-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday severely criticised the Union government for treating court orders with disdain while pointing out that the Centre had taken no action on its order on September 19 last year seeking guidelines on disaster management to make schools safer. A petition by Avinash Mehrotra had resulted in the SC issuing several orders on safety of school children after the Dabwali fire incident...
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SC to hear plea against slaughter ban rules -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking modification of its July 11 order, which recorded the Centre’s submission that the Madras High Court staying the cattle slaughter ban rules extends all over the country. The Centre on July 11 submitted that it was ready to keep in abeyance both the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 and the Prevention of Cruelty...
More »Calcutta HC warns Narendra Modi govt of 'action' if judges' posts are not filled -Ashok Bagriya
-Hindustan Times There are more than 400 posts of high court judges that lie vacant across the country. The Central government is believed to be the country’s biggest litigator, being a party in about half of the 27 million pending cases. The Calcutta high court on Thursday warned the Narendra Modi government of “appropriate action” if appointments of judges were not made at the earliest. The country’s oldest high court has a...
More »Beware the kill switch of agriculture -Prabhakaran Nair
-The Indian Express Makka ki roti aur sarson ka sag is a popular food item in northern India, in particular, Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh where both maize and mustard are widely grown. All vegetarian dishes made in much of northern, eastern and western India are cooked in mustard (sarson) oil. Why, suddenly, has mustard taken centre stage? GM mustard has begun to stir both the scientific and activist lobbies,...
More »Can't deny rape victims justice for lack of medical proof, oral testimony enough: Delhi HC
-Press Trust of India “Just because some false cases are filed, we cannot deny justice to real victims,” the court observed. New Delhi: Justice cannot be denied to the victims of sexual offences for lack of medical evidence and a woman’s oral testimony can be relied upon, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the amendments made in the...
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