The Supreme Court indicated in a judgment that a straitjacket and literal interpretation of a penal provision on dowry death may have blunted the battle against the “long-standing social evil”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Dowry deaths accounted for 40% to 50% homicides in the country for ...

The Supreme Court has held that an extra 40% should be added to the income of fatal road accident victims, aged below 40 and self-employed, while calculating compensation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana said the additional amount ...

The Supreme Court recently constituted a 12-member task force to assess the availability and distribution of medical oxygen - on a scientific, rational, and equitable basis - across the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The 12-member task force comprises Dr Bhabatosh Biswas, Dr ...

The Supreme Court allowed Vedanta Limited to operate its oxygen production units at the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Sterlite Copper plant has been shut for three years following public protests and police firing that killed 13 ...

Terming pendency of around 57 lakh cases in High Courts as “docket explosion”, the Supreme Court activated a “dormant” constitutional provision to pave way for appointment of retired High Court judges as ad-hoc ones for a period of two to three years to clear backlog and came out with guidelines ...

Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Chairperson, e-Committee of the Supreme Court on April 9, 2021 inaugurated a Judgments and Orders Portal for searching past judgments and orders and an e-Filing 3.0 module to allow electronic filing of court documents, through ...

The Supreme Court has said in a judgment that extortion money paid to a terrorist organisation to protect one’s business is not terror funding. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With this, Supreme Court granted bail to a Jharkhand coal transporter who had paid huge amounts to the Tritiya ...

The Supreme Court said people are free to choose their own religion, even as it lashed out at a “very, very harmful kind” of “public interest” petition claiming there is mass religious conversion happening “by hook or by crook” across the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Supreme ...

The Supreme Court told the government that interim appointments to the post of CBI Director cannot go on. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The remark came during the hearing of a petition filed by Common Cause, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, objecting to the appointment of Praveen ...

In another major initiative the eCommittee Supreme Court has prepared the draft vision document for Phase III of the eCourts Project under the auspices of the Supreme Court of India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 E-Courts Project is a mission mode project undertaken by the Department of ...