Tag: High Court

Reject Kulbhushan Jadhav mercy plea, Lahore High Court petitioned

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Two separate petitions have landed at the Lahore High Court seeking that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mercy plea be rejected. Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer, was convicted of espionage by a Pakistani military court and was sentenced to death by hanging. Jadhav subsequently filed a mercy plea, petitioning Pakistan Army chief Qamar

High court quashes rape charges against Mumbai youth

Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: Seven months after a Mumbai-based financial consultant was booked on rape charges, the victim girl appeared before the Bombay high court to give her consent to quashing the criminal proceedings saying she now realised they could not get married since both of them belonged to different religions. A division bench of

Minimum Qualification for Legislators:J&K High Court Dismisses Plea

Source – kashmirobserver.net Srinagar—The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has “dismissed as withdrawn” a Public Interest Litigation, seeking minimum qualification for members of the state legislature. A division bench of Chief Justice, Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey observed that it’s the prerogative of the state legislature to set the minimum qualification for

Hate speech case: High Court allows challenge to government ‘no’ on sanction to prosecute Yogi Adityanath

Source – indianexpress.com THE ALLAHABAD High Court on Monday permitted the petitioners to challenge the UP government’s refusal to grant sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath — the prime accused in the 2007 Gorakhpur hate speech case. A two-member bench dismissed the UP government’s objections to the petitioners’ contention that the prime accused had

High Court calls for affidavit from Telangana govt

Source – thehansindia.com Hyderabad: The High Court at Hyderabad directed the Telangana State government to file counter affidavit in the case filed by DSC-1998 candidates seeking CBI investigation into alleged fraudulent appointments made by Warangal District Selection Committee (WDSC) in teachers’ recruitment. Justice A Rajashekar Reddy gave this direction on Thursday while hearing a Writ petition filed

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: High Court asks Tamil Nadu govt to file counter by August 16

Source – indianexpress.com The Madras High Court Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to file by August 16 its counter to a petition by two life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking to be included in the list of 180 accused proposed for premature release on Republic Day eve. When the Habeas Corpus Petition filed