Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Rajya Sabha that there would be no parliamentary oversight in the appointment and conduct of Supreme Court and High Court judges.
The petition wants Centre to provide funds for setting up of human rights court in all 725 districts in 29 states and seven Union Territories in a time bound manner.
BJP youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma was arrested for allegedly superimposing a picture of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on to one of Priyanka Chopra’s Met Gala photo.
Justice Kurian Joseph has expressed ‘regret’ for his view on the National Judicial Appointments Commission, which he and three other judges struck down in 2015 as unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court said it had no objection to extending the mediation process in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute if the mediators were optimistic about the result.
Police had detained 55 protesters, but later released all of them. The security in and around the Supreme Court has been tightened to prevent further protests.
Another pressing issue plaguing the disability sector in India is the absence of proactive initiatives from state governments. This is despite disability being a state subject.
Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.
Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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