Source – newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday declined to ban the dismissed nun, Sister Lucy Kalapurakkal’s autobiography titled “Karthavinte Namethil (In the name of Christ)”. The high court, which heard the petition filed by Sister Lisiya Joseph seeking a ban on the book, said if the petitioner has any complaints about the
Source – thenewsminute.com In an embarrassment to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government over the issue of appointing Justice (retired) BS Patil as the Upa Lokayukta of the state. The HC was hearing a public interest litigation claiming Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had bypassed
Source – wionews.com Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed of the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to Delhi government for immediate grant of sanction to proceed with the trial against former Jawaharlal Nehru Unversity Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in connection with a sedition case. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice DN
Source – indianexpress.com Less than six months after his release from prison on bail, Mohammad Irfan Gaus is back in jail. A day after the Supreme Court stayed a Bombay High Court order granting him bail, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) placed the suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative under arrest on Wednesday. At the Bombay City
Source – asianage.com Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday observed that the purpose of the Metro project is not to cut trees and harm the environment, but the development of the city and the petitioner opposing it should understand that. A division bench of Justices S.C. Dharmadhikari and Riyaz Chagla extended the stay on felling
Source – indianexpress.com The Haryana Police has conceded in the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the contents of an FIR are false in an NDPS case in which the police personnel, in a CCTV footage, are allegedly seen raiding the house of a local, who was said to have been arrested during “chance patrolling”
Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld life imprisonment awarded to a Chandigarh man by a trial court for strangling his wife to death and setting the body on fire in 2012. Vajinder Paul, a resident of Sector 20, and his paramour, Renu Bains, a resident of a Hoshiarpur village, were convicted for murdering
Source – financialexpress.com The Union government on Wednesday clarified that there was no complete proposal from any state government, including Uttar Pradesh, to set up a new bench in any state. The demand for setting up a new bench of Allahabad High Court in western Uttar Pradesh has been pending for quite some time. However,
Source – indianexpress.com SIX DAYS after Marine Drive Police filed a chargesheet against a 56-year-old senior Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer for allegedly sexually harassing his subordinate, a 30-year-old woman, the Bombay High Court Tuesday quashed the FIR after the accused and victim settled their dispute. In its October 17 order, the high
Source – hindustantimes.com The Karnataka high court on Wednesday directed the state government to reconsider its decision to cancel the birth anniversary celebrations of Tipu Sultan, the controversial 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom, but declined to stay the order. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice S R
