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Kolkata citizens’ collective write open letter to Mamata demanding women’s safety in the State

A collective of citizens comprising filmmaker Aparna Sen and organisers of Reclaim the Night protests during R.G. Kar movement have written an open letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the security of women in the State. The collective, Nagorik Chetona, asked for policy and structural changes within the system to ensure better safety in light of the …

Kolkata West Bengal State Minister Sen Collective Open Letter

1 day, 11 hours ago

Government schools should also comply with safety norms, says Karnataka High Court

The Hindu

Observing that government schools are not exempt from various safety norms that are prescribed for private aided and unaided schools, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the Principal Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, to formulate a detailed action plan within six weeks and submit a report on how the government schools will also comply with those norms. …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Basic Purpose Of Order XVIII Rule 17 Of CPC Is To Enable Court To Clarify Position, Not To Fill Lacuna In Evidence: Calcutta High Court

Live Law

Justice Sugato Majumdar of the High Court at Calcutta, while dismissing an application under Order XVIII Rule 17 read with Section 151 of CPC, 1908, ruled “Unexplained lethargy and long delay in production of document which is otherwise available cannot be cured at this belated stage. Bhoomi Minerals Ltd. due to distressed sale of the company in view of failure …

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1 month ago

IBC reforms: Let’s strengthen the Code as a key growth enabler

Live Mint

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code transformed India’s approach to corporate financial distress. The IBC succeeded because the entire ecosystem and institutional infrastructure, from regulators, including the new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, and the legislature to the courts, banks and the market worked for it. The rate of recovery fell to 27% of creditors’ admitted claims in 2023-24 from …

India Insolvency Resolution Nclt Value Need Dues

3 months ago

New ROR Act Will Be Role-Model for the Country: Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said that a pilot project was underway in Tirumalagiri of Nalgonda district and Yacharam in Rangareddy district to test the features of the Revenue Act, 2024. Explaining that the government will first solve problems that do not involve financial burdens but address the issue of promotions forthwith, he said, 33 officials will be given …

Reddy District

3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Page Has Turned

New Indian Express

Gone are the days when gallery spaces were confined to traditional art forms such as paintings and sculptures. Delhi’s Pulp Society, an experimental gallery and printmaking workshop, is exploring similar ideas with their ongoing show, ‘Paper and Play’. The many faces of art Priyanshi Saxena, the curator of Pulp Society, emphasises that the primary focus of ‘Paper and Play’ is …

Art Gallery

4 months, 1 week ago

Jindal Society Of International Law: Guest Lecture On 'Investment Arbitration And Its Practical Aspects'

Live Law

The Jindal Society of International Law is a student-led initiative under the aegis of the Centre for the Study of United Nations of Jindal Global Law School, and the guidance of Faculty Coordinator Professor Vesselin Popovski. Founded in 2020, this Society is an initiative to provide a platform to young international law enthusiasts. The Guest lecture is on the topic …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Patna High Court Acquits Ex-RJD MLA Anant Kumar Singh Booked In Arms Act Case For Alleged Possession Of Rifles, Magazines

Live Law

The Patna High Court on Wednesday acquitted the former RJD MLA Anant Kumar Singh in a high-profile Arms Act case after finding that the prosecution was not able to establish the guilt of Singh beyond reasonable doubt. Initially, Singh was booked for the offences under the Arms Act, 1959 after the Patna Police recovered an AK-47 assault rifle, and other …

Court Witnesses Prosecution Articles Case Act Patna

7 months, 2 weeks ago

[S. 33(5) POCSO Act] Child Witness Cannot Be Recalled To Fill Up Lacuna And Omission In Evidence Of Accused: Kerala High Court

Live Law

The Kerala High Court held that a child witness cannot be recalled for cross-examination by the accused to fill the lacuna or omission in their case as per Section 33 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. However, in such cases, it should be established that such recalling is absolutely necessary for the just decision of the …

Court Witness Child Accused Act Section 33 Child Witness

8 months, 2 weeks ago

EVM VVPAT verification case: Supreme Court Upholds Integrity of Electronic Voting Machines, Rejects Demand for 100% cross verification of votes

