Madras HC for panel to check sexual abuse in schools, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Madras high court has directed the state government to constitute a nodal body with representatives from the State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights and school education department to coordinate government-led awareness programmes in schools on sexual abuse and monitor operationalisation of mobile counselling centres.A division bench...

Hc Notices To Bmc On Tax Evasion Plea By Bus Operators, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] A division bench of MP high court on Friday issued notices to respondents in connection with a petition alleging that buses run on permits issued in name of Bhopal municipal corporation operated from Bhopal to other places and tax worth crores was evaded. The petition filed by RTI activist...

Information commissioner, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Central Information Commission has said the 1993 Supreme Court order allowing remuneration to imams in mosques was in "violation of the Constitution" and besides setting a "wrong precedent", has become a point of unnecessary political slugfest and social disharmony. Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar, while hearing an RTI application...

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking investigation of officials involved in demonetisation, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain an application seeking intervention in a batch of pleas challenging the Centre's November 8, 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer asked the petitioner to approach the...

SC asks Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority for status of FIRs on builders, surplus area, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) to submit in three weeks details of the surplus area surrendered by builders in 246 housing development and redevelopment projects, and the status of FIRs registered by Mhada against builders up till August 2022.The SC bench...

HC seeks clarity on interview criteria for dental college post, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] PANAJI: After finding lack of clarity on the precise criteria adopted to select senior residents of Goa dental college, the high court of Bombay at Goa on Friday directed authorities to issue a clarification about taking candidates’ experience and publications into account for awarding marks at oral interviews for...

Dukhtaran-E-Millat moves Delhi HC challenging notification declaring it terrorist organization under UAPA, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Kashmiri women's outfit Dukhtaran-E-Millat (DeM) has moved to Delhi High Court challenging its banned and declaring it a terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.DeM was declared a terrorist organization on December 30, 2004, by the government.ASG Chetan Sharma raised the issue...

PIL in Delhi HC against overcrowding of prisoners in Tihar Jail, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi high court in relation to the overcrowding of prisoners in the Tihar prison complex in Delhi.The plea stated that the number of inmates in Tihar Jail had exceeded the actual capacity of each barrack and it...

Kerala HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] KOCHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is justified in denying information sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as it is an agency exempted from the purview of RTI, the high court said.Considering an appeal by S Rajeev Kumar of Thiruvananthapuram against the director of CBI, a division...