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Source: thehindu.com The Delhi High Court on Friday sought a response from BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri on a plea by rival AAP leader Raghav Chadha challenging his election to the Lok Sabha from South Delhi parliamentary constituency. Justice Sanjeev Narula also directed the returning officer to preserve the election records relating to the parliamentary polls for South

Source: thenewsminute.com In a significant setback for the Tamil Nadu government, the exemptions it enjoyed from the Centre’s Land Acquisition Act was quashed by the Madras High Court on Wednesday. The exemptions enabled the state government to acquire land for various developmental projects in the past. The retrospective nature of the verdict means that the

Source: .indiatoday.in The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking SIT probe into the attack on a temple in the walled city here, saying that police were already taking action and nothing can be done overnight. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said the petitioner in

Source: tribuneindia.com After a city-based RTI activist filed a contempt petition against the Transport Department officials for allegedly ignoring the court order regarding pending traffic challans in Ludhiana, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to the respondents, including the Principal Secretary, Transport Department, the State Transport Commissioner and the

Source: thehindu.com The Karnataka police on Wednesday took into custody Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao from the Yerawada Central Jail, Pune, in connection with the 2005 naxal attack in Pavagada taluk of Tumkuru district. Mr. Rao has been in Pune jail since his arrest in the Elgar Parishad case in 2018. He will be

Source: thehindu.com Court spares land that’s already in use In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court on Wednesday declared as illegal all land acquisitions made since September 27, 2013 under three legislations — the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Scheme Act of 1978, Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes

Source: indiatoday.in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be kept busy with court appearances in the coming days as he is facing multiple defamation cases across the country. Rahul Gandhi appeared on Thursday before a magistrate court in Mumbai and pleaded not guilty in a defamation case lodged against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

Source: hindustantimes.com A 60-year-old Supreme Court lawyer was found murdered inside her bungalow in Noida Sector 31 on Tuesday night. Police said two of the lawyer’s domestic helps — husband and wife — who had been hired last week were absconding and were suspects in the case. The victim, Kuljeet Kaur, was found dead with

Source: indiatoday.in The Supreme Court is scheduled on Friday to pronounce verdict on the appeals filed by CBI and the Gujarat government challenging the acquittal of 12 persons facing charges of murdering former state Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra will also pronounce judgement on a PIL filed

Source: deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the Director General of Police to submit the latest statistics related of how many road accidents had occurred in the first six months of 2019 and how many were reported to the claims tribunal within the prescribed 30 days so that the kith and kin of the