The Hindu

The Supreme Court of India’s rejection of the demand for 100% verification of the paper trail left by the votes cast through electronic voting machines comes as no surprise, as there is no hard evidence that the current verification system suffers from any irremediable lacuna. This is not the first time that the Court has declined to interfere with the …

Court Verification Paper Voting Machines Trail Vvpat

1 year ago

Congress' Bhoomata to be Implemented After Consultations

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The Revanth Reddy-led Congress government is likely to adopt a three-pronged strategy, bringing in some immediate measures while working on its promise to replace the Dharani portal, the land records system. The strategy includes a forensic audit on three lakh acres of land added to the portal in the past year, including those in and around Hyderabad where influential …

Hyderabad Congress Land Dharani

1 year ago

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act

The Hindu

December 18, 2023 12:56 am | Updated 10:02 am IST On December 18, 2006, the Rajya Sabha endorsed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, enacted by the Lok Sabha. This Act, commonly known as the Forest Rights Act, or FRA, marks a watershed in India’s socio-environmental legislation, as it attempts to put an end to the long-drawn …

India Rights States Forest Rights Recognition Forest Community Rights

1 year ago

'Can't Enter Policy Domain, Name Is Not The Clincher': Delhi High Court On PIL For Review Of Political Parties Having Names With Religious Connotations

Live Law

“This is for the legislature, we cannot enter policy domain,” the Delhi High Court on Thursday remarked while hearing a PIL to review political parties having names with religious or caste connotations or using symbols similar to that of the national flag and to de-register them in case they fail to make changes. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice …

Court Political Parties Parties Delhi High Court Caste Issue Pil

1 year, 1 month ago

New climate draft seeks tripling of renewable energy capacity

The Hindu

The latest draft of the Global Stocktake, one of the key documents being negotiated at the UN’s climate summit in Dubai, has linked the tripling of renewable energy capacity with a ‘phase-out’, or a time-bound ending, of the use of fossil fuels. “Tripling renewable energy capacity globally by 2030. ensuring that the increase in renewable energy capacity is strategically implemented …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Sonia not reason for T statehood: BJP's Muralidhar Rao

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: BJP Madhya Pradesh incharge P. Muralidhar Rao took objection to the remarks of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh crediting Sonia Gandhi for Telangana statehood, and said that it was achieved through the Sakala Janula Samme. Addressing the media, he asked, “If the logic of the Congress is accepted, then British Prime Minister Clement Atlee has to be credited with giving …

Congress Bjp Muralidhar Rao

1 year, 2 months ago

How Bengaluru’s football youth leagues are trying to kickstart a grassroots revolution

The Hindu

Nearly a decade ago, D. Vignesh, a Bengaluru boy in his mid-teens, was on the lookout for opportunities to play football in a competitive environment. “They said, ‘It’s because your boys play football only when they’re 15-16, and there are no good initiatives at the grassroots.’ So we started these leagues to create a catchment area for young players.” Mandar …

India Youth Football Bengaluru Karnataka Players Indian

1 year, 2 months ago

Industrial growth hit 14-month high of 10.3% in August

The Hindu

India’s industrial output surged at a 14-month high pace of 10.3% in August, from a 6% rise in July, aided by favourable base effects from last year when production levels had contracted 0.7% and the best manufacturing performance since this April. Consumer goods’ production reflected a mixed trend, although durables’ output grew for the first time in three months, at …

Industrial Growth Output Grew

1 year, 3 months ago

The triumph of Vachathi over a hostile state

The Hindu

The Madras High Court’s judgment, on September 29, 2023, upholding the human rights of the people of Vachathi in Tamil Nadu is remarkable — as a constitutional court, it unmasked and recognised that coordinated and large-scale repression by uniformed forces cannot take place without orders from or complicity at the top levels of the government. The court said, “In order …

Human Rights Justice Women Tamil Nadu Violence Court Criminal

1 year, 4 months ago

From luxury SUVs to city-smart hybrids, here’s a quick look at the cars that are turning heads this month

The Hindu

A quiet beast If you want to know what 408 hp and 664 Nm of torque sound like, when you step on the accelerator of the new Audi Q8 e-tron, then let me tell you that it sounds like nothing… quite literally! We recently took it out for a test drive and while the interiors feature standard Audi fare — …

