PMLA case transfer: Delhi HC notice on Satyendar Jain's plea against ED
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea moved by Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain against the transfer of proceedings in the money laundering case against him to a new judge.
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Immigration/Law National 01:12 PMRajiv Gandhi assassination: SC issues notice on pleas by Nalini, Ravichandran seeking release
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National Cinema/Showbiz 11:38 AMJacqueline dodges media, enters court wearing lawyer's robe
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Rs 200 cr scam case: Jacqueline to appear before Delhi court today
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez will, on Monday, appear before Patiala House Court in connection with the Rs 200 crore extortion case involving multi-millionaire conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
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Mukul Rohatgi declines to return as government's top law officer
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi has declined to accept Centre's offer to return as the Attorney General.
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'Politically motivated', Bilkis Bano case convict to SC on plea challenging release of accused
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) A convict in the Bilkis Bano case has told the Supreme Court that the petition challenging Gujarat government's remission order is "speculative and politically motivated".
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Manipur HC declares sitting MP's election 'null and void'
Imphal, Sep 24 (IANS) The Manipur high court (HC) has declared Naga People's Front (NPF) leader Lorho S. Pfoze's election "null and void" from Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 and that the petitioner Houlim Shokhopao Mate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is duly elected from the parliamentary constituency.
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Over 11K flats to be handed over to Amrapali home buyers in 2-3 months, SC told
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court was informed on Friday over 11,000 flats will be delivered in 2 to 3 months to Amrapali home buyers', out of which 5,428 flats will be handed over in October.
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Nupur Sharma controversy: SC transfers all FIRs against journalist Navika Kumar to Delhi (Lead)
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday directed that FIRs registered against Times Now journalist Navika Kumar, in connection with remarks made by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Muhammed during a TV debate, be transferred to the Delhi Police's IFSO unit.
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SCBA President says collegium not interested in good people, CJI retorts 'always picks up best'
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh on Friday minced no words in criticising the collegium system, while emphasizing that every high court in the country should have a reasonable number of women judges. Chief Justice of India U U Lalit, who was sharing the dais with him, retorted that the collegium always picks up the best of the lot.
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Plea seeks stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversions, SC issues notice
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea against fraudulent religious conversion by intimidation, threatening, deceivingly luring through gifts and monetary benefits, on grounds it offends Articles 14, 21, and 25, and claiming that if such conversions were not checked, Hindus would soon become a minority in India.
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Calcutta HC nixes PIL seeking ban on stirs in lines of BJP's march to state secretariat
Kolkata, Sep 23 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Friday, dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) demanding a complete ban on political agitation programmes in lines of BJP's march to state secretariat on September 13.
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SC to hear petitions challenging scrapping of Article 370 after Dussehra vacation
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said it will list the pleas challenging the Centre's decision to abrogate the provisions of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, after the Dussehra vacation.
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'Some say liquor in small quantity is good', SC refuses plea for warning labels on bottles
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking regulation on the production, distribution, and consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs in the national capital and also health warning stickers on liquor bottles alike cigarette packets.
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SC stays probe against former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the investigation in an FIR lodged by the Lokayukta police against former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in a corruption case in connection with the award of a Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) contract.
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Delhi court allows ED's plea to transfer Satyendar Jain case to new judge
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s plea to transfer proceedings in the money laundering case against arrested Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain to a new judge.
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Lingayat mutt sex scandal: K'taka court to pronounce order today
Bengaluru, Sep 23 (IANS) A local court in Chitradurga will, on Friday, pronounce its verdict on the bail petition of rape accused Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaruo in the Lingayat mutt sex scandal case.
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Nupur Sharma controversy: SC transfers all FIRs against journalist Navika Kumar to Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday directed that FIRs registered against Times Now journalist Navika Kumar -- in connection with remarks made by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Muhammed during a TV debate -- be transferred to the IFSO unit of the Delhi Police.
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UP: Parents get death sentence for killing daughter, her boyfriend
Badaun, Sep 23 (IANS) In a rare instance, parents of a girl have been awarded death sentence for 'honour killing' of their own daughter.
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Rape accused in UP's Pratapgarh gets life term after 10-day trial
Pratapgarh, Sep 23 (IANS) A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district completed a trial in ten days by convicting the accused in a rape case and awarding life sentence to him.
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No anticipatory bail in UP for accused in serious crime
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) In a major development, offenders accused of serious crimes, including sexual harassments of children and women, will no longer get anticipatory bail from the courts in Uttar Pradesh.
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SC directs NOIDA to provide flats to 844 members of group housing society
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday, giving rest to an over three-decade old legal dispute over land allotment, directed NOIDA to provide flats to 844 members of a group housing society of Central government employees.
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TN's Namakkal tense after fight between SC students, caste Hindu shopkeeper
Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) Shop keepers in Periya Manal town on Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district downed their shutters on Thursday after a recent clash between two Scheduled Caste students and the local traders association chief led to action against the latter.
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Cong, various groups slams Manipur govt order for prior approval on book publication
Imphal, Sep 22 (IANS) Manipur's opposition Congress on Thursday vehemently criticised the BJP-led state government's decision for prior approval of all the books on the state's history, culture, tradition and geography by a government committee before their publications
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Closure of facility only for not having prior EC would be against public interest: SC
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said closure of the facility only on the ground of want ofa prior environmental clearance (EC) would be against public interest, and the Environment Protection (EP) Act does not prohibit ex post facto EC.
