Divorced daughter eligible for father’s pension if dependency proven, rules high courtA divorced daughter, deserted by her husband, can claim her late father's family pension if dependency existed during his lifetime, even if...
Test-prep players adapt as legal education attracts wider talent poolIndia’s law entrance test-prep market is expanding steadily, driven by rising demand for legal education and growing participation beyond m...
PM Modi to chair first-ever CAPFs leadership conference in Delhi in MayPrime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a significant leadership conference for Central Armed Police Forces officers in May. This inaugural ...
Not just military, 'civilian army' of experts also needed to protect nation's interests: SC judgeSupreme Court Justice Surya Kant emphasized the need for a "civilian army" of experts across various fields to safeguard national interests...
EU moots investment court to settle investor- state disputesEU commissioner for trade Valdis Dombrovskis also indicated the two sides may resolve their outstanding dispute. The two are involved in a ...
Want to ensure next gen not queueing up outside liquor shops: Kerala HCThe Kerala High Court on Thursday said it was only concerned with ensuring that the next generation does not have to stand in the long queu...
O2 panel likely to moot output hike, hospital storageSeveral states, including Delhi, moved the apex court over inadequate supply of oxygen, following which it set up the 12-member task force ...
Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuitsThe high court also ordered the lower court rulings thrown out as well and directed appeals courts in New York and Richmond, Virginia, to d...
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Donald Trump's promised border wall constructionThe court in a brief order rejected on a 5-4 vote the request by the groups, the Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition. The...
Cabinet to soon take call on reconstituting Law CommissionThe three-year term of the 21st Law Commission ended on August 31 last year. On at least one occasion, the Law Ministry had moved the propo...
Image of lawyers in India not very good, says Supreme Court judge"This (Court) is the place where real lawyers should be," Justice Rao said, adding the duties of the profession must be understood while en...
Appointing retired judges as ad hoc hailed ‘revolutionary’The “revolutionary” idea, it has emerged, was mooted by the Modi government to then Chief Justice of India HL Dattu over seven months back.
Delhi University's 3-day moot court competition to begin on January 16The George Washington University Law School, USA, and Campus Law Centre, Delhi University will jointly organise "The Advocacy Workshop on J...
High Court moots increasing legal marriageable age for girlsThe court made this observation while suggesting some amendments to the Indian Majority Act 1875 and the Child Marriage Restraint Act.
- Moot court debate today
Issues related to demands for presidential pardon to Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru and misuse of Section 321 of the Criminal Procedu...
- Speedy disposal of I-T cases
The Bombay High Court has directed the president of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal to frame and lay down the guidelines for speedy dispo...
- Centre moots police stations, courts to tackle power theft
The financial health of state electricity boards (SEBs) continues to be a cause for worry. Of special concern are SEBs of Bihar, Jharkhand,...