Supreme Court slams Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for sex selection kit ads

http://goo.gl/P8ERNAThe Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for failing to keep out ads selling sex selection kits, and asked the Central government and the intermediaries to immediately come up with technical solutions to prevent such ads from popping up during routine searches.

Supreme Court: 3 per cent quota for disabled must in all posts http://goo.gl/XzM87q

The court was ruling on two petitions which challenged this policy in recruitment to state-run Prasar Bharati. S K Rungta, the only visually impaired senior counsel in the country, led the legal challenge.

Supreme Court admits Maharashtra government’s plea against Salman Khan in 2002 hit-and-run case http://goo.gl/v5MUWu

Supreme Court has admitted the plea against Bollywood actor Salman Khan in 2002 hit-and-run case but at the same time, has refused to fast track it.

You approached HC, now you don’t want it to decide? SC asks Delhi govt. http://goo.gl/3bZ5NnThe Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the AAP government plea to restrain the Delhi High Court from pronouncing its verdict on a Delhi government plea for full Statehood.

Delhi High Court lifts its stay on procurement of anti-drug medicine

http://goo.gl/O5eUQQDelhi High Court has lifted its stay on the government’s decision to procure a medicine used to bring down drug addicts’ dependency on opiates like heroin and reduce their habit of injecting drugs.

No sanction needed to try govt servants for illegal acts: Supreme Court http://goo.gl/5FybL6 The Supreme Court has said that sanction to prosecute a public servant is not required if the alleged offence was committed when he was not discharging official duty.

Summary court martial only in exceptional cases, says SC http://goo.gl/itVZkL

In its July 5 judgment, the apex court said: “The summary court martial is an exception, and it is imperative that a case must be made out for immediacy of action.”

Manipur probe: Indefinite AFSPA is failure of Army, Govt, says SC http://goo.gl/9BVtSj

The court ruled that more than 1500 cases of alleged fake encounters in Manipur in the last 20 years “must be investigated.”

Gujarat High Court Stays CIC Order On PM Modi’s Degree http://goo.gl/xJxoGb

The Gujarat High Court on Friday issued a stay on an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) asking the Gujarat University to provide details of the MA degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had alleged that it was fake.

10% EWS quota violates Constitution, SC order: Gujarat HC told http://goo.gl/4zp8NG

This submission was made in the Gujarat High Court by the lawyers of petitioners who have challenged the validity of the reservation for EWS announced in the wake of Patel quota stir.

Vacancies in high courts touch 470 as govt.-judiciary logjam continues http://goo.gl/UFLl0o

Differences over appointments process has meant 45% of sanctioned judges’ posts are empty

High Court raps Maharashtra govt for not raising pay of judicial members http://goo.gl/TzpfV2

The bench today expressed its anguish over the recent decision of the government rejecting the proposal to raise the salaries of judicial members and said even the Supreme Court had upheld the high court order of 2014 regarding increase in their remuneration.

High Court directs Tamil Nadu Government to consider transgender’s plea http://goo.gl/zKHB72

The petitioners, all transgenders, had education and some of them had post graduate degrees and applied for writing TNPSC examinations.

Maharashtra well within its rights to hold law CET, says High Court http://goo.gl/OSJEBr

“The state was well within its powers to conduct a common entrance test for admissions to all law colleges, whether private, aided or unaided,” said the HC .

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