Month: November 2020

Centre’s draft electricity rules overrides state, regulators’ jurisdiction, say CERC, WB govt

Source:-https://www.financialexpress.com The West Bengal government has objected to the Union power ministry’s proposed rules for a late payment surcharge on electricity, terming it the Centre’s attempt to intrude into the jurisdiction of the state and the regulatory commission. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has virtually termed the rules, null, saying that “rules must be

Bhima Koregaon: SC directs Bombay HC to consider Varavara Rao’s bail plea at the earliest

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Bombay High Court to list the bail application of 81-year-old poet P. Varavara Rao, who is an undetrail in the Bhima Koregaon case, before the appropriate Bench and hear it at the earliest, legal news website LiveLaw.in has reported. A Bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, Vineet

Jayaraj-Bennix case: Madras HC rejects bail plea of accused cops; trial to begin on Nov 11

Source:-https://www.dnaindia.com The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court rejected the bail plea of Raghu Ganesh and Murugan, the police personnel of the Sathankulam Police station, who had been arrested along with eight other cops in connection with the Jayaraj-Bennix father-son duo custodial deaths case in June. The accused sought bail on the grounds that

Calcutta High Court orders second autopsy on body of ‘BJP worker’ by Thursday

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered second post mortem examination on the body of a man who died in judicial custody “due to torture”, as alleged by his brother, by November 5. A division bench of Justices Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee also ordered that two of the family members of the

SC refuses to grant anticipatory bail to 2 Rajasthan MLAs

Source:-https://www.thenortheasttoday.com NEW DELHI The Supreme Court Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to two Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) MLAs of Rajasthan in a case of a violent protest during an anti-encroachment drive in which, a driver of an earth-moving machine was killed. Both Merta City MLA Indra Bawari and Bhopalgarh MLA Pukhraj Garg have challenged

Mizoram Home Secretary urges Assam counterpart to ensure safety of Mizos

Source:-https://www.thenortheasttoday.com AIZAWL Mizoram Home Secretary Lalbiaksangi has written to her Assam counterpart to ensure the safety of Mizo communities living there, amid the growing tension in the region, sparked by the death of a neighbouring state’s resident in Vairengte. In a letter written on Monday, Lalbiaksangi urged G D Tripathi to prevent any retaliatory action

Tripura: Medical reimbursement rejected for Kali Sankar Baidya

Source:-https://www.thenortheasttoday.com Kali Sankar Baidya’s application seeking medical reimbursement for a total expenditure of Rs.3,72,031 was rejected because he did not obtain a prior referral order from the Medical Board. Challenging the rejection order, Baidya approached the High Court and contended that he had applied for a referral order before going for treatment outside the state

Hathras gang-rape: Plea in Allahabad HC seeks earlier date of hearing, security for victim’s family

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com A letter has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking an earlier date of appearance for the Hathras gang-rape victim’s family, so that they can narrate their version of facts without being subjected to any pressure or coercion, legal news website BarandBench.com has reported. The plea filed by advocate Kuldeep Rai also seeks