Source: indiatoday.in Anon-profit organization engaged in promoting financial literacy has moved the Supreme Court, alleging cheating, especially of senior citizens, by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) through its Jeevan Saral policy, in which nearly 5 crore policy holders have “lost a big chunk on their principal investment”. The Mumbai-based Moneylife Foundation said it has received
Source: dnaindia.com The Maharashtra government’s petition against an order of the Bombay High Court that tied the hands of the state’s planning authorities from regularising any unauthorised construction got admitted in the Supreme Court on Friday. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose issued notice on
Source: newindianexpress.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government has decided to conduct a judicial probe into the custodial death of K Rajkumar at Nedumkandam. “The incident at the Nedumkandam police station is unjustifiable. Strict action will be taken against the criminals in the force,” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told media persons after the cabinet meeting on Friday.
Source: thehindu.com The Delhi High Court on Friday sought a response from BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri on a plea by rival AAP leader Raghav Chadha challenging his election to the Lok Sabha from South Delhi parliamentary constituency. Justice Sanjeev Narula also directed the returning officer to preserve the election records relating to the parliamentary polls for South
Source: thenewsminute.com In a significant setback for the Tamil Nadu government, the exemptions it enjoyed from the Centre’s Land Acquisition Act was quashed by the Madras High Court on Wednesday. The exemptions enabled the state government to acquire land for various developmental projects in the past. The retrospective nature of the verdict means that the
Source: .indiatoday.in The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking SIT probe into the attack on a temple in the walled city here, saying that police were already taking action and nothing can be done overnight. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said the petitioner in
Source: tribuneindia.com After a city-based RTI activist filed a contempt petition against the Transport Department officials for allegedly ignoring the court order regarding pending traffic challans in Ludhiana, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to the respondents, including the Principal Secretary, Transport Department, the State Transport Commissioner and the
Source: thehindu.com The Karnataka police on Wednesday took into custody Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao from the Yerawada Central Jail, Pune, in connection with the 2005 naxal attack in Pavagada taluk of Tumkuru district. Mr. Rao has been in Pune jail since his arrest in the Elgar Parishad case in 2018. He will be
Source: thehindu.com Court spares land that’s already in use In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court on Wednesday declared as illegal all land acquisitions made since September 27, 2013 under three legislations — the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Scheme Act of 1978, Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes
Source: indiatoday.in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be kept busy with court appearances in the coming days as he is facing multiple defamation cases across the country. Rahul Gandhi appeared on Thursday before a magistrate court in Mumbai and pleaded not guilty in a defamation case lodged against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
