The Maternity Benefit Act 2017 has came into force from march 29 and under this new law, women employees will now be able to avail paid maternity leave of 26 weeks as compared to just 12 weeks earlier.
INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
Friday, 31 March 2017
SUPREME COURT JUDGES TO WORK DURING SUMMER BREAK
For the first time in India, 17 judges of the Supreme Court (three five-judge benches and one two-judge bench) will work during summer vacation to hear the pleas of important matters including triple talaq (divorce) issue.
INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
THE HINDU NEWSPAPER
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
SUPREME COURT REFUSED TO ABORT FOETUS
The Supreme Court had rejected the woman’s plea seeking nod to abort her 27-week-old foetus showing signs of physical abnormalities.
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INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
HANS INDIA NEWSPAPER
DECRIMINALIZE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE
Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, which decriminalizes suicide attempt by mentally ill people and provisions for right to better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness.
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INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
THE HINDU NEWSPAPER
NO NEED OF AADHAAR FOR WELFARE SCHEMES
The Supreme Court said that the Aadhaar card cannot be made mandatory by the Government for extending the benefits of social welfare schemes to the people. It also said that the government cannot be stopped from using Aadhaar in other schemes like opening of bank accounts, filling IT returns.
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INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
Monday, 27 March 2017
BEWARE ABOUT FACEBOOK HIJACKERS
Beware facebook users, a gang of facebook hijackers are hacking the facebook account of the users by calling the users as facebook representatives.
INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
HIGH COURT HAS POWERS TO CORRECT ERRORS IN JUDICIAL RECORDS
A division of Hyderabad High Court bench said that the HighCourt has got the power to review and correct any errors apparent in its record, including errors in orders passed on the judicial side.
INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
PENDING CASES IN COURTS
Law and Housing Ministry Indrakaran Reddy stated that the 2,91,701 cases of Telangana state were pending before High Court and another 5,38,131 cases were pending in district courts and other courts across the state.
Friday, 24 March 2017
ENEMY PROPERTY AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION BILL
The Lok Sabha had passed a bill – Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Act – to amend a 49-year-old law to guard against claims of succession or transfer by heirs, of property left behind by those who migrated to Pakistan and China.
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HANS INDIA NEWSPAPER
DIGITALIZATION OF SUPREME COURT IN 200 DAYS
To reduce the paper usage in the court, Chief Justice of India J S Khekar declared that the Supreme Court will go paperless in six to seven months and there will be no need for appellants to file records.
TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER
Thursday, 23 March 2017
VIDEO-CONFERENCE FACILITY IN SUPREME COURT
The aim of the video-conferencing facility which is inaugurated by the Supreme Court Judges is to redress grievances of undertrials and convicts, who have been assigned legal aid counsel by the Legal Services Committee.
INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
POLICE ARRESTED THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Following a complaint from parents, police booked a case under IPC Section 342 (wrongful confinement) against the two officials of the Saritha Vidya Niketan School for locking up the students who had fee dues.
DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
SUMMONS TO REGIONAL CENSOR BOARD (CHENNAI)
Madras High Court Justices S Nagamuthu and Anitha Sumanth have issued notice to officials of the regional censor board, asking them to appear before them on March 27, in connection with a plea which stated that films were being poorly censored, thereby having a deleterious effect on the youth.
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INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER
Saturday, 18 March 2017
PINK POLICE PATROLLING TEAMS IN BANGALORE
The Karnataka government has decided to deploy a total of 51 pink Hoysala patrolling vans in the city to ensure the women’s safety.
INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER
Thursday, 16 March 2017
CHARGESHEET AGAINST FORMER LAW MINISTER
Justifying the slogan All Are Equal Before Law, a chargesheet was filed in a Saket (Delhi) Court against former law minister of the AAP government, Jitender Singh Tomar, who was arrested in 2015 on charges of forging his degrees.
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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER
TV CHANNEL TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES
In a first, Law ministry is going to launch its own TV channel to discuss issues like triple talaq (divorce), uniform civil code and the channel will also organize debates on important judgments delivered by the courts.
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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
NO REVISION OF RATE FOR LAND BEFORE ACQUISITION
The Telangana government said to high court that there no upward revision of land value before acquisition in the state this year.
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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER
PUBLIC PIL CANNOT BE USED FOR PERSONAL DISPUTE
The Bombay High Court imposed exemplary costs of Rs 5 lakh on public interest litigation (PIL) petitioner for using that PIL to settle personal dispute.
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TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER
Monday, 13 March 2017
SUPREME COURT ISSUED GUIDELINES FOR COURTS ON DISPSOING CASES
The Supreme Court suggested that bail applications would be decided in a week by subordinate courts, while High Courts do the same within a month.
THE HINDU PAPER
Saturday, 11 March 2017
SUPREME COURT NOW SETS THE BAIL, TRAIL TIME
A bench of Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit asked the High Courts to issue directions to subordinate courts in cases where the accused is in custody, magisterial trial should be concluded within six months and sessions trial (for offences punishable by more than seven years) within two years.
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TIMES OF INDIA
SUPREME COURT ISSUED ARREST WARRANT AGAINST HIGH COURT JUDGE
A seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar had issued the bailable arrest warrant against C.S. Karnan, a sitting judge of the Calcutta High Court.
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DECCAN CHRONICLE
HANS INDIA
Friday, 10 March 2017
FORMER MLA ARRESTED FOR FOOD POISONING IN HIS SCHOOL
Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kiran Kumar who was chairman of Vidyavaridhi International boarding school in Karnataka was arrested in connection with the death of three students due to food poisoning in his school.
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DECCAN CHRONICLE
TIMES OF INDIA
Thursday, 9 March 2017
DISPOSING OF REVIEW PETITIONS
The Supreme Court has directed all the High Courts to dispose of review petitions as soon as possible.
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THE HINDU
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
EXEMPLARY COSTS ON NONSENSICAL PETITIONS
Exemplary costs should be imposed by the Supreme Court on the people who file nonsensical petitions.
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TIMES OF INDIA
SUPREME COURT OPENED SURROGACY WINDOW FOR UNMARRIED SINGLE PARENT
Before Parliamentary Committee, the Supreme Court Bench has given a representation about specific provision bill in the Surrogacy Regulation Bill for single Parent or Unmarried person.
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THE HINDU
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
REVIVING THE CONSPIRACY CHARGES
The Supreme Court hinted that it might revive the criminal conspiracy charges against 13 BJP and other Hindu right-wing leaders in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case that was dropped by the special trial court on technical grounds.
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