Source: firstpost.com The Supreme Court has agreed to grant an urgent hearing in the PMC Bank case. A public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Bijon Mishra for an urgent hearing in the case seeks full protection of savings of over 15 lakh depositors and 100 percent insurance cover. The PIL will be heard by the
Source: hindustantimes.com The Delhi High Court directed the AAP government on Wednesday to fill up as early as possible and practicable the vacancies in the fire department, which, according to a PIL is facing a “manpower crunch”. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued the directions after the
Source: thehindu.com The Kerala High Court on Wednesday appointed an Advocate Commissioner to inspect the commercial establishments operating without licence in Panampilly Nagar residential areas. The order was passed on a contempt petition filed by Sobha Ramachandran, a resident of Panampilly Nagar, against the Kochi Corporation for not complying with a court directive to close
Source: asianage.com Hyderabad: Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, a Mughal descendant, on Wednesday hoped that before pronouncing the verdict in the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid land dispute case, the Supreme Court will consider the faith of Hindus. “I hope that the Supreme Court, before giving the judgement, will think about the ‘aastha’ (faith) of 100 crore Hindus. We
Source: news18.com Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday asked striking state transport employees to call off their agitation and sit for talks with the K Chandrashekhar Rao-led government. The strike by nearly 48,000 employees of different unions of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) demanding fulfillment of their demands began on October 5 across the
Source: thewire.in New Delhi: Calling it a “blatant violation of fundamental rights”, the Karnataka high court last week ordered the state government to pay Rs 1 lakh within a month to the administrator of a Facebook group and initiated a departmental inquiry against the magistrate who had ordered his arrest in violation of Supreme Court guidelines.
Source: newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: The Madras High Court was told on Tuesday that election to appoint office-bearers to the South Indian Film Artists Association (Nadigar Sangam) on June 23 this year was illegal. A submission to this effect was made by Additional Advocate-General (AAG), when the election-related cases came up before Justice K Kalyanasundaram. The AAG told
Source: thehindu.com Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika (TVV) State president Bandari Maddileti was arrested by Jogulamba-Gadwal police here on Tuesday. His arrest came a week after a team of around 50 members, including Telangana Intelligence’s anti-Naxal Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB), Gadwal district police and Hyderabad’s Nallakunta police conducted searches at his residence in Nallakunta. Since then he was absconding.
Source: qz.com Today, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case that will affect the financial future of more than 3 million Puerto Ricans, international investors, and bond markets. The matter stems from a 2016 law passed by the US Congress called Promesa, which is Spanish for “promise” and an acronym for
Source: indianexpress.com The Gujarat High Court on Monday stayed the order of the Special Secretary of Revenue Department (SSRD) in the case of a property transaction under the Disturbed Areas Act involving the Goradia and Fazlani families on the Vasna Tandalja road in Vadodara. In the order, the SSRD had directed the District Collector of
