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Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: The Supreme Court today confirmed the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs whose revolt triggered the collapse of the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government and the subsequent takeover by the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP. But the court has cancelled the Speaker’s decision to bar the rebel MLAs from contesting polls till 2023. “In a parliamentary

Source – www.newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: The seven-storey annexe building proposed to be built beside the Karnataka High Court in Cubbon Park could severely affect the health of those working in and around the park. Environmentalists say this could lead to a 30-40 per cent reduction in oxygen, and several other factors must be considered before going ahead

Source – news18.com Bhubaneswar: Arrears of water cess amounting to Rs 3,225.47 crore are still pending against different industries and commercial organisations in the state, a minister said here on Thursday. The government could not collect the arrears as several industries have moved different courts disputing the water cess imposed on them. Replying to a written

Source – thelogicalindian.com Students from various medical colleges in Uttarakhand have been staging protests at the Parade Grounds in Dehradun for over 40 days. From marches across the city to hunger strikes and clashes with police, the students have stood their ground and opposed the 170% fee hike in private Ayurvedic medical colleges. The High

Source – newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: The state government has expressed its inability to accede to the proposal of the Telangana High Court to form a high-power committee, comprising three former Supreme Court judges, to resolve the dispute with the striking RTC employees. The government urged the court to refer the matter to the labour court, saying it

Source – deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday suggested to the petitioner who has challenged the Cabinet decision to privatise 5,100 route permits to delete the words ‘in TSRTC’. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek Reddy was dealing a PIL filed Prof. P.L Vishweshawar Rao. He had

Source – thewire.in Ahmedabad: External affairs minister S. Jaishankar filed an affidavit in the Gujarat high court on Monday defending his election to the Rajya Sabha from the state, claiming that the Election Commission broke no rules by holding separate elections for two seats. Congress leader Gaurav Pandya, who had lost to BJP candidate Jaishankar in

Source – newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday contemplated forming a high-power committee comprising three former Supreme Court judges to help end the standoff between the RTC unions, the corporation management and the state government. The bench directed the state advocate general to inform it of the government’s stand

Source – thehindu.com The landmark judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Wednesday bringing the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) office under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has former CJIs and former judges divided. While some say it brings in more transparency others are ‘sceptical about the repercussions’. Former CJI T.S. Thakur said, “The

Source – Wanlura Diengdoh, the District and Sessions Judge in Shillong, has been appointed as a judge of the Meghalaya High Court. “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Wanlura Diengdoh to be a judge of the Meghalaya High Court with