Source:- hindustantimes.com The Bengal government has slapped sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, generally used against terrorists, against Bhangar land agitators. These sections — 16 and 18 of UAPA — are related to acts of terrorism and conspiracy and carry capital punishment as the maximum sentence. UAPA has been slapped against 11 people including two
Source:- thehansindia.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed the pleas of the Tamil Nadu government and one convict seeking review of its judgement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case in which was ruled that the Centre has “primacy” over states’ right to grant remission. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice J S
Source:- cardschat.com A poker club that was denied permission to operate in India will have its case heard by the Gujarat High Court later this month. AAA Gaming Pvt. Ltd. applied for permission to the Surat, India police commissioner in January to operate a club but was denied on the grounds that the game violated
Source:- news18.com New Delhi: Supreme Court has sentenced real estate baron Gopal Ansal to a one-year jail term over the 1997 Delhi Upahaar fire tragedy in a major victory for kin of victims. Gopal had already spent four months in jail and will now have to serve out the remaining part of the sentence. The
Source:- timesnow.tv The Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by Jiah Khan’s mother Rabia, challenging the CBI’s charge sheet terming the actress’ death as suicide and not homicide, paving the way for trial to commence against actor Sooraj Pancholi in the case. Sooraj has been charged with the abetment of Ms Khan’s suicide. A
Source:- indiatimes.com HYDERABAD: Wondering how temple officials working under state government could give consent to the state to alienate temple land in favour of third parties, the Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday made it clear that it would not allow this in AP and Telangana. The HC further said that land transfer should be done
Source:- financialexpress.com The Jammu and Kashmir state government has recently sacked its standing counsel in the top court for refusing to file a review petition to dispute a Supreme Court’s recently passed verdict. Some time back the Supreme Court has said that Jammu and Kashmir has no vestige of sovereignty outside the Constitution of India.
Source:- news18.com New Delhi: The wife of a BSF jawan, who went public through the social media alleging poor quality food being served to soldiers, on Thursday filed a habeas corpus plea in the Delhi High Court claiming that her husband is untraceable and the family has been unable to contact him for last three
Source:- firstpost.com The Uttar Pradesh government has failed to make timely investigation and prosecute the seven cases of gang-rape filed following the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and deliver justice, Amnesty International India said in a press release published on Thursday. The briefing furnishes the details of seven Muslim women who came forward after the September 2013
Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that a woman’s brother could neither be part of his sister’s matrimonial family nor claim right over property inherited by his sister from her husband. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi ordered Durga Prasad, who had claimed to be part of the family