India Test Look Petrol Suv Litre Seltos

1 year, 10 months ago

Additional Document Can Be Produced After Prosecution Evidence Is Complete If It Is Vital And Omission Was Bonafide Mistake: Kerala High Court

Live Law

The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that an additional document can be produced after prosecution evidence is complete if the omission of such document was a bonafide mistake and the document is purported to be vital. A single bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas was considering a challenge to an order of the Additional Sessions Court that permitted the …

Evidence Court Prosecution Kerala High Court Fair Play Production Case

1 year, 10 months ago

The Case for Software Criticism

Wired

Here’s a quick typology of tech journalism today: news reporting, gadget reviews, company and founder profiles, opinion essays, investigative journalism, industry digests, personal blogs, Substacks, and—if you’re feeling generous—Hacker News comments and GitHub issues. A work of software criticism is to Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” what a New York Times book review is to Virginia Woolf’s “Modern …

Software Review Criticism Software Criticism Technology Criticism

1 year, 10 months ago

Kanjhawala incident, Shraddha murder case show shortcomings in policing: Delhi L-G VK Saxena

India Today

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday raised concerns about the recent incidents of a woman being chopped into multiple pieces and thrown across Delhi, another woman being hit and dragged by a car on New Year’s Eve, the death of ASI Shambhu Dayal Meena, among other cases, and said that these exhibit a glaring lacuna in policing at the …

Delhi Vk Saxena Incident Shraddha

2 years ago

Can Written Statements Of Witnesses Be Considered To Be Statements Duly Recorded U/S 161 CrPC?: Allahabad HC Answers

Live Law

Recently, the Allahabad Hih Court has explained as to when the written statements of the witnesses could be considered to be statements duly recorded under Section 161 of CrPC.The bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed that if the written statement has been submitted by the witness himself to the Investigating Officer and the IO assures. Recently, the Allahabad Hih …

Writing Court Witnesses Statement Case Statements Recorded

2 years, 1 month ago

UK has lost its status as ‘development superpower’, Andrew Mitchell says

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were in government, we spent 0.51% on international …

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Kolkata citizens’ collective write open letter to Mamata demanding women’s safety in the State

Government schools should also comply with safety norms, says Karnataka High Court

Basic Purpose Of Order XVIII Rule 17 Of CPC Is To Enable Court To Clarify Position, Not To Fill Lacuna In Evidence: Calcutta High Court

IBC reforms: Let’s strengthen the Code as a key growth enabler

New ROR Act Will Be Role-Model for the Country: Ponguleti

The Page Has Turned

Jindal Society Of International Law: Guest Lecture On 'Investment Arbitration And Its Practical Aspects'

Patna High Court Acquits Ex-RJD MLA Anant Kumar Singh Booked In Arms Act Case For Alleged Possession Of Rifles, Magazines

[S. 33(5) POCSO Act] Child Witness Cannot Be Recalled To Fill Up Lacuna And Omission In Evidence Of Accused: Kerala High Court

EVM VVPAT verification case: Supreme Court Upholds Integrity of Electronic Voting Machines, Rejects Demand for 100% cross verification of votes

Congress' Bhoomata to be Implemented After Consultations

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act

'Can't Enter Policy Domain, Name Is Not The Clincher': Delhi High Court On PIL For Review Of Political Parties Having Names With Religious Connotations

New climate draft seeks tripling of renewable energy capacity

Sonia not reason for T statehood: BJP's Muralidhar Rao

How Bengaluru’s football youth leagues are trying to kickstart a grassroots revolution

Industrial growth hit 14-month high of 10.3% in August

The triumph of Vachathi over a hostile state

From luxury SUVs to city-smart hybrids, here’s a quick look at the cars that are turning heads this month

Additional Document Can Be Produced After Prosecution Evidence Is Complete If It Is Vital And Omission Was Bonafide Mistake: Kerala High Court

The Case for Software Criticism

Kanjhawala incident, Shraddha murder case show shortcomings in policing: Delhi L-G VK Saxena

Can Written Statements Of Witnesses Be Considered To Be Statements Duly Recorded U/S 161 CrPC?: Allahabad HC Answers

UK has lost its status as ‘development superpower’, Andrew Mitchell says