With 'witchcraft'-related killings still rampant in Odisha, state law commission has proposed making the law more stringent and focused on the rehabilitation of victims.
Orissa HC says unhindered & unimpeded probe required, agreeing with CBI that IAS Bishnupada Sethi's anticipatory bail will make his interrogation 'a fruitless exercise'.
SC has asked lawyers to get back to work by Wednesday. Demands of the lawyers on strike include setting up of a permanent bench of HC in Sambalpur & enhancement of welfare funds.
Report identifies factors behind high number of cases pending in state's courts, including docket explosion, uneven distribution of cases among district judges & operation of stay orders
Complaint to HC chief justice says judges and collectors of 8 districts were asked to arrange tour for Justice Biswanath Rath’s brother, who has labelled it an ‘attempt to defame’.
The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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