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Sexual harrasment case: Govt, SC lock horns over Karnataka judge’s elevation

The judge was cleared for elevation to Karnataka high court in 2016 by the SC collegium, a body of top judges that makes appointments to the higher judiciary, after a discreet probe by two Karnataka HC chief justices absolved him of the charges of sexual harassment.

View of Supreme Court building in New Delhi.(HT File Photo)
Published on Apr 09, 2018 11:08 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By

Ravi Shankar Prasad counters SC judge Chelameswar with letter of his own to CJI

The law minister wrote to CJI Dipak Misra raising questions over the way in which senior judges handled charges of sexual harassment against a district judge in Karnataka whose name was cleared for appointment to the HC.

File photo of Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad(PTI)
Updated on Apr 08, 2018 11:39 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By

Govt moves to appoint 5 Calcutta HC judges, lawyers strike may end soon

The government is likely to appoint five new judges to the Calcutta high court next week.

Typists sit idle outside the Calcutta High Court during lawyers’ strike over vacancies at the court.(PTI file photo)
Updated on Apr 07, 2018 05:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

What is the controversy over the SC/ST Act?

Amid concerns that the SC’s decision would dilute the law contrary to the intention of legislature that passed it, the government filed a petition seeking a review of the decision.

Members of the Dalit community stage a protest during 'Bharat Bandh' against the alleged 'dilution' of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes act, in Bhopal on April 2, 2018.(PTI)
Published on Apr 05, 2018 07:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Govt objects as SC collegium clears judge accused of sexual harassment

The government is of the view that the Supreme Court flouted its own guidelines for inquiring into sexual harassment matters that it had laid down in the Vishakha case.

A view of the Supreme Court of India.(PTI FILE)
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Uniform civil code: Law Commission will steer clear of Muslim marriage laws

The commission firmed up its stand days after the Supreme Court admitted pleas to examine the practices of polygamy, nikah halala, nikah mutta and nikah misyar .

This file photo taken on November 4, 2016 shows Muslim women at a rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).(AFP FILE)
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 10:58 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By

SC/ST Act order: Centre will seek Supreme Court review

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court banned automatic arrests and registration of criminal cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, a legislation meant to protect the marginalised communities from abuse and discrimination.

A view of the Supreme Court in New Delhi.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Mar 29, 2018 07:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySmriti Kak Ramachandran, Aurangzeb Naqshbandi and Jatin Gandhi

After Cambridge Analytica case, govt asks Facebook if data of Indians was misused

The ministry has raised five questions in all including whether the personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream entity in any manner.

Canadian data analytics expert and whistle-blower Christopher Wylie poses for photographs outside a press conference in London on March 26, 2018.(AFP)
Updated on Mar 28, 2018 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByJatin Gandhi and Vidhi Choudhary

Srikrishna committee report on data protection and privacy by May-end

The ministry of electronics and information technology constituted the 10-member panel headed by retired Supreme Court judge BN Srikrishna in August 2017.

Apart from suggesting solutions on issues related to data protection, the BN Srikrishna committee will submit the draft for a new law.(Reuters File Photo)
Published on Mar 27, 2018 10:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Parliament disruptions drown no-confidence motion again

There are only six sittings remaining in the current session.

Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday.(PTI Photo)
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 10:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Convict and Opposition leader: Two lives of RJD chief Lalu

Within 10 days of the RJD registering two electoral victories in the bypolls on March 14, Yadav was handed two convictions in cases related to the fodder scam

RJD Chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav arrives to appear before the special CBI Court in connection with a multi-crore fodder scam case, in Ranchi.(PTI File Photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2018 11:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Patna | ByJatin Gandhi and Anirban Guha Roy

Policy dive: Should India have a Uniform Civil Code?

Policy dive picks a policy issue, traces the debate around it, the different schools of thought and the choice involved.

A demonstration against Uniform Civil Code at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.(Arijit Sen/HT File Photo)
Updated on Mar 22, 2018 09:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Maneka’s plan to punish NRI husbands who desert their wives hits Maneka wall

Maneka Gandhi pushed for stringent punitive measures against NRI husbands who desert their Indian wives including cancellation of their passports and confiscation of their relatives’ properties in India.

Maneka Gandhi on the first day of Parliament budget session in New Delhi.(Sonu Mehta/HT File Photo)
Updated on Mar 20, 2018 09:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

NITI Aayog to recommend use of blockchain in land records, PDS, healthcare

A study by a group of NITI Aayog officials will act as a framework for the central ministries and states for the adoption of the technology.

Blockchain is a digital database of transactions that uses encryption and shared network of decentralised computers to independently record and verify the exchanges, preventing data theft, hacking and manipulation.(AFP)
Updated on Mar 19, 2018 12:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

TDP quits NDA, moves no-confidence motion against Modi govt; Oppn lends support

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu tells state assembly the move is “not for selfish reasons” but for Andhra Pradesh. The BJP, meanwhile, is confident it has the numbers to ride out the crisis in Parliament.

TDP MP Naramalli Sivaprasad, dressed as a fisherman, and other leaders demand special status for Andhra Pradesh at Parliament House on Friday.(PTI)
Updated on Mar 16, 2018 11:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Govt notifies appointment of 23 permanent judges in three HCs

The move comes on the heels of the government appointing three new additional judges to the Calcutta high court and notifying 17 additional judges in Madhya Pradesh as permanent on March 7.

