Month: December 2019

Retired Kerala HC Judge Alleges Security ‘Abruptly Withdrawn’ for Criticising Govt.

Source – news18.com Kochi: The Kerala police on Saturday ‘abruptly withdrew security provided to retired High Court judge Justice B Kemal Pasha, who had been vocal against the CPI(M)-led LDF governments failure in handling various cases, sources said here. The judge alleged that the security was withdrawn for raising his voice against the policies of

Delhi High Court Reserves Decision On Arvind Kejriwal’s Defamation Case.

Source – ndtv.com New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its decision on a plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia seeking quashing of a defamation complaint against them by BJP leader Vijender Gupta. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar, after hearing arguments on behalf of Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, said

Didn’t Say Anything Against Secularism, Says Meghalaya HC Judge on Controversial Order.

Source – news18.com Shillong: Facing flak over his recent controversial order, Meghalaya High Court judge S R Sen on Friday issued a “clarification”, saying neither was his judgment politically motivated nor did he say anything against secularism, and asserted that his order had been “misinterpreted”. In the ‘clarification from the bench’ posted on the high court

Habeas Corpus Not Maintainable When Detention Is Under The Witness Protection Scheme, 2018: MP HC.

Source – livelaw.in The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a petition in the nature of habeas corpus is not maintainable in cases where the detention is made for protection of witnesses, as envisaged under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018. Thus while dismissing the petition, the bench of Chief Justice

TDP leaders, kin cornered 4,070 acres in Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh FM Rajendranath Reddy.

Source – newindianexpress.com VIJAYAWADA: Accusing TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu of resorting to real estate business in the name of constructing the capital city, Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy said 4,070 acres of land was cornered by the TDP leaders and their relatives by resorting to insider trading. He described it as only a tip

‘Modi can’t make India a Hindu Rashtra’: Pinarayi Vijayan.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is the first step towards realizing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) agenda of converting the country into a religious state, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. Addressing a joint protest organized by the ruling Left Democratic Front and Congress-led United Democratic Front at the state capital on