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‘Pay the worker before his sweat dries’: Madras High Court invokes Prophet Muhammad teaching, asks civic body to settle lawyer's dues
December 22, 2025 10:14 am
Madras High Court invoked Prophet Muhammad’s teaching “Pay the worker before his sweat dries” while directing a civic body to settle pending lawyers’ dues. Read the full verdict and context.
Pune rape-murder of 2 minor sisters: DLSA grants compensation of Rs 10 lakh to family
January 03, 2025 8:25 pm
The two minor girls, aged eight and nine years, had gone missing on December 24, when they were seen playing near their residence.
Bopdev Ghat rape: DLSA grants Rs 5 lakh compensation to victim
October 20, 2024 7:23 am
A press release issued by DLSA on Saturday stated that the decision to provide the compensation was made with remarkable speed and it “underscores the commitment of the legal system to provide timely support to victims of heinous crimes.”
Bombay HC asks DLSAs to go on surprise inspection in schools to check menstrual hygiene facilities
July 26, 2022 7:20 am
The HC said that it will monitor the situation through judicial machinery and referred to the repeated failure by the state government to ensure such facilities and said that it was not going to accept excuses by the state for the delay in resolving the menstrual hygiene issues.
Vadodara: Karjan gangrape victim’s children to get Rs 27 lakh compensation
August 21, 2021 11:08 pm
Senior Civil Judge and Full-time Secretary of DLSA, VJ Gadhvi, Judge said that the state authority has the power to review and revise the amount, if it feels that the compensation is not commensurate or exaggerated, as the case may be.
Mumbai blast: Victims who did not receive relief may benefit under state scheme
March 13, 2019 1:43 am
The DLSA, however, had concluded that as per rules of the state’s victim compensation scheme, those who have already been granted compensation cannot be disbursed money again.
Nirbhaya Fund: The long and cumbersome road to compensation
December 17, 2015 3:37 am
At anytime, the DLSA has a corpus of Rs 25 crore in its account for the scheme.
Jail crowding due to mindless arrests, casual custody: DLSA to HC
August 25, 2015 1:05 am
The DLSA letter lists Supreme Court judgments regarding the standard of care to be taken at the time of arrests and the long duration of imprisonment without trial.
Over 62,000 cases cleared in second Lok Adalat in capital
December 07, 2014 2:53 am
In all, 232 benches disposed of 62,641 cases in the High Court, district courts, tribunals and commissions in Delhi
PIL challenges law that keeps accused in jail after acquittal
August 21, 2014 2:51 am
The legal aid agency has also pointed out in the PIL that the provision violates the acquitted person’s rights to life and equality.
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