Chennai, In a setback for the Tamil Nadu government, a court refused to remand two accused persons who had alleged that Chief Minister K.Palaniswami was also involved in a robbery case at the Kodanad Tea Estate. Late Monday, the magistrate’s court refused to remand Sayan and Manoj as it was[Read More…]
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A Raja wasn’t ‘mother lode’ of 2G conspiracy, says Court
In giving a clean chit to former Telecom Minister A Raja, a court on Thursday said there was no evidence to suggest that he was the “mother lode of conspiracy” in the so-called 2G scam created “by artfully arranging a few selected facts and exaggerating things beyond recognition to astronomical[Read More…]
Three years jail for Jharkhand ex-CM Madhu Koda
A court here on Saturday sentenced former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda to three years in jail for corruption in a coal block allocation case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar also sent Koda’s close aide Vijay Joshi, former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta, Jharkhand’s then Chief Secretary A.K. Basu, to jail for[Read More…]
Thousands evacuated from Ram Rahim’s base; sentencing today amid tight security
The security forces brought 100 state transport buses to ferry around 30,000 followers of self-styled guru, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. They were inside the headquarters of his sect, the Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa in Haryana. The evacuation resolved the deadlock that had been in ongoing since Rahim’s conviction in[Read More…]
Pakistan to nominate judge for ICJ team
The government of Pakistan has begun consultations on nomination of an ad hoc judge for the Kulbhushan Jadhav case being heard at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), local media reported on Tuesday. The move is intended to strengthen Pakistan’s legal team fighting the case at the ICJ. Jadhav was[Read More…]
Jamia Millia Islamia’s minority status ‘an error’; govt to withdraw support
The Centre has decided to tell the court that Jamia Millia Islamia’s (JMI) was never intended to be a minority institution. The HRD ministry will file an affidavit in the already pending writ petitions in the Delhi high court. The Centre had earlier supported the order of the national commission[Read More…]
Court stays ‘non-bailable’ warrants against Ramdev in ‘beheading’ remark case
The court of additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ), Narinder Kaur in Rohtak has stayed the proceedings against yoga guru, Ramdev in the ‘beheading remark’ case of 2016. The case is going on in the lower court of additional civil judicial magistrate (ACJM), Harish Goyal. The court of ACJM has[Read More…]
Supreme Court to go partially paperless from today
After an announcement by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, the Supreme Court will go only partially paperless from Monday after the summer vacation. It is to be noted that the concept of paperless court involves “technical and functional issues”, “it is proposed to implement the project gradually, as it[Read More…]
Kerala to take Centre to court over cow slaughter regulation
The Centre’s move to ban the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter through animal markets has triggered severe criticism from the state of Kerala. From the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) to the opposition, all have condemned the government’s decision. “We will seek legal resort against this. The Centre[Read More…]
Rs 40k maintenance for two kids not high in place like Delhi, says Court
A Delhi court has refused to lessen the maintenance amount of Rs 40,000 for two daughters from their father in a domestic violence case filed by their mother. The court said the amount is not high for maintaining two kids in a city like Delhi. The Additional Sessions Judge Lokesh[Read More…]
Ashok Singh murder case: Prabhunath Singh, two others awarded life-sentence
Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Prabhunath Singh along with two others were awarded life sentence by a court in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on Tuesday. They have been convicted in link with a 22-year-old MLA Ashok Singh’s murder case. Singh along with his brother Dinanath and former mukhiya Ritesh Singh were[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu: Govt asks Madras HC to revise order on relocating liquor shops
Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday requested the Madras High Court to revise its recent order preventive the government from relocating or opening liquor shops in residential areas. The government sought modification of the May 8 order. The move comes as government’s revenue has been affected. There is a huge loss[Read More…]
Court orders Ananth Kumar, Yeddyurappa to give voice samples
Union Minister Ananth Kumar and Karnataka Bhartiya Jantha Party (BJP) chief BS Yeddyurappa were on Saturday directed by an additional chief metropolitan magistrate court to appear before the cyber crime cell in seven days and give voice samples. This is in connection with a case where the Cyber Crime police are probing[Read More…]
Justice Karnan lashes out at SC after medical check-up order
Lashing out at the Apex Court, Justice CS Karnan of the Calcutta High Court on Monday said that he might issue a Suo moto stay order against West Bengal DGP if he comes to check his mental health forcefully. Might issue suo moto suspension order against West Bengal DGP if[Read More…]
Court allows Swami Aseemanand to travel out of Hyderabad till May 17
A Hyderabad local court on Friday granted permission to Swami Aseemanand to travel out of Hyderabad till May 17. The court asked Aseemanand to return to Hyderabad by May 17 for the Mecca Masjid blast trial. On April 13, Swami Aseemanand had moved a local court seeking its permission to[Read More…]
Dismissed BSF jawan asks for government’s support
Tej Bahadur Yadav, the BSF jawan who was dismissed from his duty on Wednesday over his viral video on social media which highlighted the poor food conditions for jawans, requested the government to support him and asserted that if he did not get the support, he would move the judiciary.[Read More…]
Aseemand seeks court’s permission to go out of Hyderabad
TVF CEO Arunabh Kumar gets provisional protection from arrest
On Sunday, a Mumbai sessions court gave TVF founder Arunabh Kumar, provisional protection from arrest till Monday. Founder and CEO of a popular online digital entertainment channel, Arunabh is charged with molesting at least two women. One complaint against him was from a Mumbai-based production house who alleged that he[Read More…]
More than 5,000 lawyers in Maharashtra, Goa protest against Advocates Bill
More than 5,000 lawyers from various courts all over Maharashtra, Goa, Daman, Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli abstained from work on Friday to protest against the proposed Advocates Amendment Bill, 2017. The call for the protest was given by the Bar Council of India. “Majority lawyers did not attend the[Read More…]
SC orders installation of CCTV cameras inside courtrooms
The judiciary has finally permitted cameras in the courtrooms after years of reluctance. The Supreme Court has ordered installation of CCTV cameras (without audio recording) in at least two districts in all states and union territories to capture court proceedings. A bench of Justices Adarsh K Goel and Uday U[Read More…]
Firing outside Rohtak courts, 1 dead, 3 injured
JNUSU rejects proposal to install CCTV cameras at hostel gate
The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration failed to implement the order of installing CCTV cameras at every hostel gates of JNU. This has been rejected by the JNUSU (Student’s Union) terming the decision as ‘authoritarian’. The students were only aware of such a move from the authority’s side only when they[Read More…]
Maruti deadly riot: 31 people convicted on Friday
Ajmer Dargah blast hearing deferred till March 8
Coal scam: Court grants bail to ex-coal secretary, others in Delhi
The former coal secretary H C Gupta was granted bail on Tuesday by a special court in Delhi in link with a case related to alleged irregularities in allotment of a Chhattisgarh-based coal block to SKS Ispat and Power Ltd (SIPL). Apart from Gupta, who is facing trial in more[Read More…]