justice Najmi Waziri heard a PIL seeking an independent CBI probe into the alleged police assault on an auto-rickshaw driver Sarabjeet Singh and his minor son. On Sunday evening, several video clips went viral on social media. In one among the clips, the autorickshaw driver was seen running afte..

Justice Chauhan, who was currently presided the Telangana High Court in the capacity of its Acting Chief Justice has been affirmed by the Hon’ble President of India to assume the permanent office of the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court by virtue of the notification dated June 19, 2019. Shri Raghvend..

The Delhi police has reinstated the husband and brother in law who has complained of sexual harassment against the CJI Rajan Gogoi. The suspension order against them has been revoked. Both of them have been reinstated last week but the departmental enquiry against them is still pending. Th..

Recently, Central Bureau of Investigation has registered FIR against the leading NGO administered by one of its founding members, Senior Advocate Ms Indira Jaising in violation of the Foreign Contribution Registration Act. The FIR is booked per the complaint dated May 15 2019 made by the MHA Under Secretary Shri Anil Kumar Dhasmana..

SAT has given the stayed order passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) which had barred NDTV Promoters Radhika Roy and Prannoy Roy from occupying the position of Director or any key managerial position in NDTV for a period of two years. The SAT stated such an order would not be in the interest of NDTV s..

A special court in Allahabad has convicted four of the five accused and has sentenced them to life imprisonment. On July 5, 2005, terrorists of a Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT ) tried to attack the makeshift temple at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya. Heavily-armed terrorists attem..

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to constitute a team of medical experts urgently and provide all necessary medical equipment and other supports. The purpose of PIL is for treatment of children who are succumbing to Encephalitis in Bihar. The petitioner submitted that more than 126 children has died..

Gaya, a dry and dusty city some 116 km from state capital Patna, is among the areas in Bihar worst affected by the heat wave; deaths have also been reported from Aurangabad and Nawada, with 27 dying in Aurangabad alone last week.[1] img class=img-responsive" alt="" src="http://www.lawyersclubindia.com/editor_upload/2924_201906..

The Election Commission has issued a notification to hold by-polls for two vacated Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat. Gujarat Congress legislator and the Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Paresh Dhanani, has approached the Supreme Court against the notification and decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI). p style="text-align: ju..

The BJP parliamentary board appointed former Union Minister JP Nadda as the working president of the party, who will function under Amit Shah. This is the first time BJP will have a working president, under Shah. Nadda will work under Shah till the new party chief is elected. Nanda was widely expected to succeed Shah since he w..

In the landmark ruling of Case No. 11-18-CN (matrimonio igualitario) dated June 12, 2019 the Highest Constitutional Court of Ecuador with 5:4 majority recognises the constitutional validity of the same sex marriages in Ecuador. Ecuador makes its presence in the name of countries where Church is predominant and thus affirmed and hai..

A media report was released stating that over 500 families, belonging from Gadaria (shepherd) Community, of several villages in Rajasthan’s Banswara use their children as a pawn for Rs. 1500-2000. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo moto cognizance of the media report. The NHRC is a Statutory public body..