Source: thehindu.com Natural resources company Vedanta Limited on Wednesday told the Madras High Court that the 2018 protests against its Sterlite copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi, during which 13 people were shot dead in a police firing incident, were orchestrated by a group of non-governmental organisations and activist groups operating for profit and with ulterior
ource: thehindu.com. The Madras High Court has decided to centralise recruitment of employees for lower courts across the State by establishing a Judicial Recruitment Cell. Henceforth, recruitment of staff for all lower courts shall be done by the JRC in the High Court and appointment orders alone shall be issued by principal district judges (PDJ)and
Source:-indianexpress.com A report published by a Hindi daily on February 14 claimed that two guards on duty at ADG Rajendra Mishra’s home in Bhopal had fallen sick due to the foul smell from the “body” of the officer’s father Kulamani Mishra. The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a state human rights commission order directing
Source:- thehindu.com Challenging the leasing of 15 acres of land to Sai Sindhu Foundation in prime locality of the State capital’s western part near Hitec City, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition was filed in Telangana High Court on Friday. A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Shameem Akther, which
Source:- orissapost.com Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has fixed July 2 for the hearing of former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s plea seeking quashing of a notice served on him by the CBI. Justice Asha Arora scheduled Wednesday the hearing of the petition filed by Kumar, now the West Bengal CID Additional Director General (ADG), after
Source:- indiatoday.in he Bombay high court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence awarded to the murderer of Preethi Rathi, who had been attacked with acid in 2013, to life imprisonment. The division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice Prakash D Naik, while reading out the judgement in their chamber, upheld the conviction of 25-yr-old
Source:- newindianexpress.com KOCHI: VS Achuthanandan, chairman, Administrative Reforms Commission of Kerala, on Wednesday approached the High Court challenging the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court order dismissing his complaint seeking a Vigilance probe into the alleged encroachment into the land of the Kerala Water Authority at Pattoor,in Thiruvananthapuram. He said the Vigilance Court rejected his complaint on the ground the
Source:- thehindu.com CBI registered an FIR following an inquiry as per the Allahabad High Court’s directive. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted searches at more than 20 places, including premises linked to former Uttar Pradesh Mining Minister Gayatri Prajapati and former Lok Sabha MP Ghanshyam Anuragi, in connection with alleged illegal mining of minor
Source: mynation.com Hyderabad: After as many as 12 MLAs crossed over to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the state, a disgruntled Congress has decided to move high court on June 10. The party has also announced state-wide protests against the Assembly Speaker’s decision in recognising their merger. The Congress also alleged that the
Source: business-standard.com Expressing concern over delay in trial of rape cases, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Krishna Murari to put in place a fast track trial mechanism, and also advise the subordinate courts, under his jurisdiction, to complete the trial of such
