Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday slammed the lawyer of Gautam Khaitan in the AgustaWestland case on the applicability of the black money law with retrospective effect. “You are trying to avoid the bench. This conduct is deprecating,” Justice Mishra said during the hearing. “Nonsense”, said Justice Mishra,
Source: hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on a judge of the Kerala high court for issuing orders purportedly in contravention to the top court’s direction in the Malankara church dispute case. It took strong exception to the HC’s tinkering of its 2017 verdict on right to conduct administration and prayers in
Source: newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Tuesday quashed a case filed against a city resident who was charged with raping his 11-year-old daughter and instead ordered a probe against his wife for filing what the court termed a false case. Justice N Anand Venkatesh, who got agitated during the hearing, said that the woman
Source: indiatoday.in Trouble is mounting for Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri. The Delhi High Court has rejected his bail plea in a money-laundering probe related to the AgustaWestland case. Ratul Puri has been under the probe scanner of the ED in connection with the high-profile AgustaWestland VVIP choppers corruption case. He was
Source: indiatoday.in The Supreme Court is set to commence day-to-day hearing from Tuesday in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya after the efforts to arrive at an amicable settlement through mediation have failed. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will conduct the hearing. The bench,
Source: indianexpress.com The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Tihar Jail authorities to produce before it AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case accused Christian Michel, while hearing a plea challenging an order allowing him to make international calls for 15 minutes a week in violation of prison rules. The court listed for August 21, jail authorities’ plea
Source: mynation.com Kottayam: The Kottayam principal sessions court in Kerala will pronounce the verdict in Dalit Christian Kevin Joseph’s murder case on August 14. Earlier, the Kerala high court had asked the Kottayam principal sessions court to pronounce the verdict of the case within six months. However, the Kottayam principal sessions court will pronounce the
Source: hindustantimes.com The Kondhwa police lodged a case of cheating against two unidentified persons for siphoning off ₹7.50 lakh from the bank account of a money transfer merchant in November last year. The cyber criminals siphoned off the money by hacking the money transfer software. According to police inspector (crime) MS Kumbhar, the offence took
Source: orissapost.com Puri: A petition has been filed in the Orissa High Court seeking speedy investigation into the murder of three persons at Pattnaikia Square on Bhubaneswar-Puri National Highway July 14. Lipika Behera, the wife of victim Purna Behera, has filed the petition in the HC and urged the court to direct the police to expedite
Source: hindustantimes.com Pradeep Yadav, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MLA from Poraiyahat, surrendered before the Deoghar court on Thursday, in connection with a sexual harassment case. A former party spokesperson had accused the five-term MLA of attempt to rape, at a Deoghar hotel on April 20 this year. The court of Deoghar sub-divisional judicial magistrate Kamal
