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Supreme  Court dismisses  Gujarat Government’s plea  to review its remarks

By Our  Legal Correspondent New Delhi: The Supreme  Court on Sept 26 found  no “error apparent on the  face  of the  record” or  merit  in a  petition filed  by the  Gujarat Government  to review adverse remarks made  against  it by the  apex court  in a judgment  delivered on January  08 this  year.                The  judgment had Read More…

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“ Death penalty  as  punishment an anachronism “ Legal experts

By Adv C K George Kolkata: The  legal experts  were of the opinion  here that stricter punishment like death  sentence  was not   the proper step  to prevent  crimes against women like  rape and murder.                If  the stricter  punishment  reduced the  felonies, the  Arabian Gulf countries  would have been free  from felonies against women, the experts Read More…

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Apex court  stays  private  college’s directive on wearing hijab

By our  legal  correspondent New  Delhi, Aug  10 (IVC)    The  Supreme  Court on Aug 09 stayed a  directive   issued by  a  private  college in Maharashtra  prohibiting Muslim women students  from wearing hijab or  other  symbols of  their  faith on campus.                 The  Bench of  justices  Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar asked  the  lawyers appearing  for Read More…

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Process of litigation becomes a punishment

By  Our Legal  Correspondent New  Delhi, July 04 (IVC)   The  Chief  Justice  of India, Mr  D Y  Chandrachud   said here  on Aug 03 said  that  long  winded litigation leave the  exhausted public rooting for   settlement  of  their  disputes.                 Speaking  at  the  commemoration of  the  week-long  Special Lok  Adalat at the  Supreme  Court here  on  Read More…

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High Court seeks  explanation

By our legal Correspondent Kochi, July  16  (IVC)    The  Division Bench of the Honourable  High  Court  of Kerala on July 15  directed  the Thiruvananthapuram District  Collector, Corporation and the Railways to file a  report detailing the  reasons for  the  flow of  plastic waste into  the Amayizhanjan Canal   the  manner in which  the  waste was removed, Read More…

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The New Laws

By  our  legal   correspondent Thrissur, July 02  (IVC)    The practicing advocates, medical doctors and civil rights  activists  have criticized  the criminal  laws enforced in the country since  today  as certain sections  of these laws are retrograde  and regressive. The new laws  Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in place  of  Indian Penal  Code , Bharatiya Nagrik  Suraksha Sanhita  Read More…

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Government   admits  its  inability  to enforce court  orders

By  our Legal  Correspondent Koci, June  28  (IVC)  The  State  government  informed  of  the  High Court  of  Kerala on June 27,  that  the  court  orders to hand  over  a few  churches  to the Orthodox faction  of  the   Malankara Church  could not  be implemented   following the  objection from members of  the  Jacobite  faction.                 The  government Read More…

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High  Court criticizes Kerala  Government  for not implementing  its order

By Our Legal  Correspondent Kochi, June  27 (IVC)     The  Honorable  High  Court  of Kerala   on June 26  here criticized  the State government  for    not  complying with its orders  to  hand over Saint  Thomas Church, Cherukunnu, St  Mary’s  Syrian  Church, Mangalam Dam (Pakkad), and St  Mary’s   Syrian Church , Erickinchira  to  the Orthodox  faction  vicars.                  Read More…

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The  Company’s property  sequesters again    at 2245 hours

By  our  Legal  Coresspondent Kochi, June 24 (IVC)   The Honourable High  Court  of  Kerala had set aside  the  order of the sequestration of property  of the Thrissur-based High Rich  Online   Shoppy (HROS)   issued by  a  Special Court  here. The  court’s  order  was as per the provisions of  the  Banning of  Unregulated   Deposits  Schemes (BUDS)  Act.                 Read More…