Source: newindianexpress.com KANNUR/KOCHI: Ten days have passed since NRI businessman Sajan Parayil committed suicide, but the investigation into the case has made little progress with the police not pressing charges against anyone so far though four officials of Anthoor Municipality have been suspended by the state government. Even an anticipatory bail petition filed by suspended
Source: thehindubusinessline.com The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) does not want its work/role hampered, especially in the areas of security and law enforcement, by the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019. The government is in the final stages of working on the Bill and has started discussions on what could be best in the Indian context.
Source: telegraphindia.com The high court on Thursday directed the state government to file an affidavit on the measures taken by it to ensure students’ safety in schools. The court also sought a report from the authorities of a private English-medium school in Regent Park on the steps taken by it to strengthen students’ security after
Source: deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday asked the state government for its stand on a petition seeking a CBI investigation into the money transactions of the Heera group of companies. The direction was given by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Shameem Akther which was dealing with
Source: thehindubusinessline.com The much-talked about government’s decision to compulsorily retire some senior tax officials has now reached the courts. The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court had refused to give relief to one of the officials citing jurisdictional issue. Meanwhile, the Kolkata High Court will on Friday hear the government’s plea against the interim
Source- business-standard.com The Delhi High Court has granted police protection to a 21-year-old woman and her husband who married against the wishes of her parents and apprehend danger to their lives. Justice Najmi Waziri directed the police that the matter be looked into by the SHO concerned and the petitioner’s family be duly sensitised about
Source: indiatoday.in A division bench in the Bombay High Court has upheld the Maratha Reservation Bill saying that the state is within its right. We hold and declare that the state government possesses legislative competence to create a separate category of the Socially and Educationally Backward Class and grant reservation, the court said. However, the
Source: deccanchronicle.com Chennai: The Madras high court pointed out the legal principle that excess payment of salary cannot be recovered from Group-III and Group-IV employees as well as retired employees. The court directed the Chief Secretary to government to issue consolidated/comprehensive instructions to all the subordinate officials to ensure that in the event of wrong
Source: thehindu.com Natural resources company Vedanta Limited on Wednesday told the Madras High Court that the 2018 protests against its Sterlite copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi, during which 13 people were shot dead in a police firing incident, were orchestrated by a group of non-governmental organisations and activist groups operating for profit and with ulterior
Source: business-standard.com Three people were arrested for allegedly supplying illegal arms to criminals operating in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, police said Thursday. The accused, identified as — Khilafat Ali (56), Furkan (49), both residents of Meerut and Khalid (28), a resident of Hapur. They were nabbed from Murga Mandi in Gazipur, where they had
