SC declines plea to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to scrap a rule, which allows candidates to contest from more than one constituency in a general election.
-
National Human Interest/ 11:48 AMK'taka: Petition submitted to prevent traders of other faiths from temple premises
-
National Human Interest/ 08:40 AMIf accused is dead, fine can be collected from successors: K'taka HC
-
Goa court directs to release rice, wheat seized during raids in Nov
Panaji, Feb 1 (IANS) A Goa court in its three different orders has directed the Crime Branch of the police to release a large quantity of rice and wheat that were seized during raids conducted in November.
-
CBI faces Calcutta HC's wrath for not having info about Manik Bhattacharya's overseas travel
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team, probing the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal, faced the wrath of Calcutta High Court for not having details of the overseas travels by Trinamool Congress legislator and West Bengal Board of Primary Education's former President Manik Bhattacharya.
-
Rijiju hails outlay of Rs 7,000 cr for e-courts
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) After the Union Budget was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, also the first budget of "Amril Kaal", Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju seemed to be grateful for the proposal of the critical e-courts Phase-III Project with an outlay of Rs 7,000 crore.
-
SC seeks Centre's response on possibility of mutual agreements with US in child custody cases
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court has sought Centre's reply on the possibility of entering into mutual agreements with the US in matters connected with child custody disputes due to an increase in the number of cases.
-
SC directs WhatsApp to give wide publicity to its 2021 undertaking to Centre on privacy policy
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed WhatsApp to give wide publicity in the media that users aren't bound to accept its 2021 privacy policy and also WhatsApp's functionality would not be affected till the new data protection bill comes into effect.
-
Octogenarian moves Madras HC claiming to be half-brother of late CM Jayalalithaa
Chennai, Feb 1 (IANS) An 83-year-old man from Karnataka has approached the Madras High Court claiming to be the half-brother of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu late J. Jayalalithaa.
-
Gujarat HC sets up panel to probe denial of medical care to pregnant women
Ahmedabad, Feb 1 (IANS) A division bench of the Gujarat High Court has set up a committee to be headed by retired justice to look into two incidents where pregnant women were allegedly refused medical aid by hospitals.
-
5,000 under trials in jail despite bail granted, 1,417 released: NALSA to SC
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that about 5,000 under trial prisoners were in jails despite being granted bail and 1,417 of them have been released.
-
PM condoles demise of veteran jurist Shanti Bhushan
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the demise of veteran lawyer and former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan.
-
Bihar labourers trapped in Tajikistan appeal to state, Centre for rescue
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) A number of labourers from Bihar's Siwan and other districts said that they are trapped in Tajikistan and requested the state and Central government to rescue them.
-
Former Law Minister and veteran lawyer Shanti Bhushan passes away
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Veteran lawyer and former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan, who was a strong voice against corruption and a defender of civil liberties passed away on Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 97.
-
Muslim women can approach only family courts for divorce: Madras HC
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) The Madras High Court has ruled that Muslim women should approach only family courts and not private bodies like Shariat Council consisting of a few members of Jamaat in order to seek 'Khula' (divorce).
-
Delhi HC directs authorities to expand implementation of PLVs at police stations scheme
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) and other authorities to consider steps to expand implementation of its scheme to place Para-Legal Volunteers (PLVs) in 50 police stations to aid people in instances involving missing children and crimes against children and how the Supreme Court's directions will be taken forward in the matter.
-
SC collegium recommends Chief Justices of Allahabad, Gujarat HCs as judges of apex court
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday has recommended the elevation of Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Gujarat High Court's Chief Justice Aravind Kumar as judges of the apex court.
-
Give CBI access to offshore accounts, SC suggests to Nirav Modi's brother-in-law
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that Mainak Mehta, brother-in-law of fugitive Nirav Modi, should consider providing the CBI a letter of authority to access his offshore bank accounts.
-
TN government to appeal Madras HC order quashing gutkha ban
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will file an appeal against the Madras High Court order quashing the ban on the manufacture and sale of tobacco products, including gutkha, state Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on Tuesday.
-
Anubrata Mondal moves Delhi HC against trial court order denying him bail
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a court order denying him bail in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal.
-
SC agrees to consider Centre's plea for review of verdict on Benami law
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday sought an open court hearing in the Supreme Court on its plea seeking review of the judgment by which several provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 were struck down.
-
Teachers' scam: Calcutta HC expresses doubts over CBI's role
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) In an unprecedented development, a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday expressed doubts over the role of certain officials of the CBI probing the teachers' recruitment irregularities scam in West Bengal, specially in appointment of teachers in 9th and 10th standards in different state-run schools.
-
AI urination case: Delhi court grants bail to accused Shankar Mishra
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger, while in a drunken state, on a New York-Delhi Air India flight last November.
-
Delhi HC transfers to SC plea seeking uniform marriage age for men, women
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday transferred to the Supreme Court a petition seeking uniform marriage age for both men and women.
-
'Used money for personal enjoyment', ED to SC on Rana Ayyub's plea in money laundering case
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said journalist Rana Ayyub received money through a crowdfunding platform for the purpose of slum dwellers, Covid relief, and some work in Assam, however she diverted the money and used it for "personal enjoyment".
