Polity News
Calcutta High Court faces paucity of judges
Courts and tribunals in West Bengal are experiencing a severe paucity of judges.
posted by Jawwad Kazi 5th Feb 2018
Jallikattu pleas go to Constitution Bench
The Supreme Court referred to a Constitution Bench to decide whether the people of Tamil Nadu can preserve jallikattu as their cultural heritage under Article 29 (1) of the Constitution and demand its protection.
posted by Jawwad Kazi 3rd Feb 2018
SC judges’ row: CJI Dipak Misra makes roster for allocation of cases public
The Supreme Court adopted a roster system for allocation of matters to judges.
posted by Jawwad Kazi 2nd Feb 2018
Govt against death penalty for those who rape children
Taking a stand contrary to popular demands, the Centre told the Supreme Court that it was not in favour of amending laws to provide for death penalty to those found guilty of sexual assaults on infants and children.
posted by Jawwad Kazi 2nd Feb 2018
ART AND CULTURE , Indus script was written from right to left
Two scientists working at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, (IMSc) have figured out a way to computationally estimate whether a language is written from left to right or otherwise.
posted by Jawwad Kazi 1st Feb 2018