Order allowing food in theatres in J&K stayed
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Jammu & Kashmir High Court’s order of allowing cinema-goers to carry their food items inside theatres in the State. Multiplex association had knocked the doors of the apex court by filing a petition and challenging the J&K High Court order.
SC to hear Nath’s plea on VVPAT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear next week a plea of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath seeking random verification of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.
SC to examine laws on rape reporting
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it would examine the provisions of law which provide curbs and balances for media in reporting incidents of sexual assault, including that of minors, after it was complained that there have been ‘regular violation’ of such provisions. The apex court was told that in today’s world, parallel media trials were going on even when proceedings of cases were pending before the court of law, like in the recent Kathua gangrape-murder case.
3 states yet to set rules on child marriage act
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland are yet to frame rules for carrying out the provisions of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, the lok Sabha was informed on Friday. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006 authorises state governments to frame rules as envisaged under the Act.