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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

Shillong Times editor quits Editors Guild, cites ‘discrimination’

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Senior journalist and Padma Shri awardee Patricia Mukhim on Tuesday resigned from the Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Tuesday, complaining about what she described as the EGI’s “complete silence” on the high court ruling against her. The Meghalaya high court had recently declined to quash an FIR against her. Patricia Mukhim, the editor

Varavara Rao ‘fully conscious, oriented’, Maha tells HC

Source:-https://telanganatoday.com Mumbai: Jailed poet-activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, is “fully conscious and oriented”, the Maharashtra government stated in a medical report submitted before the Bombay High Court. However, on the submission of Rao’s counsel Indira Jaising that the report “did not shed any light on Rao’s neurological condition and

Supreme Court to review lawsuit over on-farm ‘invasions’ by unions

Source:-https://www.capitalpress.com Bullhorn-wielding union organizers entering a farm before dawn may seem like a “physical invasion” to many growers. But as long as such incursions are limited to three times per day and 120 days per year, they’re sanctioned under California farm labor regulations. Whether California’s regulatory scheme amounts to an unpaid government easement across private