The Supreme Court on Thursday derided the Loya PIL petitions as a case in point of how public interest litigation has become an “industry of vested interests” rather than a powerful tool to espouse the cause of the marginalised and oppressed. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud said the essential aspect of a genuine PIL petition was that the “person who moves the court has no personal interest in the outcome of the proceedings, apart from a general standing as a citizen before the court.” ... Read More

Amid the country-wide uproar over rape cases, some allegedly involving even lawmakers, a study has revealed that as many as 48 MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), among the 48 lawmakers facing charges of crime against women, 45 are MLAs and three are Members of Parliament. The information released by ADR has further revealed that recognised political parties gave tickets to 327 candidates with declared cases related to crime against women while 118 candidates with similar charges got tickets as ... Read More

Tezpur, Assam: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday visited the Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh to inspect the Indian Air Force's Advanced Landing Ground at Pasighat there, a defence spokesman said here. Sitharaman also visited the Chabua IAF base station in Assam's Dibrugarh to witness its Gagan Shakti Exercise 2018, a pan-India exercise which is in its second phase. ... Read More

जम्मू- कश्मीर में आठ साल की एक बच्ची से रेप के बाद उसकी हत्या को अंतरराष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष ( आईएमएफ ) की प्रमुख क्रिस्टीन लगार्ड ने 'वीभत्स' करार दिया है. साथ ही उन्होंने उम्मीद जताई कि प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी सहित सभी भारतीय पदाधि ... Read More

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ब्रिटेन की चार दिवसीय यात्रा पर हैं. मोदी गुरुवार को कॉमनवेल्थ देशों के राष्ट्राध्यक्षों की सालाना बैठक (CHOGM summit) में भी शामिल हुए. इस बैठक में मोदी ने भारत की ओर से कई बड़े फैसले लिए. जिसमें कॉमनवेल्थ फंड म� ... Read More

अजमेर और मक्का मस्जिद ब्लास्ट मामले में बरी हो चुके स्वामी असीमानंद को बीजेपी ट्रंप कार्ड के रूप में इस्तेमाल कर सकती है. पश्चिम बंगाल में सियासी जमीन तलाश रही बीजेपी असीमानंद के राज्य में उतारने की तैयारी कर रही है. बीजेपी के प्र ... Read More