-The Hindu “In the present case, it may be that the prosecutrix (victim) had given a correct statement before the learned magistrate under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC). But while deposing in this court she has given a statement absolutely contrary to her earlier statement U/s 164 Cr.PC, then of course, a serious doubt arises about the credibility of such a witness. A witness who is not a...
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PMO steps in to end NHAI-MoEF face-off over forest clearance -Mihir Mishra
-The Indian Express Stepping in to resolve the row between the National Highways Authority of India and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over forest clearance to linear projects, the Prime Minister’s Office Tuesday worked out a formula to end the embarrassing stand-off between two arms of the central government. A meeting called by the PMO decided the MoEF will submit a clarification delinking environmental clearance from forest clearance for linear...
More »RTI shows cases pending for decades in HC
-The Times of India The Nirbhaya case may have prompted the judiciary to put hearings related to crimes against women on the fast track, but anRTI reply has laid bare just how challenging the problem of pendency is in the Delhi high court. A litigant who filed a civil suit in 1972 is still waiting for its outcome; two criminal appeals filed in 1976 are pending ; bail pleas are waiting...
More »Drug trials in India causing havoc to human life: SC-Vidya Krishnan
-Live Mint Court says legal, ethical issues involved; directs govt to monitor and regulate clinical trials of all experimental drugs The Supreme Court directed the health ministry to monitor and regulate all clinical trials of experimental drugs in the country until further notice and observed that unregulated trials have caused “havoc”. The apex court order on Thursday revoked the power of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization under the Drugs Controller General of...
More »Zee editor sues TV editors’ body for sacking him -Archna Shukla
-The Indian Express Sudhir Chaudhary, the editor and business head of Zee News who was granted bail Monday on the charge of trying to extort money from Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, has filed a defamation case against the Broadcast Editors’ Association. A self-regulatory body comprising editors of several TV news channels, the BEA had set up a fact-finding committee to look into JSPL’s allegations against Chaudhary and his colleagues. Chaudhary was...
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