Source – indianexpress.com In a major set back to the Tamil Nadu government, the Madras High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the multi-crore gutkha scam, in which state Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar, DGP T K Rajendran and former Chennai police commissioner S George are named as accused. Transferring the probe to
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday is slated to resume hearing the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid land dispute case. The apex court is hearing 13 appeals filed against the 2010 judgment of the Allahabad High Court that mandated a three-way division of the disputed site in Ayodhya. The top court earlier dismissed all 32 intervention
Source – qz.com One of India’s top hoteliers has decided to take the fight for the decriminalisation of gay sex to India’s top court. Keshav Suri, executive director of The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group, filed a petition with the supreme court on April 23 challenging Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalises a
Source – indiatoday.in Following conviction of Asaram, the ashram bearers in Delhi are saying they will move to a higher court to challenge the decision. “Whatever decision came from the lower court, we respect that and as we have legal right, we will move to high court to challenge the conviction,” said Pradeep Mishra, a worker
Source – dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court has granted time till June 29 to the Pune Crime Branch to take steps to procure the original will of late spiritual guru Osho (Bhagwan Rajneesh) from a court in Spain. A division bench of Justice RM Sawant and Justice Sarang Kotwal were presented with a progress report by
Source – indiatimes.com WASHINGTON: The first big showdown at the US Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies is set for Wednesday when the justices hear a challenge to the lawfulness of his travel ban targeting people from several Muslim-majority countries. The case represents a test of the limits of presidential power. Trump’s policy, announced in September, blocks
Source – sikh24.com NEW DELHI—A Supreme Court bench comprising justices SA Bodbe and LN Rao on April 20 asked a question to a petitioner that whether wearing a turban was necessary under the Sikh religion or just covering one’s head was enough. The bench was hearing a petition challenging a local cycling association’s rules that mandated
Source – Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat, also known as Deepika Thusso, has refused to accept a honorary bar membership, which was accorded to her for pleading the heinous Kathua rape and murder case. The lawyer had been awarded the Honorary Membership by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court Bar Association, Mirpur in Pakistan. “The
Source – theprint.in New Delhi: For possibly the first time since the collegium system was introduced, the Centre has unilaterally amended the recommendation of the judicial appointments body to apply its own writ, considered a violation of settled law and procedure. Last month, the Supreme Court collegium had recommended that Punjab and Haryana High Court additional judge
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed with senior advocate Indira Jaising on Friday for a comprehensive relook into its earlier judgment diluting the stringency of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code that many believed was abused by some women to wreak vengeance on estranged husbands and in-laws. Taking into account instances of such abuse, a bench
