Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com SHAHJAHANPUR: An Uttar Pradesh court has rejected the bail application of BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, who was arrested in a sexual-assault case following rape allegations by a law student. Shahjahanpur chief judicial magistrate has rejected the bail application of Chinmayanand on Monday, saying it should be moved in the sessions court, the former
Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted time till October 11 to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit a compliance report on directions issued to give wide publicity about rights in claiming compensation from the civic body in case of damages due to poor condition of roads in the city. The division
Source: hindustantimes.com The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed the removal of Emanual Nahar as Panjab University’s dean of student welfare (DSW), observing that the “tearing haste” in which the decision was taken indicated that vice-chancellor (V-C) Raj Kumar wanted his dissent against Nahar’s continuation “to prevail”. Following the order passed on Monday and
Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The poor and needy, who depend on government medical college hospitals for treatment, are deprived of quality medical care as the doctors are in a hunt for greener pastures like lucrative postings in the private sector or abroad, the Kerala High Court observed on Wednesday. The “money-mania” that afflicts the medical profession
Source: gadgets.ndtv.com Expressing its concerns over issues like trolling, character assassination, spreading lies and fake news, the Supreme Court on Tuesday emphasised that social media should be regulated. The observation by a bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta came while asking the Centre to file an affidavit within three weeks detailing the timeline when the
Source: inc42.com Gurugram-headquartered company 1mg, on Tuesday, told the Delhi High Court (HC) that epharmacies are like “Ramu”, the errands guy, who just follows orders and delivers the goods. The company also compared epharmacies with Ola, Uber and Swiggy, which do not need a license to operate. 1mg’s statement came at a time when the
Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: When a lonely girl is picked up by youngsters with an intention to rape her, she would obviously not offer any resistance and would instead think of saving her life, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court observed while upholding the conviction and punishment of two men, who gang-raped a teenager
Source: hindustantimes.com The father of a 19-year-old woman moved the Kerala High Court Monday alleging that his daughter was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man in north Kerala’s Kozhikkode, sexually assaulted and forced to embrace Islam. The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) and National Minority Commission have condemned the incident and sought independent
Source: tribuneindia.com Two months after the Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the states of Punjab and Haryana to come out with some document to show that Chandigarh was their joint capital, the Bench was today told that the city after 1966 was not a part of the two states. It was a union territory.As
Source: thehindu.com Supreme Court Judge Justice Deepak Gupta on Tuesday expressed his extreme unease at the dangerous inroads made by online technology, saying it hardly took five minutes to buy an AK-47 on the dark web. A visibly alarmed Justice Gupta said he may renounce his smartphone and embrace privacy. He observed orally that innocents were
