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NHRC gets new chairman - Former CJI HL Dattu 2016-02-29 11:38:07
Former Chief Justice of India HL Dattu took charge as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on today. Justice KG Balakrishnan completed his tenure on May 11, last year following which member of the Commission Justice Cyriac...
Keywords: Karnataka High Court, Kerala High Court, Chhattisgarh High Court, NHRC chairman
Read MoreHC Order On Jain Custom Of Santhara Voluntary Fast-Unto-Death Stayed By SC 2015-08-31 09:17:26
The Supreme Court has stayed the Rajasthan High Court’s order that earlier declared a Jain custom of embracing voluntary death, Santhara as illegal. On 10 August 2015, the High Court declared the Jain practice as illegal in a judgment. The...
Keywords: Santhara, Jain custom, voluntary death, Jain custom
Read MoreSC agrees to decide on lifetime ban on convicts from elections 2015-11-24 09:48:03
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a PIL seeking a ban for life-time on contesting elections for politicians convicted in a criminal case. BJP spokesperson and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay filed a petition, which raised questions over baring politicians for life...
Keywords: public servants, SC, convicts in elections, SC
Read MoreIndian-Origins Make to Forbes 2017 list of change-Makers! 2017-01-06 04:39:34
Sixteen South Asian-origin people have made to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of 600 change-makers in various areas, including business, finance, society, art, science and technology, among others. Of all the South Asians, 87.5 percent had been of Indian...
Keywords: Forbes list, Indian origin, Indian origin, Indian entrepreneurs
Read MoreSC Refuses Ban On Bursting Of Firecrackers On Diwali 2015-10-28 09:40:54
Plea for ban on bursting of firecrackers on Diwali was refused categorically by the Supreme Court, saying it might be dangerous to breach into the right of common man to enjoy his religious festivities. The judgment came as a refusal...
Keywords: Diwali, ban on firecrackers, Diwali, ban on firecrackers
Read MoreSecurity Shield To Supreme Court Judges 2015-08-08 08:02:50
Judges of the Supreme Court will be given ‘all possible security shield’ as per the order given by the Chief Justice of India H L Dattu, after an anonymous threat- letter received by Justice Dipak Misra.Justice Dipak Misra was one...
Keywords: Justice Dipak Misra, HL Dattu, Justice Dipak Misra, HL Dattu
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