Month: January 2020

CAA protests: Plea against Lucknow activist’s arrest adjourned on UP government’s request.

Source – scroll.in The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday posted a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of lawyer and president of Rihai Manch, Mohammad Shoaib, for next week on the Uttar Pradesh government’s request. A bench of Justices Shabihul Hasnain and Virender Kumar-II granted a week’s time to the Adityanath government to

Chandigarh: CAA is essentially anti-poor, says former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan.

Source – indianexpress.com “The CAA is essentially an anti-poor exercise which is now being marketed as a religious exercise,” said Kannan Gopinathan, a former IAS officer, who resigned from the Indian Administrative Services over the government’s decision to abrogate the Article 370, speaking at a panel discussion on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) held at the

‘Young Indian’ case: Supreme Court defers to March 17 final hearing of appeals filed by Sonia, Rahul.

Source – thehindu.com The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to March 17 the final hearing of appeals filed by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi against a Delhi High Court decision to allow the Income-Tax department to re-open their tax assessments for 2011-12 in the Young Indian case. A Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hrishikesh

NRC Updation Exercise: Supreme Court hearing today; stakeholders look for definite direction.

Source – sentinelassam.com GUWAHATI: With the Supreme Court going to have its hearing on the petitions filed on the updation exercise of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Monday, the stakeholders are looking forward for a definite direction from the apex Court. This is especially because several key issues concerning the citizens’ register still remain

Vijay Mallya’s petition in India won’t stop UK insolvency proceedings: Supreme Court.

Soouce – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that businessman Vijay Mallya, who faces charges of financial irregularities amounting to over Rs 9,000 crore, cannot use pendency of his plea regarding repayment plan in Supreme Court to stall proceedings in other jurisdiction. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde passed the order

HC admits case against police lethargy.

Source – orissapost.com Bhubaneswar: Sambalpur police last year attracted media attention, although for wrong reasons, after it delayed investigation of a case leading to denial of justice. The police last year started looking for the remains of a person murdered eight years ago (2011). However, the family members are still in darkness about the status of

Reopen cases of missing kids: High Court plea.

Source – newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD:  A public interest litigation petition was filed in the Telangana High Court seeking direction to the State government to appoint a special police wing to reopen and investigate the cases of missing children across the State.  About 2,000 children, including 1,350 girls, went missing between 2015-2018 and were not traced till