Source: thehindu.com The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued notice to Rahul Gandhi, former Congress president, and the Election Commission on a petition filed by Saritha S. Nair, an accused in the solar scam, challenging the election of Mr. Gandhi from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. The court also issued notice to Hibi Eden and
Source: newkerala.com New Delhi , July 27 : Youth Bar Association of India (YBAI) has filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking direction for framing guidelines to protect the identity, reputation and integrity of individual(s) allegedly accused of sexual offences till completion of the investigation. The petition, filed by lawyers Sanpreet Singh Ajmani and
Source: indianexpress.com The High Court of Manipur Tuesday disposed of separate petitions filed by two Congress MLAs against Minister Th. Shyamkumar Singh, seeking disqualification of the minister under the anti-defection law. The court refused to pass any order citing shortfalls of its jurisdiction under the tenth schedule. However, while giving an observation of the petition,
source:telegraphindia.com The high court on Monday started hearing on Bidhannagar mayor Sabyasachi Dutta’s petition that challenged the legality of a no-confidence motion moved against him allegedly by some councillors of the municipal corporation. Justice Samapti Chatterjee asked the mayor to serve a notice on the corporation’s chairperson Krishna Chakrabarty asking her to take part in
Source: indianexpress.com Acting on an application moved last week by Shweta Bhatt, wife of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, seeking an early listing of her main petition seeking armed security for her family from the state at its expense, the Gujarat High Court ordered that the main petition be listed on August 19. On July
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to entertain a plea challenging the Election Commission’s decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat. The seats fell vacant on the election of BJP president Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani to the Lok Sabha. A Vacation Bench of Justices Sanjiv
Source: thehindu.com An animal rights group on Friday filed a public interest litigation petition in the Gauhati High Court challenging the Assam government’s decision to transport four juvenile elephants, two of them females, in railway wagons to Ahmedabad in Gujarat for the annual Rath Yatra festival at the Jagannath temple on July 4. Urmi Mala
Source:- thequint.com A petition has been filed by Rupesh Behera, a voter, in the Odisha High Court regarding the discrepancies in the number of EVM votes polled and counted in the Kantabanji Assembly constituency that went to polls on 18 April 2019. In Odisha, the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections were simultaneously conducted by the
Source- indianexpress.com The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition seeking to send Muslims in India to Pakistan. The petition came up for hearing before the bench of Justices RF Nariman and Vineet Saran. “Do you really want to argue this? We will hear you but we will pass strictures against you.” Justice Nariman asked the petitioner’s
Source:- india.com New Delhi, Feb 15: Now, it is easier for the middle and relatively lower income group to avail and enjoy the legal services of the country. The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has introduced the Middle Income Group Scheme. It is a self-supporting scheme which provides legal services to the middle-income group citizens
