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Source – newindianexpress.com AHMEDABAD: Four minor students of a `Gurukul’ run by godman Nithyananda were produced before the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday after their parents alleged that they had been held `hostage’ by the police. The Gurukul-cum-Ashram (a residential school) is situated at Hirapur village on the outskirts of the city. As the habeas

Source – newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: The RTC management on Wednesday told the Telangana High Court that the approximately-49,000 staff of the corporation who went on strike are not entitled to their salaries for September, though they worked that month, as per the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. It said the RTC could withhold their pay due to

Source – newindianexpress.com DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government has banned sale of alcohol in 8 religious areas including Char Dham on Thursday. A government order issued through a notification stated that no liquor shop will be allowed within limits of 1.6 kms municipal limits of the religious places like Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Nanakmatta, Puran Kaliyar, Hemkund Sahib,

Source – indiatoday.in In a partial relief to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) has extended Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure till May 2020. While a relief, the Supreme Court’s decision cuts the original three-year extension down to six months. The court announced the

Source – indiatoday.in Former finance minister P Chidambaram, who is in custody for 99 days in the INX Media corruption and money laundering case, on Wednesday questioned in the Supreme Court the denial of bail by the Delhi High Court, asking was he a criminal like some ‘Ranga-Billa’. Ranga and Billa were convicted of kidnapping

Source – ndtv.com New Delhi: A 9th class student banned from attending classes after allegedly being caught smoking hookah has approached the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the school to allow him to continue his study. The student’s parents, in the plea, said that the action of the school, not allowing their child to attend

Source – newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: Taking serious note of three lake breaches that took place in the city, including Hulimavu Lake, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the state government, Bangalore Development Authority and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to take immediate steps to prevent repetition of such incidents. The division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas

Source – newindianexpress.com BENGALURU:  The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is in a tight spot over its defiance of the Karnataka High Court’s earlier directives regarding potholes on city roads. The High Court on Wednesday said it will issue contempt notices to the BBMP Mayor, Deputy Mayor, the Leader of Opposition in BBMP Council and chairpersons

Source – hindustantimes.com The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the jail authorities to decide in a week the plea of Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, who has spent about 17 years in jail, seeking eight-week parole to look after family needs. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar was informed by the counsel for Sharma that his

Source – hindustantimes.com MDMK General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko on Wednesday raised the long-standing demand in the Upper House of Parliament of setting up a bench of the Supreme Court in South India for the convenience of litigants. Raising the issue in Zero Hour, Vaiko said a bench of the Supreme Court in