Source – hindustantimes.com A Delhi court is likely to pronounce its verdict on December 16 on the alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao in 2017. District judge Dharmesh Sharma adjourned the matter for further proceedings after the completion of the final arguments and
Source – news18.com New Delhi: In 2019, the Uttar Pradesh government prematurely released from its jails more than 1,500 murder convicts serving life imprisonment. The convicts have been released following terms of the Yogi Adityanath government’s policy of August 2018, as ratified under Article 161 of the Constitution which empowers the governor to grant pardon. As
Source – jagranjosh.com The High court of Jammu and Kashmir has withdrawn the recruitment notification for posts in different categories (Non-Gazetted) on 31 December 2019. As per the notice issued by Lieutenant Governor’s administration, “It is hereby notified for information of all the concerned that the advertisement Notice No. 09/2019 dated 26.12.2019, whereby applications were
Source – newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: Media firm NDTV’s promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy have moved the Bombay High Court, challenging a show-cause notice issued to them by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in 2018 for alleged violation of insider trading regulations. The court, while stating that it will pass orders on January
Source – newindianexpress.com LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday asked the state government to file its reply within two weeks on a petition seeking quashing of the FIR filed here against Congress worker Sadaf Jafar for her participation in a protest against the CAA. The court, however, declined to direct the jail
Source – telegraphindia.com Haphazard decisions over operating the spillway gates at the Sitarampur Dam in Gamharia in Seraikela-Kharsawan district by the drinking water and sanitation department (DW&SD) has caused the government exchequer losses to the tune of lakhs. The DW&SD’s Seraikela division had two years ago decided to install motors for making the spillway gates
Source – orissapost.com New Delhi: The state will have a crucial year ahead in the Supreme Court as the apex court would take up vital state specific issues like Polavaram dam project, Jagannath temple case and Vansdhara water dispute during the year. The cases of river water disputes like Mahanadi and Vansdhara have been pending with
Source – deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: Referring to the government’s instructions to pare expenses and allot funds only to emergency works due to the ongoing financial crisis, the Telangana High Court on Thursday asked how the state could afford crores of rupees to demolish the old secretariat complex and build a new one. The division bench comprising Chief
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: In a first, the Centre has begun an exercise to assess whether allowing minority institutions to not admit poor students under the Right to Education Act under a constitutional provision is actually helping children in Christian and Muslim communities. The massive study funded by the Human Resources Development Ministry and
Source – indialegallive.com Delhi High Court has convicted two men for raping a 13 year old girl, over two decades after the incident. Setting aside trial court’s order the Delhi High Court convicted them for raping a minor girl and abetting the crime respectively. Court found the medical evidence corroborated the victim’s testimony. A trail
