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CCTV cameras should be installed in all prisons across the country within one year, rules SC in DK Basu Version 2.0
Allowing a PIL filed by one Dilip K Basu seeking prison reforms and filling of the vacancies of the state human rights commission, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Union government and all the states to install CCTV cameras in all the prisons across the country and Read More …
Love affairs, impotency among reasons behind farmer suicides, Union agriculture minister says
Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday sparked off a controversy by prominently listing impotency, barrenness, love affairs and dowry disputes as reasons for farmers’ suicides in the country. Though Singh’s reply was based on statistics compiled by National Read More …
Woman living with a married man for 15 years: Bombay HC finds it is not a ‘live-in” and denies relief under Domestic Violence Act
The Bombay High Court has denied the relief under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (DV) Act to a woman who was living with a married man for 15 years. The Court was hearing a revision application against an order Read More …
Govt to Petition to allow Audio Video Recording of Court Proceedings
Government will press for introduction of audio-video recording of court proceedings before a Supreme Court panel, maintaining that it enhances transparency and discourages witnesses from retracting statements. It will urge the e-Committee of the apex court to allow audio-video recordings Read More …
Call for Papers: IGNOU's Seminar on Ethnicity and Development in South Asia [Jan 21-22]; Submit by Sept 10
Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU] invites papers for its conference based on the theme, “Ethnicity and Development in South Asia: Issues and Challenges” to be held from the 21st to the 22nd of January 2016. The objectives of this Read More …
Case Brief: Neeta Rakesh Jain v. Rakesh Jeetmal Jain AIR 2010 SC 3540
Deciding Authority: Supreme Court of India Name of the Judges: Justice Aftab Alam, Justice R.M. Lodha Date of Judgment: 20 July 2010 Facts of the Case: The parties were married on May 8, 1995. The respondent-husband petitioned for divorce under Read More …
Case Brief: Ram Niwas v. State of Haryana 28 July 2010
Deciding Authority: Supreme Court of India Name of the Judges: Justice Harjit Singh Bedi, Justice C.K. Prasad Date of Judgment: 28 July 2010 Facts of the Case: As per the prosecution story Chanda PW.6 was working as a Chowkidar in Read More …
IIPRD's National Patent Drafting Competition (NPDC)
NPDC is a new Initiative by IIPRD and its prestigious Indian and Foreign Associates to bring about greater awareness and respect for Intellectual Property (IP) Issues, particularly Patents, which have, over time, become more relevant to the Indian Ecosystem than Read More …
CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
IJSARD-Call-For-Papers International Journal of socio-legal analysis and Rural Development (IJSARD) is a print quarterly peer reviewed international journal on ‘Law’ and ‘Rural Development’, published by Legal Desire Media and Publication House. Word limit for submissions: Articles: 5,000-10,000 words. Short Read More …