Source: orissapost.com Chandigarh: Sensing the gravity of the matter, the Punjab and Haryana High Court here Wednesday decided to hear Thursday the Kathua rape victim father’s plea seeking death penalty for the heinous act and murder of his eight-year-old daughter in Jammu and Kashmir last year. The father has sought an enhancement of the life sentence
Source: orissapost.com Koraput: At least five police personnel, including a woman constable, were injured and a police vehicle was damaged in a mob attack on a police station in Rayagada district of the state, police said. The incident took place Saturday evening when supporters of Rayagada MLA Makaranda Muduli staged a protest outside Rayagada police station,
Source:newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Odisha High Court has imposed restrictions on selection of candidates for guest faculty positions on contractual basis by Central University of Orissa (CUO) at Sunabeda in Koraput district. The Single Judge Bench of Justice BR Sarangi imposed the restrictions in an interim order on a petition challenging the advertisement issued by CUO
Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The state government on Monday informed the Orissa High Court that it has implemented the Centre’s Witness Protection Scheme-2018.Endorsing the Central scheme on December 5 last year, the Supreme Court had directed all States and Union Territories to implement it in letter and spirit. One Sadasiba Swain had filed a petition in
Source: .newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: Laying to rest a nearly 12-year-old controversy over the purview of Right to Information for getting information on custodial deaths, the Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to provide such information if sought under the Act. The single judge bench of Justice Biswanath Rath issued the direction while dismissing a
Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Odisha High Court has ruled that grant of bail is not a mechanical act and a Judge is not bound to grant bail to an accused on grounds of parity. “There is no absolute hidebound rule that it must necessarily be granted to the co-accused, where another co-accused has been granted
Source: financialexpress.com The goods and services tax (GST) regime has been hailed as a panacea to many afflictions plaguing the erstwhile indirect taxation regime. One such affliction GST was meant to address and cure was ridding businesses of tax costs and ensuring seamless flow of tax credits. To recap, in the pre-GST regime, a business
Source:- orissapost.com Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Friday granted bail to four prime accused in the Malegaon 2006 blasts case nearly seven years after they were arrested. Lokesh Sharma, Manohar Nawaria, Rajendra Choudhary and Dhan Singh have been in jail since their arrest in 2013. A division bench comprising Justice I.A. Mahanty and Justice A.M. Badar
Source:- thequint.com A petition has been filed by Rupesh Behera, a voter, in the Odisha High Court regarding the discrepancies in the number of EVM votes polled and counted in the Kantabanji Assembly constituency that went to polls on 18 April 2019. In Odisha, the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections were simultaneously conducted by the
