SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE QUASHED AFTER ACCUSED AGREE TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE AT JAMA MASJID
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has quashed a sexual harassment case against two men after they reached a settlement with the complainant and undertook to perform community service at Delhi’s Jama Masjid. Justice Anish Dayal was hearing a plea filed by the accused seeking to quash an FIR registered in 2019 at Bhajanpura police station […]
EC RELEASED FINAL VOTERS LIST ON BIHAR
New Delhi The Election Commission has released the final voter lost of Bihar showing 7.42 crore voters as against 7.24 crore in the draft list of 7.24 crore. It is still less than 7.89 crore voters as on June 24, 2025. The revision exercise – or SIR as it has been termed — was conducted amid […]
SAHARA FIRM SEEKS SC NOD TO SELL KEY PROPERTIES TO ADANI
NEW DELHI: The Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL) has moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission to sell various properties, including Amby Valley in Maharashtra and Shahara Saher in Lucknow, to Adani Properties Private Limited. The plea, which was mentioned for hearing recently, would likely come up on October 14. The petition filed through […]
SC ALLOWS RAMLILA ON UP SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the Allahabad High Court’s stay on the 100-year-old Ramlila festivities at a school playground in Firozabad, but asked the UP government to find another spot in future so that students have exclusive use of the playground so that the students do not lose their play space. A […]
GAG ORDER LIFTED: THAKURTA WIN’S IN ADANI CASE
THAKURTA WINS AS DISTRICT JUDGE LIFTS GAG ORDER ON REPORTING ON ADANI ENTERPRISES NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday lifted the gag order imposed by a civil court restraining journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta from reporting on Adani. District judge Sunil Chaudhary said that Thakurta will not be bound to follow the gag order till […]
RAMLILA CELEBRATIONS ON SCHOOL GROUND
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is to hear on Thursday a challenge on Ramlila celebrations at a school ground in Uttar Pradesh, questioning use of secular spaces for religious events. The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear urgently a challenge to an Allahabad High Court order barring Ramlila celebrations at a school ground in […]
SC NOD TO CBI : REGISTER 6MORE CASES OF BUILDER-BANK NEXUS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed CBI to register six more cases to probe into the “unholy nexus” between banks and developers to dupe homebuyers in real estate projects in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mohali and Prayagraj. The court noted that the preliminary inquiry has found a cognisable offence being made out. The bench […]
MUSLIM CAN’T HAVE MULTIPLE WIVES IF UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEM: KERALA HIGH COURT
NEW DELHI: The Kerala High Court has observed that it cannot accept multiple marriages of a Muslim man when he has no capacity to maintain his wives, and one of them approaches the court claiming maintenance. The observation was made by Justice PV Kunhikrishnan when a 39-year-old Perinthalmanna native approached the court seeking a monthly […]
ANAND KARJAT MARRIAGES: SC WANTS RULES WITHIN 4 MONTHS
ANAND KARJAT MARRIAGES: SC WANTS RULES WITHIN 4 MONTHS NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all States and UTs to notify rules for the Sikh marriages under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 and amended in 2012 within four months and ensure interim registration of Anand Karaj marriages. Reinforcing the constitutional promise of equal […]
SC DISMISSES PLEA AGAINST MUSLIM INAUGURATING DASARA FESTIVAL IN KARNATAKA
SC DISMISSES PLEA AGAINST MUSLIM INAUGURATING DASARA FESTIVAL IN KARNATAKA NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Karnataka High Court’s refusal to interfere with the State government’s decision to invite Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq as Chief Guest to inaugurate Dasara festivities in Mysuru. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath […]
