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Source:-https://thewire.in Bhopal: A crucial byelection in Chhattisgarh will decide whether a third party can survive in the state. The election to the Marwahi assembly seat, which was vacated with the death of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, is slated for November 3. Already, there is reason to believe that the Congress, led by chief minister

Source:-https://scroll.in The FIR was filed against the journalist for publishing an item in a newspaper titled ‘Stone pelters in J&K now target tourists, four women injured’. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday quashed a first information report filed against a senior journalist from The Times of India for publishing an item in the

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com Ranchi (ILNS): Reacting to another horrific case of the murder of a minor girl and the subsequent inaction and ineffectiveness of the police, the Jharkhand High Court has observed that Hathras wasn’t just a place in Uttar Pradesh, but exists in Jharkhand as well. The court was referring to the brutal killing of a

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Criticising the Assam government for flouting Supreme Court directives regarding detention centres for illegal immigrants, the Gauhati high court has held that those should be outside jails. In an order issued on Wednesday, Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua stated that pending repatriation, illegal immigrants can’t be confined in prisons and deprived of basic human

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MADURAI: A day after Chief Minister Edappadi Planiswami sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to direct Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to include Master’s degree in Tamil as one of the minimum qualifications for admissions to Pandit Denndayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archeology, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government on Thursday started the process of reopening of major temples and places of worship by asking the district collectors to consider the possibility and submit action plan by consulting all stake holders within 10 days. The State Government has also asked the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and administration of

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Tripura High Court has ruled that unless the procedure is compromised, the accuracy of a DNA test result cannot be doubted. With this the court dismissed an appeal filed by a man convicted for 10 years rigorous life imprisonment (plus a Rs 1 lakh fine) for raping a minor girl.

Source:-https://economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Deepak Kochhar, the businessman husband of former ICICI chief Chanda Kochhar, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a money-laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate. Kochhar alleged that the ED had not followed the procedure prescribed under law, and a copy of the FIR had not been

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday quashed the complaint case which the Court Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Junagarh had taken up against Minister of State for Home Dibya Sankar Mishra in 2014. The complaint was related to alleged suppression of information in the affidavit relating to movable and immovable properties while filing

Source:-https://indianexpress.com THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court, while interpreting the provision of Section 101-A of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013, has held that “once the possession of land has been taken, the land has vested in the State and the land owner or whosoever has