Month: November 2020

Activist seeks probe into role of senior cop in illegal mining in Agra

Source:-https://www.theweek.in A Lucknow-based activist has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asking for an investigation into the role of SSP of Agra Babloo Kumar in illegal mining in the district. Activist Nutan Thakur makes the killing of a constable, Sonu Kumar Choudhary, the starting point of the complaint. On November 8, Choudhary was

Shift Varavara Rao to Nanavati Hospital from Taloja jail: Bombay HC directs state

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to shift Varavaro Rao to state-run Nanavati Rao Hospital for 15 days and ordered it to bear the cost of the 81-year-old Telugu poet’s treatment, news agency ANI reported. Rao has been imprisoned in Taloja jail in connection with the Elgar Parishad case. The high

Andhra HC finds fault with government memo seeking temple honours for Sarada seer

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com VIJAYAWADA/VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday found fault with the memo issued by the Endowment Department for providing temple honours to Visakhapatnam-based Sarada Peetham head Sri Swaroopanandendra Saraswathi on the occasion of his birthday on Wednesday. Hearing the PILs filed by Kakumanu Lalith Kumar of Hyderabad, M Nagashankar of Vijayawada and A

Keep proceedings of counselling sealed: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that the proceedings of counselling for the NRI seats for admission to the MBBS course at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, be kept in a sealed cover. The direction by the Bench of Justice Rajan Gupta and Justice Karamjit Singh came on

SC refuses adjournment request in plea against PM Modi’s election from Varanasi

Source:-https://scroll.in The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement in a petition challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Lok Sabha in 2019 from the Varanasi constituency, Bar and Bench reported. “This case has been going on for a long time,” the bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna

SC reserves order on ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur’s plea against rejection of nomination paper

Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to adjourn the hearing on sacked BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur’s plea against the rejection of his nomination papers to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency, saying this is too important matter . The apex court reserved the order on Bahadur’s

Maharashtra Governor Koshyari moves SC against contempt proceedings over rent payment

Source:-https://www.freepressjournal.in New Delhi: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has moved the Supreme Court against the issuance of a notice by Uttarakhand High Court on a plea for initiating a contempt proceeding against him for his failure to follow its order to pay market rent for a government bungalow allocated to him as a former Chief

HC orders release of Masarat Alam

Source:-https://www.greaterkashmir.com Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday directed the government to release Muslim League Chairman Masarat Alam Bhat from preventive custody forthwith if he is not required in any other case. A division bench of Justice Saneev Kumar and Justice Rajnesh Oswal issued the direction after noticing that the detention order against Bhat has

Driven out Indian Christians return, threat lingers

Source:-https://www.ucanews.com Some 100 Christians have returned to their villages in India’s Chhattisgarh state following a court order, almost two months after they were attacked and driven out of their homes. The state High Court in Bilaspur last week ordered the Kondagaon district administration to facilitate the safe return of the displaced Christians from three villages

Allahabad High Court to hear govt response on detained Nigerian nationals’ habeas corpus petition tomorrow

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Allahabad High Court will hear tomorrow the government’s response in the habeas corpus petition filed by two Nigerian nationals who have alleged that they have been illegally detained. On November 10 the court had asked the counsel for the Union of India and the state’s Advocate General to seek instructions in the matter