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Himachal HC refuses to interfere with government order

The Himachal Pradesh High Court refused to step into the territory of the executive while responding to a petition related to an officer’s posting on deputation. According to an IANS report, the court...

Bigger Pictures, Better Warnings

The SC’s order last month directing tobacco companies to display bigger health warnings on their products is a shot in the arm for those campaigning against nicotine abuse. The industry’s plea against...

Supreme Court to hear plea against Section 377

The Supreme Court is likely to take up a petition on decriminalizing Section 377 of the IPC on Wednesday, June 29. According to The Times of India (TOI) report, five eminent LGBT activists have moved ...

A Legal Prescription

Only if the Clinical Establishment Act (2010) becomes operational and brings into its ambit patients’ rights, will the unregulated private medical sector become accountable and credible, says a new bo...

US Supreme Court strikes down Texas anti-abortion law

In a significant verdict, the US Supreme Court has struck down a Texas law that made it more difficult for women to have abortions. The top court reasoned that the law put an undue burden on women. ...

Madras HC Advocates Association goes on strike

The Madras High Court Advocates Association decided on Monday (June 27) to go on strike from Tuesday (June 28) in protest against the recent amendments made by the High Court to the Advocates Act. The...

In Muddy Waters

The National Water Framework Bill and a Model Bill for Conservation, Protection and Regulation of Groundwater are meant to regulate the use of water. However, they are vague and the government has the...

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 ...

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