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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Monday claimed that it brought in the beef ban law to protect the cow and its progeny due to their many benefits — from milk to the use of dung and urine in making pest repellents and medicinal products. In an affidavit filed before Bombay high court by Chitrakala Suryawanshi, […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would first decide the “vital” question as to the composition of the Constitution Bench that should hear the challenge to the validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC). A bench led by Justice JS Khehar decided to first hear the arguments regarding the judges who should hear

Commending the National Green Tribunal for its efforts, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the tribunal’s order to ban in Delhi vehicles that are more than 15 year old. A bench led by Chief Justice H L Dattu dismissed an appeal by a private party against the NGT’s order which banned diesel

NEW DELHI: Emphasizing the need to save the environment, a trial court has suggested framing of guidelines to minimize use of papers in judicial work and instead use electronic form of documents. The court said that with rapid advancement of technology, lawyers and litigants should aim at using less paper and should bring documents in

NEW DELHI: In an order that could improve Delhi’s deteriorating air quality, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed plea challenging the National Green Tribunal’s order prohibiting diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old from plying in the national capital. “Let us assist and not discourage them (NGT),” the SC bench said while dismissing the

A day after the Gujarat High Court told a gangrape victim to “bravely go ahead with her pregnancy and deliver the child”, the 23-year-old Friday said she would abide by the court’s directive. But the woman, who was allegedly abducted from outside her home in July, 2014 and held in captivity for eight-nine months in

The Delhi High Court stayed Friday the order of St Stephen’s College principal Valson Thampu suspending the student editor of its banned e-magazine for “breach in college discipline”, and asked the college and Delhi University whether anyone can be suspended for “speaking to the media”. Justice Vibhu Bakhru, who issued a stay on the one-week

NEW DELHI: The Supreme court on Friday stayed proceedings against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in two defamation cases, one filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari and the other by a lawyer. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice PC Pant has also agreed to hear Kejriwal’s plea for decriminalizing defamation law. Facing repeated

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday extended former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s bail till the disposal of her appeal against conviction in a disproportionate assets case by the Karnataka high court. The high court judge hearing her appeal has informed the court that he would not be able to dispose of the

In the country’s first-ever case of its kind, a local court has ordered the Indian Railways to attach the Janshatabdi Express train in lieu of unpaid land compensation to two farmers who had fought a protracted legal battle for 17 long years in Himachal Pradesh. Nearly an hour before departure of the train, the two