Law

by Manoranjan Panda Bhubaneswar: Nineteen years after the Right to Information (RTI) Act -2005 was implemented, the functioning of information commissions is a major bottleneck in the effective implementation of the RTI law. Large…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Bar Council (OSBC) has stopped the enrolment for law graduates to become advocates in the state. Secretary of OSBC JK Samantasinghar stated in a notice on Tuesday that the enrolment process and sale of…
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Bhubaneswar: The state government on Friday appointed Senior Advocate at Orissa High Court Pitambar Acharya as the Advocate General (AG) of Odisha. A notification issued by the Law Department stated: “In pursuance of Clause (1) of the…
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New Delhi: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that a divorced Muslim woman can seek alimony from her husband under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the law related to maintenance for wives. The ruling…
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Bhubaneswar: A total of 236 cases were registered under Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in Odisha after being enforced on July 1. According to Odisha police, 490 were registered in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & System on Monday…
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Bhubaneswar: Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan on Sunday said that the process to appoint a full-time Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has begun. “This is one of the main issues in the first 100-day…
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Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to BJP leader and Khurda MLA-elect Prashant Jagdev in connection with the EVM vandalising case. “Justice Satikanta Mishra noted that the allegations are omnibus and…
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New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that a marriage between a Muslim man and a Hindu woman is not valid under Muslim personal law. The court made this observation while rejecting a plea from an interfaith couple seeking…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till June 1 in a money laundering case linked to the liquor policy scam.Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday opposed Aam Aadmi Party…
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Bhubaneswar: In a first in Odisha, a Bhubaneswar court sentenced three persons to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for 20 years while convicting them under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act, 1985 for their involvement in…
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