“Dignity and safety of millions of this essential workforce needs protection”NEW DELHI: Pained by legislative vacuum in protecting millions of househelps from exploitation, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Union govt to constitute an expert committee to draft a legal framework for safeguarding the dignity and safety of this huge, essential yet unorganized workforce…
Pointing to the legislative vacuum in protecting millions of house helps from exploitation, SC on Wednesday directed Centre to constitute an expert committee to draft a legal framework for safeguarding the dignity and safety of this huge, essential, yet unorganised workforce, and then enact a pan-India law, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. Hinging its decision on a…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah and PM Modi (R) NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah expressed hope on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not be affected by pressure from any quarters and continue his yearly tradition of sending “chadar” to the Ajmer Sharif dargah.“You cannot separate religion from politics. We…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Saturday warned of constitutional consequences as Punjab govt expressed “helplessness” in hospitalising a “protester besieged” fast-on-to-death farmer representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal at Shambhu border and feared that using force to implement SC orders could lead to “collateral damages”.Advocate general of Punjab Gurminder Singh told a bench of Justices Surya Kant…
NEW DELHI: For a rich man, both marriage and divorce are costly affairs. An India-born American citizen, running a successful IT consultancy service in the US, realised this as he had to cough up Rs 500 crore as alimony to his first wife in Nov 2020 and has now been ordered by SC to pay…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the strict provisions of law were for the welfare of women and not means to “chastise, threaten, domineer or extort” their husbands.Justices B V Nagarathna and Pankaj Mithal observed a Hindu marriage was considered to be a sacred institution, as a foundation for a family and…
MUMBAI: Two law aspirants have moved the Supreme Court challenging the provisional answer key released by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) and seeking a stay on the publication of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 results and the subsequent counselling process, days after it was conducted. The test was held in centres…
Beant Singh Murder Case: पंजाब के तत्कालीन मुख्यमंत्री बेअंत सिंह की हत्या के मामले में फांसी की सजा पा चुके बलवंत सिंह रजोआना की याचिका पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट में सुनवाई चार हफ्ते के लिए टाल दी गई है. केंद्र सरकार के वकील ने कहा कि सरकार से जवाब मिला है, लेकिन मामला काफी संवेदनशील…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed all NCR states to implement Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Level 4 even if the AQI drops below 400, and ordered all state and central governments to file compliance affidavits. The apex court also ordered all states to immediately constitute teams to monitor the implementation of actions…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed secretary of President of India to place the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana in assassination case of former Punjab CM Beant Singh before President Droupadi Murmu for consideration. This came after no one appeared on behalf of Centre at the hearing.The apex court…