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Supreme Court stays HC pleas on trans to avoid 'scattered opinion'Issuing the notice, a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justice V Mohana also ordered that the proceedings in the high courts ...
Access to justice, not laws, is biggest challenge: CJIChief Justice of India Surya Kant highlighted a critical issue in India's legal system. He stated that the primary challenge is not a short...
Legal aid not merely act of charity but moral duty: CJI BR GavaiCJI Gavai suggested the creation of an advisory committee at NALSA and SLSAs, respectively, comprising the current executive chairpersons a...
Supreme Court judges visit Manipur amid controversy over Meitei Community participationLordships belonging to the Meitei Community, in the interest of peace and public order, shall not step into Churachandpur district, even th...
Economic Survey points to laws, schemes aimed at delivering justice at grassroots levelThe latest Economic Survey highlighted that rural courts, or Gram Nyayalayas, have resolved nearly three lakh cases in the past four years....
Plea for implementing integrated help system for women across India not justiciable: SCThe Supreme Court examined a plea for a nationwide system aiding women survivors of violence. The court found the matter not suitable for j...
Awareness is key for success of functioning of legal aid mechanism: SCThe Supreme Court has emphasised the importance of awareness for effective legal aid, urging visible displays of legal aid contacts in publ...
SC calls for NALSA's report on plea to implement women integrated help system across IndiaThe Supreme Court has requested a report from the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) regarding the implementation of the NALSA women...
Like medicos, law students to work at taluka level to provide legal aid: SC judgeSupreme Court judge UU Lalit said he has been in touch with the Bar Council of India in this regard.
Important to protect, promote independence & integrity of judiciary at all levels: CJI Ramana“The mind of the Indian judiciary can be known to millions largely through the actions of the Trial Court and the District judiciary. For a...
Help people get benefits of govt schemes besides legal aid: Law Minister to para-legal workersRjiju emphasised on the need to bring change in the way various departments function to take India on the path of development and make all ...
Life is 'priceless', cannot be quantified in monetary terms: Supreme CourtThe observation by a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur came when a lawyer questioned the compensation scheme of the National Legal Serv...
Supreme Court to examine laws on media reporting in sexual assault casesThe apex court was told that in today's world, parallel media trials were going on even when proceedings of cases were pending before the c...
SC nod for compensation scheme for sexual assault, acid attack victimsThe scheme says that victim of acid attacks, in case of disfigurement of face, would get a minimum compensation of Rs 7 lakh, while the upp...
NALSA offers new hope to the marginalisedJustice Gogoi said NALSA would set up legal literacy club in five government schools in each district and students would be provided legal ...
Give details of money under Nirbhaya Fund: Supreme Court to states, Union TerritoriesA bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, while asking all the states and UTs to file their responses within four weeks on re...
Justice Gogoi announces legal aid authority’s move to take services to needy by tying up with NGOsNalsa will undertake camps throughout the country, especially in backward areas, to increase legal literacy, he said at a press conference ...
Parliament should approve revised national policy on elderly: SC toldThe NGO in its report has said that according to the Census of India in 2011, the number of elderly people was 103 million and that it was ...
Effective legal system needed for equal access to justice: CJI H L DattuA robust, effective and democratised legal system is necessary to ensure every citizen an equal access to justice, Chief Justice of India J...
National Lok Adalat disposes 1.25 crore cases, disburses Rs 3000 croreLok Adalat was today inaugurated by Supreme Court judge Justice A R Dave and in the apex court itself 28 out of 53 cases were settled by th...