Tag: High Court

Government defends appointment of Madhya Pradesh High Court acting chief justice

Source: hindustantimes.com A day after the government appointed justice R S Jha as acting chief justice of Madhya Pradesh high court overlooking the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to appoint justice A A Kureshi as chief justice of the high court, the law ministry defended its decision saying “there is nothing unusual about the appointment”. A

Kargil War Veteran, Detained After Being Declared ‘Foreigner’, Granted Bail by Gauhati High Court

Source: news18.com New Delhi: The Gauhati High Court on Friday granted interim bail to army veteran Mohammed Sanaullah after he was declared a ‘foreigner’ by the Boko Foreigners’ Tribunal on May 23. The family of the retired honorary captain of Indian Army who hails from Kolohikas village in Kamrup district of Assam had approached the

BPO employee rape and murder case: Convicts object to death sentence, Bombay high court asks state, Centre to file responses

Source: hindustantimes.com The Bombay high court (HC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Central and state governments, after two men convicted for the rape and murder of a Pune BPO employee in 2007 filed separate petitions seeking to halt their execution and commute their sentence to life imprisonment. Purushottam Borate and Pradeep Kokade have