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In a swift and surprise move the Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force to assess and make recommendations for the entire country based on the need for, availability, and distribution of medical oxygen. Legal experts point the Supreme Court move has communicated a hard stance to the Modi led centre government Read More…
Supreme Court said it is a “staunch proponent of freedom of media” to report court proceedings and that the EC’s contention that press should be reporting orders only and not observations struck at principles of open court and the fundamental right to freedom of speech under Constitution. Freedom of speech ”extends to reporting proceedings Read More…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday lauded the efforts of Maharashtra authorities in ensuring oxygen supply to COVID patients in Mumbai The Supreme Court on Wednesday lauded the efforts of Maharashtra authorities in ensuring oxygen supply to COVID patients in Mumbai and asked the Centre and the Delhi government to talk with the civic body Read More…
The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Centre to show cause as to why contempt not be initiated against it for failing to comply with order on supply of oxygen to Delhi for treating COVID-19 patients. “You can put your head in sand like an ostrich, we will not,” the high court told the Read More…
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed an FIR lodged against journalist Patricia Mukhim for allegedly creating communal disharmony through her Facebook post. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao allowed the plea filed by Mukhim against the Meghalaya High Court order which had refused to quash the FIR against her. We have Read More…
The plea was filed by advocate Aparna Bhat and eight other women lawyers against the July 30 order by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, where an accused of sexual assault was asked to get a ‘Rakhi’ tied on him by the victim as a condition for bail. Supreme Court bench headed by Justice A.M. Read More…
The Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to India Head of Amazon Prime Video, Aparna Purohit in the case registered against her in connection with the web series ‘Tandav’. A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and Subhash Reddy also observed that the regulations in place to govern Over the Top (OTT) platforms Read More…
The national capital saw a surge in price hike in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) domestic cylinder on Sunday (February 14). The price of LPG cylinder was raised by Rs. 50 per unit. This is the third such incident of price hike since December 2020. The LPG cylinder (14.2kg) will be priced for Read More…
Comedian Kunal Kamra on Thursday filed a counter affidavit before the Supreme Court, stating that his tweets were not published with the intention of insulting the Court but to draw its attention to and prompt an engagement with issues that he believes are relevant to the Indian democracy. He said, “These jokes are not Read More…
Judge Pushpa Ganediwala Days after ruling on ‘skin-to-skin contact’, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has said., that holding a minor girl’s hand and opening her pants zip cannot be termed as ‘sexual assault’ under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012. Such acts would amount to sexual harassment under Section Read More…
