[ad_1] The government has requested the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed jointly by the parents of two young women who died allegedly after they took a Covid vaccine.In a 276-page reply to a court notice seeking its response to the petition, the government said the vaccine, Covishield, had...
SC transfers trial of murder case of YS Jagan Reddy’s uncle to Hyderabad, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the trial in the case relating to murder of US Vivekanand Reddy, uncle of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Reddy, to Telangana on the allegations of the deceased person's widow and daughter that state and influential people are attempting to scuttle trial.A...
SC seeks Centre’s response on legalising same-sex marriages, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Four years after decriminalising consensual private sexual relationship between adults of LGBTQ+ communities, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine legalising same-sex marriages in India as it sought the Union government's response to the pleas of two gay couples for making Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954, gender-neutral.A bench...
NGT asks realtor to pay Rs 10 crore for Aravali tree felling, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] GURUGRAM: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered a private company to pay compensation of Rs 10 crore for illegally felling 500 trees on five acres of protected Aravali land in Faridabad, fixing the rate of compensation at Rs 2 lakh per tree.This is by far the highest for...
NHRC notice to Telangana, Education Ministry, UGC over Hyderabad college raggin, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Education Ministry, Telangana government and the University Grants Commission after a college student was allegedly ragged, assaulted and compelled to raise religious slogans. Taking suo-motu cognisance, the NHRC said on Tuesday that the incident amounted to human...
Telangana HC to monitor SIT Poachgate probe, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] HYDERABAD: The Telangana high court delinked on Tuesday the ongoing special investigation team (SIT) probe into Poachgate from state control and brought it directly under court supervision, directing SIT chief CV Anand to report only to the court and to no one else in the state. The order appears...
Ex-CJI Ramana, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former CJI N V Ramana on Saturday said businessmen from across India have pointed to him the “misuse” of criminal laws to threaten and harass them as a trend has gained ground in the country to criminalise civil disputes.Speaking at a meeting of the Southern Region Council...
K’taka HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Bengaluru, The Karnataka High Court has allowed the termination of a 25-week pregnancy of a 13-year-old rape victim, subject to the opinion of doctors at a government hospital here. It said, the doctor will be the deciding authority after examining the victim and assessing if such a procedure will...
Centre appoints Justice TA Goud as Acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): The central government on Wednesday appointed Justice TA Goud as the Acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court with effect from November 11.The Ministry of Law and Justice also issued a notification in this regard stating, "In exercise of the power conferred by...
Telangana HC stays probe on one hand, allows remand on the other, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] HYDERABAD: In a strange development, two separate single judge courts of the Telangana high court on Saturday passed two different and conflicting orders in the ongoing political tussle between BJP and state government over the arrests made in Moinabad farmhouse FIR.While one court held that all the three accused...