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An executive order called the Delhi Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Order, 2014 has been released in compliance with the order passed by the High Court of Delhi in December, 2010 and December, 2013 in the case of Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. Union of India and others. In the case, the Court had directed the Govt. […]

Guidelines and protocols for medico legal care for survivors/victims of sexual violence have been released by the Ministry of Health and family Welfare. The guidelines have specifically been drawn up for rape cases, although the same could be used for other cases as well. They are aimed at doctors who might be indulged in handling

The Practice of letter circulation has been reinstated by the Supreme Court with immediate effect. Earlier former CJI R M Lodha had taken tough stand on adjournments and stopped the practice. It was the practice in the Supreme Court whereby the lawyers usually circulate a letter for adjournment and then inform the court, when the

In a joint operation, Vijayawada Police and the Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested four contract killers — residents of Delhi’s Kalyanpuri and Trilokpuri—and three others for their involvement in the killing of three members of a family on the outskirts of Vijayawada on September 24. The incident had sent shockwaves through Andhra Pradesh as the

The Election Commission (EC), which had sought to ascertain whether the clearance given by the state government to a land deal between Robert Vadra and real estate firm DLF violates the model code of conduct, received a report from the Haryana poll authorities on Tuesday. EC sources said the report was received from the Chief

Widespread attacks and protests erupted across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday soon after the Karnataka High Court rejected former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s bail plea. The protesters targeted vehicles with Karnataka registration numbers and business establishments owned by people from the neighbouring state. At the party headquarters here, a dozen AIADMK ministers and senior leaders gathered

After Agra’s Taj Mahal, world heritage properties in Fatehpur Sikri have drawn the attention of the Supreme Court, which has come to the rescue of the monuments sitting in shambles despite periodic bouts of release of concerns and funds. From a new traffic movement plan to the construction of boundary walls around the monuments; from

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa in connection with the disproportionate assets case. Rejecting her bail plea, the High Court observed that the Supreme Court had stated that corruption is the violation of human rights. This came after arguments were made on behalf of the former

A 35-year-old pub bouncer stabbed his mother-in-law to death and injured his wife and her two brothers with a knife during an argument at their house in southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur area on Monday evening. Police said that the man has fled from the scene after the attack. The incident was reported from near the Tentwala

A war of words has broken out between Ghaziabad MP V K Singh and the ruling Samajwadi Party after the Union minister visited the family of a BJP worker, who is in jail on charges of fomenting violence in Loni, the Ghaziabad town that witnessed communal tension on August 18. After meeting the family of