Filing Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation has become the first choice of action for big businesses to threaten journalists and activists who expose their corrupt practices. A recent SC ru...
Prashant Bhushan, on behalf of an NGO called Angel Trust, filed a petition in Supreme Court against rising animal cruelty. The petition demanded stricter laws to stop those who unleash cruelty on anim...
A petition was filed challenging the Bar Council of India Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules, 2015.
The Rules mandate that all advocates whose names appear on the state rolls ma...
Today, Supreme Court heard all arguments presented by various States and Private institutions, and then announced its final verdict.
The bench had reserved their order, and uploaded late evening.
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Taking strict note of repeated absence of authorities from Punjab in the case regarding groundwater pollution in the state, the National Green Tribunal has issued bailable warrants in the sum of Rs 10...
The Supreme Court on Friday slapped a fine of Rs 50 lakh each on Star India Private Limited and BCCI for wasting court’s time, saying that big corporate houses must acknowledge the value of court’s ti...
We must take into consideration interest of people watching cricket on television as they have a stake in the game for viewership and popularity depends on the number of viewers. Chief Justice of Indi...
A special CBI court in New Delhi has ordered framing of charges against industrialist Naveen Jindal, former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda a...
A visit to this parched region of Maharashtra shows the daily struggle of people for water and how advance emergency measures could have mitigated the distress
By Vivian Fernandes in Latur
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In India, 75 million are deprived of sufficient water. Over the last 50 years, per capita availability of fresh water has declined from 3,000 cubic meters to 1,123 cubic meters. The global average is ...