UDAIPUR IT FIRM CEO SISODIA, 2 OTHERS ARRESTED FOR RAPING MANAGER IN A CAR
NEW DELHI: The CEO of a private IT company, its woman executive head and her husband have been arrested for raping the firm’s manager in a moving car on the pretext of dropping her home after a birthday party in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The three accused were detained on Wednesday and produced before a court – […]
SC DECRIES A BENCH SIT IN APPEAL OVER INTERIM ORDER BY ANOTHER BENCH
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court recently discouraged the practice of a later bench of the High Court sitting in appeal over an interim order passed by an earlier bench. It also stated that the High Court should not pass a blanket ‘no-coercive steps’ order without assigning reasons. In this case, the petitioner had sought an […]
UP POLLS HEAT UP AS BJP FACES FIRE OVER REMISSIONS
Mohammad Akhlaq ,his wife daughter’s picture NEW DELHI: With the countdown to next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections underway, the state’s political temperature is rising sharply over a series of developments linked to convicts serving life terms in sensational cases of rape, murder and lynching. The opposition has mounted a fierce attack on the BJP […]
DELHI HIGH COURT SUSPENDS LIFE TERM OF BJP LEADER KULDEEP SENGAR
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Tuesday suspended the jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serving life imprisonment in the Unnao rape case. A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar released Sengar on bail while directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh with […]
DELHI HIGH COURT’S NOTICE TO GANDHIS IN NATIONAL HERALD CASE
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and sought their response on an appeal filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a trial court order refusing to take cognisance of ED’s chargesheet against the Gandhi’s and others in the National Herald case. Solicitor General […]
FIVE HIGH COURT CHIEF JUSTICES APPOINTED; GOVT NOD AWAITED
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Collegium has on Thursday recommended five senior judges to be appointed as Chief Justices in Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Sikkim, and Patna High Courts. This key judicial leadership development seeks to reinforce the judicial framework and ensure continuity ahead of retirements. The Collegium decisions were officially released in a statement on […]
SC DECLINES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF PACKAGED DRINKING WATER
NEW DELHI: Observing that a significant section of India’s population, particularly in rural areas, still lacks access to basic drinking water, the Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a public interest petition seeking the adoption of international quality standards for packaged drinking water, terming the issue as one of “luxury litigation.” A Bench comprising […]
SC PULLS UP ELECTION COMMISSION ON SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION OF ELECTORAL ROLLS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9) pulled up the Election Commission of India (ECI) for providing “mechanical and cyclostyled” responses to genuine voter grievances, raising serious questions about the procedural integrity of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant voiced the court’s exasperation at […]
SC PUSH FOR ENFORCEABLE ACTION ON DELHI’S AIR POLLUTION CRISIS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly emphasised that its earlier directions to combat the severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR must be implemented in a meaningful and enforceable manner, rather than remaining on paper. In hearings on the persistent air quality crisis, the court highlighted widespread non-compliance with anti-pollution measures, noting that poor […]
ENRAGED SC SLAPS RS 1 LAKH FINE ON NGO FOR EXEMPTING MINORITY SCHOOLS FROM RTE ACT
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a Rs 1 lakh cost on an NGO for filing a writ petition against an order of the constitution bench that excluded madrasas and other minority institutes from the ambit of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act. “You cannot do this to […]
