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What SC said on dignity of work, equity and State’s financial constraints in ad-hoc employee ruling

Top court quashes Allahabad HC orders that upheld UP government’s denial of workers’ plea on grounds like lack of vacancies & financial constraints.

Lucknow lawyer exploited Dalit woman to file 18 fake rape cases. Court handed him a life sentence

Court finds Parmanand Gupta exploited his wife's employee to lodge fabricated rape cases & pocketed the compensation money. Gupta has been given life term.

CEC cited SC order to deny release of voter list in machine-readable form. Here’s what 2018 order says

Though it noted EC's contention of privacy concerns, SC had declined to assess this argument on merits, simply noting that ‘it is not necessary to go into this aspect.'

From cheque bouncing cases to matrimonial disputes, over 5 lakh cases sent for mediation in special drive

The campaign by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the Supreme Court’s Mediation & Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC) aims to amicably settle at least two lakh cases before it concludes on 30 September.

SC modifies stray dogs order—dogs to be sterilised, vaccinated & released, no feeding on streets

Top court directs municipal authorities to create or identify designated feeding areas in each ward. Dogs infected with rabies or those showing aggressive behaviour not to be released.

‘Band of brothers’ tendency to judicial delays, police brutality cases often follow the same script

A special court in Mohali earlier this August declared 5 retired Punjab Police personnel guilty in the custodial deaths of 7 young men in staged encounters in 1993.

SC order ending IPS deputation to CAPFs will impact national security—Centre’s review petition

New Delhi: The Supreme Court judgement ordering the progressive reduction of IPS officers in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) could adversely impact national...

Karnataka Bar Council’s ultimatum to lawyers—remove ‘promotional reels’ by 31 Aug or face action

While some bar councils issued similar orders in past, it's first time a state bar body set a compliance deadline. It said violations will invite action under Advocates Act 1961.

Why Delhi lawyers are up in arms over L-G notification allowing virtual deposition by cops

Delhi L-G issued a notification last week declaring video conference rooms at all police stations as ‘designated place’ for deposition of police officers before courts.

‘Deeply alarmed’: Over 100 vets urge govt body to act against Palamur for animal rights violations

Delhi HC had directed CCSEA to take interim corrective steps against Palamur after govt body's report on its handling, housing and euthanizing of animals at Telangana facility.

On Camera

SC order on stray dogs is like Tughlaq’s march to Daulatabad—grand in tone, empty in substance

SC’s order asks institutions to breed unnecessary panic and build fortresses, when they are yet to achieve basic safety or dignity.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.