Sweden passes law lowering age to change legal gender from 18 to 16
Swedes have been able to change their legally recognised gender since 1972 – but this will make it easier. Source link
Legal
KTR slaps legal notice on Minister Konda Surekha, two others
Working president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), K.T. Rama Rao addressing a press conference held in Hyderabad on April 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working President K. T. Rama Rao has slapped legal notices on Minister Konda Surekha, MLA Yennem Srinivas Reddy and another Congress leader K.K. Mahender Reddy … Read more
Seven tribal families continue legal fight against house contractor
Rangi and other aggrieved tribespeople at Bhoothivazhi hamlet at Agali, Attappady. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Seven families of the Bhoothivazhi tribal hamlet at Agali in Attappady have embarked on a legal fight against a building contractor who allegedly swindled them out of ₹13.62 lakh given by the government for housing. Tribespeople Rangi, Reshi, Kalamani, … Read more
Covid inquiry: Jeremy Miles says Welsh schools were shut without legal power – BBC News
Miles is grilled about the controversial “stay local” guidance which came in to replace “stay at home” messaging as infections eased in May 2020. The inquiry hears the Welsh government felt “it was not possible to legislate to define local, as it would mean different things in different parts of Wales”, for example in rural … Read more
Congress’ 2024 election manifesto includes legal guarantee for MSP, caste census, filling government vacancies
Congress manifesto committee, headed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, is scheduled to have a meeting on March 4 to discuss the draft manifesto, which is in its final stages. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Making minimum support price (MSP) a legal guarantee, the promise to conduct a nationwide caste census, and filling existing … Read more
The legal dispute over Varanasi, Mathura mosques | Explained
Devotees line up to enter the Kashi Vishwanath temple next to the Gyanvapi mosque (background) in Varanasi on February 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, is once again in focus, albeit in a context in which its objectives are being ignored. Civil suits … Read more
Long Covid: NHS legal action launched by family of girl
The mother of an 11-year-old Aberdeenshire girl claims failings were made by NHS Grampian. Source link
Govt may consider introducing legal safeguards for healthcare workers: parliamentary panel
‘Healthcare professionals are vulnerable to “violent attacks” by relatives of patients, in cases where patients die during treatment.’ Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi The government may consider introducing appropriate legal safeguards for healthcare workers, who at times face violence from relatives or attendants of patients, a parliamentary panel has said. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs … Read more
Infected blood scandal: Government launches legal challenge over FOI ruling
It is taking legal action over the Information Commissioner’s ruling on details of victims’ payouts. Source link
AstraZeneca faces legal challenge over Covid vaccine
Claimant Jamie Scott suffered suffered severe brain injury after having the Covid jab in April 2021. Source link