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A large number of political and defence analysts attribute instability in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) to India’s inability to fully integrate the State into the Union. The challenges towards such integration have historical roots, dating to the circumstances under which the State, led by Maharaja Hari Singh, acceded to India, following Pakistan’s attempt..

The day India witnesses any horrific incident against a Lawyer or an Advocate, the voice of the individuals associated with the NOBLEST OF ALL PROFESSIONS echoes in one voice, chanting ‘WE WANT JUSTICE! WE WANT PROTECTION FOR ADVOCATES and WE WANT AN ACT FOR IT’. Recently, when the 1st Woman President Darvesh Ya..

It has to be candidly conceded by all of us that a Division Bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising of Hon'ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain and Hon'ble Mr Justice Harnaresh Singh Gill in a latest, landmark and extremely laudable judgment titled Ravinder Yadav Vs Padmini @ Payal in FAO-M-126-2019 (O&M) delivered on May 17, 2019 has categorically a..

Recently in a letter addressed by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Shri Ranjan Gogoi to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi for initiating impeachment proceedings against the sitting Judge of Allahabad High Court Justice Narayan Shukla. This letter just came after Justice Shukla urged the CJI to res..

Pune court has sent accused lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar to a Judicial Custody. Sanjeev Punalekar was accused of advising Sharad Kalaskar, one of the shooters in the case, to destroy the firearms used in the commission of the crime. Dabholkar was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013. Sanatan Sanstha lawyer Punalekar and his assista..

RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya resignation before six months his term ends of his tenure. Business Standard reported that Acharya is returning to New York University's Stern School of Business in August instead of February 2020 as CV Starr Professor of Economics. Pointing out the instances where undermining the centr..

The Kotdwar Bar Association has withdrawn the notice that has restricted its members from representing a person accused of murdering a lawyer. This was stated before the division bench of Uttarakhand High Court, hearing a PIL that challenged the legality of the notice. The bench comprising of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan an..

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..