Madras High Court reverses discharge of M.K. Alagiri from select provisions of law in land grab case

Madras High Court reverses discharge of M.K. Alagiri from select provisions of law in land grab case

M.K. Alagiri. File | Photo Credit: S. James The Madras High Court on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) reversed an order passed by a judicial magistrate in Madurai in 2021 discharging former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri from select provisions of law in a 2014 land grab case and ordered that he must face trial for those … Read more

Parliament Budget Session Day 9 LIVE: FM Sitharaman to introduce new Bill on income tax law reforms

Parliament Budget Session Day 9 LIVE: FM Sitharaman to introduce new Bill on income tax law reforms

New Delhi, Feb 11 (ANI): Proceedings of the Lok Sabha underway during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Sansad TV) | Photo Credit: ANI The government is all set to introduce a new Bill to reform the income tax laws on Thursday (February 13, 2025), the last day of the … Read more

SC to hear AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s plea on places of worship law

SC to hear AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s plea on places of worship law

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday (January 2, 2025) a plea of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi seeking implementation of the 1991 places of worship law, which asks to maintain the religious character of a place as it existed on August … Read more

Sand mining case: Madras HC summons T.N. Public Secretary after no law officer turns up to represent State

Sand mining case: Madras HC summons T.N. Public Secretary after no law officer turns up to represent State

A view of the Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The Madras High Court on Thursday (November 28, 2024) summoned the Tamil Nadu Public Department Secretary, irked that no counsel turned up to represent the State government in a batch of five writ petitions filed by it in 2023, which challenged the … Read more

Assisted dying: Terminally-ill people discuss proposed new law

Assisted dying: Terminally-ill people discuss proposed new law

BBC Nik Ward, who suffers from MND, worries legalising assisted dying could lead to people feeling pressure to end their lives The question of whether terminally-ill people should have the right to end their lives is dividing MPs as they consider a proposed law to legalise assisted dying. If passed, the landmark bill would offer … Read more

SC seeks Centre’s response on plea by woman who left Islam to be governed by secular law

SC seeks Centre’s response on plea by woman who left Islam to be governed by secular law

A view of premises of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea by a Kerala-based woman, born a Muslim but now a non-believer, to be governed by the secular statute of Indian Succession Act of … Read more

Brighton mum calls for law change on assisted dying

Brighton mum calls for law change on assisted dying

BBC Sophie Blake says she is most concerned for her teenage daughter A Brighton mother with terminal cancer is calling on the government to “urgently” reform assisted dying laws. Sophie Blake, who was diagnosed with stage four secondary breast cancer in May 2022, says she wants new rules to allow people to medically end their … Read more

New criminal laws will usher in fast, efficient justice delivery, says Union Law Minister

New criminal laws will usher in fast, efficient justice delivery, says Union Law Minister

A fast and efficient justice delivery system is a sine qua non for good governance and the three new criminal laws that took effect in India from July 1 are in keeping with this principle, Arjun Ram Meghwal, the Union Minister for Law and Justice, said here on Saturday (August 17, 2024).  Being a fundamental … Read more