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Source – grist.org A court case between the city of Baltimore and a group of energy companies will be permitted to continue after the Supreme Court earlier this week rejected the latter’s attempt to freeze the case. The litigation, which the city initiated in 2018, alleges that the energy companies are liable “for their direct emissions of greenhouse gases”

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation in his monthly radio programme “Mann ki Baat”. As the programme coincided with the mega Hindu festival of Diwali, the Prime Minister has kick-started a “Bharat Ki Laxmi” campaign where he discussed about the women who have brought a change in the society.

Source – New Delhi: The saga of the Bishop Franco rape case continues with a new twist: the police officer who served a legal notice to rape accused Franco has now been immediately transferred from his post. Franco is accused of raping a Christian nun 13 times, and a criminal investigation in the case him is

Source – gulfnews.com Hyderabad: The dilly-dallying by Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy government in constructing the new Andhra Pradesh capital Amarvati has infuriated the state High Court and a division bench headed by Chief Justice J.K. Maheshwari issuing a stern warning to the state government against any further delay. Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the ‘Swiss

Source – barandbench.com In the midst of the ongoing boycott at the Orissa High Court, the Supreme Court on Thursday opined that there was little doubt that the conduct of the lawyers amounted to contempt of court. The order states, “We have a little doubt that conduct of the lawyers really falls within the domain

Source – thewire.in New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Friday, asked the Kerala government to give Rs 25 lakh each as interim compensation to the owners of Maradu flats, being demolished on the court’s orders for violation of environment norms by builders, after it was informed that they have been given a lower amount. A bench

Source – barandbench.com Remarking that lawyers must boldly refuse to abide by any call for a strike, the Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a petition filed before it in view of the indefinite boycott called by the Orissa High Court Bar Association. The petition was dismissed by a Single Judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev

Source – hindustantimes.com The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted bail to the Congress’s Karnataka leader, DK Shivakumar, ruling out chances of him tampering with the evidence in a case of money laundering brought by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Shivakumar, 57, who was arrested by the ED on September 3 and was released from Tihar

Source – The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the widow of a man, who had been killed by terrorists aboard a trawler while hijacking the vessel allegedly for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The court of Justice Bhargav Karia reasoned that in view

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI: In a relief to a Uttarakhand TV journalist, the Supreme Court has stayed the criminal proceedings in three cases lodged against him and others by the state police after the channel headed by him last year conducted a sting operation allegedly exposing corruption at the highest level. The cases of extortion,