All cases coming before the double bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court regarding the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Habeas Corpus have been transferred to a new double bench in Srinagar. This has come in the heels of various pioneering orders issued by the Judge Sreedharan in several such cases. In order to have an open portal on a daily basis, in a rather surprising and unanticipated way, on August 31, 2024 there was issued a modification which changed a list that has been set till September 28, 2024 where the NIA and Habeas…
Author: Anjali Yadav
Southampton University of England expects to start 30 different courses and admit over 5,000 students in the next eight years at its new overseas center in India, the first of its kind to be set up in the country by a campus from the foreign country, said officials. Andrew Atherton, the Vice President International and Engagement stated that the operations of the campus which is under construction in and around Delhi-National Capital Region will start next year while further explaining the agenda of the university in an interaction with PTI, Southampton University The University of Southampton is a contemporary university…
Speaking to students of Delhi University’s Bharati College on Friday, the Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, reiterated President Draupadi Murmu’s call of ‘enough is enough’ following the rape and murder of a woman in Kolkata. Speaking on the incidents of crime against women, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday remarked that the only way forward is to adopt a holistic zero-tolerance policy for such criminal activities, adding that justice to women has the potential of being delivered through the full adoption of the Uniform Civil Code. Societal actions after the Kolkata Case After the horrifying rape and murder…
The Ministry of Women and Child Development, which is headed by the Union Minister Smt. Annpurna Devi, has commissioned the new SHe-Box website, through which women may file and track complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace. The launch event was conducted in New Delhi today. During the one-day event, she also commissioned the new website of the Ministry. The new She-Box portal acts as a reference point for all information and detailing Internal Committees (ICs) and Local Committees (LCs) set up across the country including in the government and private sectors. It provides a common place for women to…
President Draupadi Murmu on Wednesday gave her emotional reactions regarding the heinous rate of crime against women where she said it was high time India woke up to react against “perversion” of crimes against women and challenged the mentality that women are less powerful. Through the personalised article titled “Women’s Safety: Enough is Enough”, Prez Murmu expressed her stand on the incident that happened on August 9 at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in which a 31-year old junior doctor on duty was sexually abused and murdered brutally. Women safety in India The crime against women or…
In the politically sensitive Delhi liquor policy controversy that was considered as the masterstroke to dent AAP’s electoral prospects ahead of the general election in 2024 with high profile arrests like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 27, 2024) directed that Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K. Kavitha is to be released on bail “forthwith”. The leader of BRS force who seemed to have been emotional after seeing her family strongly denied her allegations of the charges brought against her saying that her arrest was purely political. About the Delhi Excise Policy Case New Liquor Policy…
On Monday, the second India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable or ISMR was conducted in Singapore. While making their speeches during the meeting, both the leaders of India and Singapore stressed upon the measures to intensify cooperation in new and promising spheres.ISMR six pillars were also discussed by both sides, which are digitalisation, skill development, sustainability, healthcare and medicine, advanced manufacturing and connectivity. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong seeking to identify new areas to further strengthen the bilateral strategic partnership.…
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 23) clarified that only caste-based insult of the members of a Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) amounts to an offence under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 only if the accused had intended to insult the victim based on his or her caste identity. The Supreme Court bench also noted that each intentional insult or intimidation of a member of the SC/ST community may not give rise to the feeling of discrimination on the ground of caste. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 The Act was passed…
The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi paid an official visit to Poland from August 21-22, 2024. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between India and Poland, both PM Narendra Modi and Polish PM Donald Tusk decided to upgrade bilateral cooperation to the level of Strategic Partnership. They also agreed to aspire to a higher level of cooperation in defence, trade and artificial intelligence. Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke at a gathering of fellow Indians that was staged in Warsaw to host him as their guest of honor. The two leaders appreciated…
A Delhi court on Tuesday asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to the application filed by parliamentarian Rashid Engineer seeking regular bail. Sessions additional judge Chanderjeet Singh has now posted the matter for the hearing on the arguments on August 28. Earlier, the court allowed Rashid custody parole to take the oath of office on July 5th. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, was arrested in Jammu & Kashmir terrorist funding case in 2017. He got elected from Baramulla in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, with a victory over former chief minister and National Conference leader,…
