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Flight of Despair

The apex court recently asked SpiceJet to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to a disabled passenger it had de-boarded. Will this pave the way for a more humane treatment of the differently abled?  ...

Mumbai civic body still in line of fire

Neeta Kolhatkar in Mumbai Taking a suo motu cognizance of potholes in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court today asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit a detailed report on the repai...

Summons still delivered by hand in lower courts

Despite all the hype about setting up e-courts in India and using the latest technology to make the justice delivery system fast and efficient, the lower courts still send “summons” through the court ...

Diplomacy widens the scope of extradition

India Legal Bureau With criminals jumping ship to escape the long arm of the law at home, the 1969 Supreme Court ruling in State of West Bengal vs Jugal Kishore More and Anr gains importance. In th...

Repair potholes at the earliest, says Bombay High Court

India Legal Bureau The Bombay High Court recently lambasted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The court pulled it up for not filling potholes before the arrival of monsoon and asked BMC...

Madras High Court tightens its noose on tobacco sellers

India Legal Bureau  The Madras High Court judge, Justice N Kirubakaran, in a significant ruling, has banned the sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions, particularly ...

No special privileges for pregnant students, says Kerala High Court

India Legal Bureau The Kerala High Court has ruled that there can be no ground for offering concession to pregnant students, as far as allowing them to sit for exams in case of short attendance is ...

No Gain from this Pain

A draft bill on passive euthanasia shows that the government is willing to finally deal with this highly emotive issue that will relieve suffering for the terminally ill By Ramesh Menon Euth...

Cracking Down on Errant Lawyers

Recently, the High Court amended Section 34 (1) of the Advocates Act to debar those advocates guilty of professional misconduct from practicing By R Ramasubramanian in Chennai Lawyers in Tam...

No bail plea of Namdhari in Ponty Chadha case

The Supreme Court today dismissed the interim bail plea of the Uttarakhand Minority Commission ex-chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari in the murder case of liquor baron Ponty Chadha. He is allegedly the m...

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