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Telangana CM clears draft law on lift safety after HC push
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is set to table the proposed Telangana Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks Act, 2025, before the Cabinet, months after the High Court flagged delays in framing a law to…
- News
The rule of law: Bail, due process and citizenship
The controversy surrounding the grant of bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre in the alleged assault (I say alleged despite video evidence because a court will have to evaluate and pronounce…
- Featured News
Beyond the bench: The many dimensions of Justice M. N. Rao
“One of the qualities of a scholar is largeness of heart and the generosity to guide the younger colleagues along.” A test that Amita Dhanda prescribes for scholars in her book “M N…
- Telangana
High Court pulls up Telangana govt over delay in lift safety law
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, June 30, expressed displeasure over the delay in enacting a law to regulate the safety of lifts and escalators in the state, and directed the government…
- World
British bar suspends ICC’s Karim Khan from practicing law
Britain’s legal regulator has suspended International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan from practising law, days after the Hague-based court removed him from active duties over allegations of sexual misconduct. The Bar…
- India
CJI Surya Kant: Constitution belongs to every citizen, not just cosmopolitans
New Delhi: Constitution belongs to all citizens equally and is not a privilege of a few cosmopolitans who can afford cost-bearing processes and engage the best of the brains, Chief Justice of…
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Sir Ratan Tata Trust faces Maharashtra law issue over 3 life trustees: ex-SC judge
Mumbai: The Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) is in “non-compliance” of an amended law in Maharashtra limiting the number of life trustees on a body, and should take urgent corrective steps, a…
- Telangana
Telangana signs MoU to introduce legal literacy, child rights clubs in schools
Hyderabad: In an effort to promote legal awareness among students, the School Education department in Telangana has initiated steps to introduce legal literacy programmes in government high schools across the state. As…
- Telangana
Telangana HC orders implementation of Old Pension Scheme for eligible employees
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has ruled that employees selected through recruitment notifications issued before September 1, 2004, but appointed after that date, must be covered under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).…
- India
No prior permission needed for religious meetings at home: Chhattisgarh HC
Raipur: No prior permission is required to organise religious prayer meetings at homes, provided no law is violated, the Chhattisgarh High Court ruled. A single bench of Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi made the…
- India
High proportion of law graduates opting for corporate jobs is worrisome: CJI
Ahmedabad: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday, February 28, said if a high proportion of law graduates are opting for jobs in corporate firms instead of practising in courts,…
- Kolkata
Kolkata court remands four in law college rape case to police custody till Aug 8
Kolkata: In what is being claimed as a first-of-its-kind order by a court in Kolkata, all four accused in the South Calcutta Law College rape case were remanded to police custody for…
- Crime
Judicial custody for Kolkata law college gang rape accused
Kolkata: A Kolkata court on Tuesday remanded three persons, accused in the gang rape of a student in a law college here to judicial custody till July 22. The police prosecutors prayed…
- Featured News
These are stressful times, taking the nation beyond the point of no return?
I remember a movie in which the commissioner of police tells his subordinate to bash up a detainee to get him to confess. The indignant detainee, with full awareness of what the…
- India
Study finds rise in Islamophobia, disregard for the rule of law among police
Many police personnel in India hold biased perceptions against Muslims, with many believing that they are “naturally prone towards committing crimes,” reveals the Status of Policing in India Report 2025: Police Torture…
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