Now, e-solutions for the legal system: Mind your Language!

Now, e-solutions for the legal system: Mind your Language!

IIT Patna is part of an effort to make court documents available in the vernacular languages of India, including Maithili and Bhojpuri. In recent times Artificial Intelligence(AI) has been implemented in various industries as robotic concepts in hotels to automated entertainment or cell phones. It has shaped many industries. For a long time the Indian […]

महंगी पड़ रही पसंदीदा चैनले

महंगी पड़ रही पसंदीदा चैनले

‘जो चैनल देखिए सिर्फ उसका ही पैसा दीजिए।’ इसी स्लोगन के साथ TRAI ने सभी मल्टी सर्विस ऑपरेटर्स के साथ लोकल केबल ऑपरेटर्स को भी नया टैरिफ सिस्टम लागू करने का आदेश दिया है। TRAI के इस नए नियम से उम्मीद की जा रही थी कि लोग अब सस्ते में अपना मनपसंद टीवी कार्यक्रम देख […]

SC to take up petition challenging 10 % quota

SC to take up petition challenging 10 % quota

The Supreme Court will take up the petition challenging the 10% quota for the poorer sections to see if a five-judge constitution bench needs to look into the constitution amendment. The petition challenging the constitution amendment Act contends that the law alters the 1“basic structure” of the Constitution. The PIL argues that the new quota […]

Criticism of Govt. is Essential for Democracy

Criticism of Govt. is Essential for Democracy

Dissent and criticism of the government are essential ingredients of a robust public debate in a vibrant democracy, the Law Commission of India said on Thursday. The Commission, which is the Centre’s topmost advisory body on laws, headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice B.S. Chauhan, published a consultation paper recommending that it is time […]

फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट अब फास्ट नहीं रहा

फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट अब फास्ट नहीं रहा

पटना :फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट भी अब फास्ट नहीं रह गया है और वहां भी लंबित केसों की काफी संख्या है।  बिहार के 55 फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट में 22,616 मामले लंबित हैं। शराबबंदी के पहले जेलों की क्षमता में भी अपेक्षित वृद्धि नहीं की गयी।  वर्तमान में बिहार की जेलों की अधिकतम क्षमता 39,432 कैदियों की […]

CIC fines officer, but wily Govt unit gets Taxpayers to foot the bill !

CIC fines officer, but wily Govt unit gets Taxpayers to foot the bill !

New Delhi:  The Government’s currency printing press has blatantly thumbed the nose at the RTI  (Right to Information) Act. The printing press reimbursed from the state exchequer the amount paid for a penalty imposed on one of its officers by the Central Information Commission. The officer was fined by the CIC. The law says that […]

Court acquits woman’s in-laws in 13-year-old dowry case

Court acquits woman’s in-laws in 13-year-old dowry case

New Delhi, Dec 30 A Delhi court has acquitted a woman’s father-in-law and brother-in-law in a 2002 dowry harassment case saying continuing the trial would violate the accused persons’ right to speedy trial as prosecution can never prove the allegations, reports PTI. The court, while absolving the two men of the charges of cruelty to […]

Judge corners Cop in Police Station!

Judge corners Cop in Police Station!

Tehetta(West Bengal): India really needs more judges like Vikash Lama. The Nadia judge (additional Chief Judicial magistrate) on  paid a surprise visit to a police station after the officer-in-charge failed to appear in his court and inform him whether a seized motorcycle had been returned to its owner given bail in a cop-attack case. “This […]

SC to examine 157-yr-old law on adultery punishing only men

SC to examine 157-yr-old law on adultery punishing only men

New Delhi, Dec 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the constitutional validity of a colonial era law on adultery which punishes only the man even though the woman, with whom he has had consensual sex, may be an equal partner. The top court also said if the husband gives consent for sexual […]

Delay in execution is dehumanizing, says SC

Delay in execution is dehumanizing, says SC

New Delhi :Delay in the execution of a death row convict after his capital punishment has been confirmed by the highest judicial forum, torments the prisoner, has a dehumanising effect on him and violates the law, the Delhi High Court has said. “As between funeral fire and mental worry, it is the latter which is […]