US Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Suit Seeking To Overturn Trump Election Loss

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com Washington: The US Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in a fresh setback for the president.The longshot suit lodged late Tuesday against four states key in the November 3 vote — Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania

Gangster Bishnoi fears Dubey-like encounter, moves High Court

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Alleged gangster Lawrence Bishnoi today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions for handcuffing him if he was brought to Chandigarh on a production warrant after expressing “genuine apprehension” of elimination in an encounter “as done in the infamous case of Vikas Dubey”. Appearing before the Bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill

Decision to suspend MPLAD funds to fight pandemic ‘unexceptionable’: Bombay HC

Source:-https://indianexpress.com The Bombay High Court on Friday held that the decision to suspend the MPLAD (Members of Parliament Local Area Development) funds earlier this year and divert the money to the fight against the pandemic was “consciously taken to provide measures for the nation to combat Covid-19 and to ensure all citizens ensure proper medical

Arvind Kejriwal’s neighbours move Delhi High Court for action against Delhi Police [Read Order]

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s neighbours moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking contempt action against Delhi Police for allowing protests to be held in their area, causing problems in traffic movement due to road Jam. The Single Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva heard the plea filed by Civil Lines Residents Association thereby

MP govt seeks court intervention to prevent honey-trap accussed from getting access to video evidence

Source:-https://www.indiatoday.in The Madhya Pradesh government does not want to hand over the video and electronic evidence seized in the murky honeytrap case that rocked the state in September 2019 to the accused. A Special Court in Indore on December 4 had asked the Special Investigation Team formed to investigate the case and to hand over

Centre can notify any land, acquire it for highway: Supreme Court

Source:-https://indianexpress.com The Centre is “fully competent” to notify “any land (not necessarily an existing road/highway) for acquisition, to construct a highway to be a national highway”, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday while upholding notifications issued under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Act, 1956, for acquisition of land for construction of the eight-lane

Supreme Court sets aside Madhya Pradesh HC order on grant of tender for flyover project

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order asking the state government to grant tender for a 7.4 kilometer-long flyover project at Indore to Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation Ltd (UPSBCL), saying it suppressed ‘most material fact’ of lodging of an FIR against it in the 2018 Varanasi

Supreme Court Pushes Back Tata-Mistry Case Hearing To Wednesday

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred hearing in Tata-Mistry case for Wednesday, December 9. Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry Group have challenged a December 18, 2019, order of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) that had ordered the reinstatement of Cyrus Mistry as the Chairperson of Tata Sons Limited. The two conglomerates have been

Bombay High Court seeks to know stand of other democracies on offensive social media posts

Source:-https://scroll.in The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought to know what stand democracies across the world take about offensive tweets or posts on social media, PTI reported. The High Court was hearing the final arguments on a plea filed by Mumbai resident Sunaina Holey, who was booked for allegedly posting offensive tweets against Maharashtra Chief

Justice Bindal made Acting CJ of Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com The appointment follows retirement of Chief Justice Gita Mittal. Justice Bindal is known for his proficiency in bringing justice closer to the people through computerisation. As chairman of a panel constituted by the National Legal Services Authority, he has already submitted a report on optimal use of technology, including artificial intelligence. Justice Bindal was