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Is Maharashtra ready for e-courts?

Is Maharashtra ready for e-courts?

Upskilling officers of the law and courts, boosting infrastructure could be challenges for new law regime, say experts

02 July,2024 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
No need to bring slaughterhouses, meat processing units under EIA: Centre

No need to bring slaughterhouses, meat processing units under EIA: Centre

Requisite guidelines/safeguards are already in place to regulate the slaughterhouses /processing units from an environmental perspective, the union ministry said

18 March,2024 03:28 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Adulterous spouse is not equivalent to incompetent parent: HC

Adulterous spouse is not equivalent to incompetent parent: HC

An extramarital affair of a person cannot be the sole determining factor to deny them custody of a child, the Delhi High Court has ruled. HC said the matters may be co-related but they are always 'mutually exclusive'

03 February,2024 07:31 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

The parole comes just two months after his latest furlough. On November 21 last year after he was granted a 21-day furlough - his third temporary release from jail in 2023. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is serving a jail term of 20-years for raping two of his women followers

19 January,2024 04:26 PM IST | Chandigarh | mid-day online correspondent
Delhi Police opposes bail plea of accused Neelam Azad; Court reserves order

Delhi Police opposes bail plea of accused Neelam Azad; Court reserves order

The Delhi Police on Tuesday opposed the bail plea of accused Neelam Azad, arrested in the Parliament Security Breach case and stated that the material, evidence and other documentary evidence show her complicity in the offence and thus, disentitle her to be released on bail

16 January,2024 04:01 PM IST | New Delhi | ANI
Merely downloading and watching child porn is not an offence: High Court

Merely downloading and watching child porn is not an offence: High Court

Madras High court said that merely watching and downloading child pornography is not an offence either under the POSCO Act or Information Technology Act. The court, however, expressed concern over Generation Z watching pornography

13 January,2024 12:35 PM IST | Chennai | mid-day online correspondent
MP HC allows termination of teenage rape victim's pregnancy

MP HC allows termination of teenage rape victim's pregnancy

The high court allowed the minor victim's plea seeking termination of her pregnancy. It also directed her father to file an affidavit before Chief Judicial Magistrate mentioning that she was subjected to rape and has filed a petition to terminate pregnancy

10 January,2024 02:29 PM IST | Jabalpur | PTI
Madras High Court denies Mansoor from filing defamation case against Trisha

Madras High Court denies Mansoor from filing defamation case against Trisha

'Leo' actor Mansoor Ali Khan had filed a defamation case against Trisha after she reprimanded him for his derogatory comments against her. The court has denied the lawsuit

23 December,2023 09:06 AM IST | Chennai | mid-day online correspondent
National anthem row: Mumbai court junks complaint against Mamata Banerjee

National anthem row: Mumbai court junks complaint against Mamata Banerjee

A Mumbai court has dismissed a complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, filed by a BJP worker, who accused her of disrespecting the national anthem during an event

01 November,2023 07:00 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Two MTNL employees sent to jail for threatening top official

Two MTNL employees sent to jail for threatening top official

In a ruling delivered on September 8, Assistant Sessions Court Judge KR Deshpande, presiding in Belapur, found Sushil Kadam (43) and Suresh Ambore (57) guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 353.

13 September,2023 05:20 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent

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