Extension of free legal advice helpline service subject to review: Union Minister

Extension of free legal advice helpline service subject to review: Union Minister

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A review will be conducted before deciding to extend beyond March 2026 a pan-India scheme which has helped 2.10 crore people access justice between 2021and June 30 this year through services like free litigation advice helpline, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Minister of … Read more

Bengal govt seeking legal opinion against EC’s directive seeking functional, financial independence for CEO’s office

Bengal govt seeking legal opinion against EC's directive seeking functional, financial independence for CEO's office

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government has started consulting legal analysts to check whether the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s direction to the state government to ensure the immediate functional independence and administrative strengthening of the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Kumar Agarwal, could … Read more

State’s failure to convince IIM-C rape victim to cooperate in probe: legal experts

State’s failure to convince IIM-C rape victim to cooperate in probe: legal experts

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) After the victim refused to come forward in the alleged IIM-C rape case, the legal experts in Kolkata have said that it is primarily the failure of the West Bengal Police and administration, as they were unable to convince her to extend basic cooperation in the … Read more

Raghav Chadha urges govt to make annual health check-ups legal right for citizens

Raghav Chadha urges govt to make annual health check-ups legal right for citizens

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha has urged the government to make annual health check-ups a legal right for citizens. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session, Chadha shared how the country is witnessing a sharp rise in heart failures and other … Read more

Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns as Vice President: A legal mind’s famed journey ends mid-term

Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns as Vice President: A legal mind’s famed journey ends mid-term

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Jagdeep Dhankhar, a seasoned lawyer and political figure, served as the 14th Vice President of India from 2022 until his resignation on July 21 2025. He resigned from the post of Vice President on health grounds on Monday. His tenure, though truncated, was marked by … Read more

‘Very shocking’: Legal experts react as Bombay HC acquits 12 in 2006 Mumbai train blasts case

‘Very shocking’: Legal experts react as Bombay HC acquits 12 in 2006 Mumbai train blasts case

Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) In a development that has stunned victims’ families, legal experts, and citizens alike, the Bombay High Court acquitted all 12 men convicted by a special court in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings. The ruling overturned death sentences for five of the accused and life imprisonment for … Read more

K’Taka bjp mla byrathi Basavaraj denies invoice involvement in Rowdy Sheter’s Murder, vows legal action

K'Taka bjp mla byrathi Basavaraj denies invoice involvement in Rowdy Sheter's Murder, vows legal action

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 16 (IANS) BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj, responding to the Karnataka Police booking him under murder charges, has clarified that he had no connection with the case, in which he has been named as the fifth accused. Speaking to the media in Bengaluru on Wednesday, MLA Basavaraj clarified that … Read more

Telangana BJP chief sends legal notice to Deputy CM over allegations

Telangana BJP chief sends legal notice to Deputy CM over allegations

Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, July 15 (IANS) Telangana BJP President N. Ramchander Rao has sent a legal notice to Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka over the allegations made by him linking the BJP leader to the suicide of Hyderabad University research scholar Rohith Vemula. Rao has asked the Congress leader to tender … Read more

Indian legal system badly in need of fixing: CJI

Indian legal system badly in need of fixing: CJI

Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, July 12 (IANS) Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Saturday said that the Indian legal system has been facing unique challenges and is badly in need of fixing. Delivering the convocation address at Nalsar University of Law in Hyderabad, he said that the country and legal system are … Read more