Month: August 2019

Madras High Court orders Southern Railway to install CCTV cameras in coaches

Source: thehindu.com The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Southern Railway to conduct a survey with the assistance of experts and install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in railway coaches/compartments for the purpose of providing adequate security to women, children and elderly passengers. Justice S.M. Subramaniam directed the Southern Railway to formulate guidelines

Pragya Thakur Gets Court Notice Over Plea Challenging Her Election on Grounds of ‘Corrupt Practices’

Source: news18.com Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday issued a notice to BJP Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur on a petition challenging her election to the Lok Sabha, the petitioner’s lawyer said. The petition seeks to set aside her election on the grounds that she allegedly adopted “corrupt practices” and whipped up communal passions

Bombay High Court to decide if probe is to be handed over to CBI

Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Maharashtra Police for failing to file a First Information Report (FIR) in the alleged multi-crore scam pertaining to the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank despite orders. The HC questioned the ‘powers’ of the Maharashtra Police for closing the case without filing an FIR. A

Petitions in Gujarat high court challenge notifications declaring areas in 4 districts as ‘Disturbed Areas’

Source: indianexpress.com Four petitions have been filed in the Gujarat High Court challenging the notifications declaring areas in four districts in the state as ‘disturbed areas’. Although the petitions were supposed to be heard Thursday, due to paucity of time it could not be taken up. The four separate petitions challenging the notifications declaring areas

Delhi HC quashes trial court order against RIL under Official Secrets Act

Source: business-standard.com The Delhi High Court (HC) on Thursday quashed a lower court’s order charging some executives working at Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and the company under various sections of the Official Secrets Act. A single-judge Bench of Justice Sunil Gaur said since the said documents, against which the charges were framed, were already in

Coimbatore siblings murder case: Supreme Court confirms death penalty

Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court, in a majority judgment of 2:1, confirmed the death sentence of a man for the gruesome rape of a 10-year-old child and the double murder of her and her seven-year-old brother in Coimbatore nine years ago. The majority decision of Justices Rohinton Nariman and Hemant Gupta on Thursday concluded that the convict, Manoharan,

High Court directs re-post mortem of Linganna

Source: thehindu.com The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State government to conduct a re-postmortem examination of P. Linganna, who died in an alleged exchange of fire with the police near Nandi hillock of Rollagadda village outskirts in Bhadadri-Kothagudem district on Wednesday. While the Bhadradri-Kothagudem police, in an official statement, said the 43-year-old Linganna