Before Calcutta, five additional judges were appointed to the Karnataka high court in February.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Mar 09, 2018 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

New laws to settle civil, business disputes faster

The draft law says the government will empanel mediators and set up state-of-the-art mediation centres.

The ministry wants to push for the said laws in the budget session of Parliament which resumes on Monday.(PTI File Photo)
Updated on Mar 04, 2018 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By, New Delhi

Ram Madhav, Himanta Biswa, Kiren Rijiju, Sunil Deodhar: Leaders who steered BJP towards victory in Tripura, Nagaland elections

Ram Madhav’s strong networking skills, Himanta Biswa’s alliance-building, Kiren Rijiju being the flag-bearer of Hindutva ideology in northeast and Sunil Deodhar’s poll management led BJP demolish Left’s 25-year rule in Tripura and increase its footprint in Nagaland.

BJP party workers celebrate at party headquarters after assembly election results, in New Delhi.(PTI Photo)
Updated on Mar 04, 2018 07:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByJatin Gandhi and Smriti Kak Ramachandran

BJP yet to respond to law panel on uniform civil code

The Congress’ submission had warned against acting in haste, and called for the development of a broad-based consensus before moving ahead with the UCC.

Muslim women at a rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code in Ahmedabad on November 4, 2016.(AFP File Photo)
Updated on Mar 01, 2018 11:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Government working on an Aadhaar-like IT platform for Modicare

A number of officials from NITI Ayog , Union health ministry, the UIDAI and the NIC were present at a meeting between those working on the project and Infosys co-founder and former chief of the UIDAI Nandan Nilekani.

National Health Protection Scheme National Health Protection Scheme.(AFP File Photo)
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 12:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Two high court chief justices to retire within a month of taking charge

The chief justices of Manipur and Meghalaya high courts were among the five chief justices of high courts whose names were cleared by the Supreme Court collegium — a body of top judges that makes appointments to the higher judiciary — on January 10.

The Supreme Court collegium, a body of top judges, is responsible for making appointments to the higher judiciary.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Feb 21, 2018 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By, New Delhi

NITI Aayog official appointed PM’s healthcare programme director

The 41-year-old Dinesh Arora, who had been working on the programme for more than a month before it was announced in the budget speech by finance minister Arun Jaitley on February 1

Dinesh Arora moved to Niti Aayog in July.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Feb 15, 2018 07:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByJatin Gandhi and Utpal Bhaskar

All states want to avail of ‘Modicare’, says Niti Aayog member

The health ministry and Niti Aayog have formed six working groups comprising health department officials of the states and Union territories to give the scheme its final shape

As many as 24 states have provided health cover or insurance in some form or the other, said Niti Aayog member VK Paul.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Feb 12, 2018 11:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Nearly 400 vacancies for judges in high courts; 75 await govt nod

Over 75 names cleared by the SC collegium for appointment to high courts are awaiting notification by the government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra.(PTI FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Feb 11, 2018 05:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By, New Delhi

Govt pushes for e-filing in Delhi, Mumbai courts

E-filing facility is expected to speed up the disposal of cases and reduce pendency.

Official say the main hurdle faced in implementing in Delhi is the poor response from lawyers to the e-filing facility e-filing facility.(Mint)
Updated on Feb 10, 2018 11:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Kerala tops NITI Aayog Health Index, Uttar Pradesh worst performer

NITI Aayog Health Index report ranks Mizoram as first, followed by Manipur and Goa among the small states.

View of a primary health centre in Jalandhar. Punjab ranks no. 2 on NITI Aayog’s Health Index report released on Friday.(HT file)
Updated on Feb 09, 2018 10:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Memorandum of Procedure in limbo as govt, top judges lock horns

The government started working on the draft Memorandum of Procedure in early 2016 and began consultations with the judiciary but there is currently no convergence on three sticking points.

A view of Supreme Court of India in New Delhi.(PTI)
Published on Feb 09, 2018 09:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

‘Modicare’ to cost govt Rs 1,100-1,200 per family every year

Finance minister Arun Jaitley announced ‘the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme’ in the Union Budget on Thursday, under which medical cover of up to Rs 5 lakh will be provided to over 10 crore families.

The measures by the Narendra Modi government are the latest attempt to reform a public health system that faces a shortage of hospitals and doctors.(Reuters file)
Updated on Feb 02, 2018 10:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByJatin Gandhi and Rhythma Kaul

Fresh CBI appeal in Bofors case likely to be dismissed: AG tells govt

The CBI said it wanted to file an SLP challenging the Delhi High Court order of May 31, 2005, quashing all charges against Europe-based Hinduja brothers in the case.

This file photo shows artillery men firing a 155mm Bofors gun.(AFP File Photo)
Updated on Jan 30, 2018 10:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Govt, opposition face-off likely as Budget session begins today

The Triple Talaq Bill passed in the Lok Sabha in the Winter Session will be in focus in the Rajya Sabha, where the government is likely to face a stiff challenge from the Opposition.

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley addresses at the Investiture Ceremony and International Customs Day 2018, in New Delhi on Saturday.(PTI)
Updated on Jan 29, 2018 10:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By
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