Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court has set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment that had handed the meagre sentence of four days to four men who had caused grievous injuries to four others with axes and sticks, regretting “cavalier sentencing” by lower courts. It has enhanced the punishment to three months for three
Source – The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the widow of a man, who had been killed by terrorists aboard a trawler while hijacking the vessel allegedly for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The court of Justice Bhargav Karia reasoned that in view
Source – indiatvnews.com The law student, who had accused former union minister Chinmayanand of sexual harassment, has submitted a ‘miscellaneous application’ in the Allahabad High Court, seeking inclusion of rape charges in the FIR filed against him. The court has sought the state government’s reply on her application. Sources said the FIR against Chinmayanand does
Source – deccanchronicle.com Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday castigated the Kerala police and the DGP for their failure to hand over the Periya double murder case to the CBI. The state government and the police are duty bound to implement the court order and the action of the DGP amounted to dereliction of
Source – hindustantimes.com Taking a serious note of frequent changes of chiefs of the special investigation team (SIT) formed to probe an alleged extortion racket in Madhya Pradesh that targeted high-profile people, the high court on Monday directed the state government not to change the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the case and get the electronic evidence examined by
Source – dailypioneer.com In a major decision, the Jharkhand High Court on Monday asked the Jharkhand Public Service Commission to revise the Preliminary Test (PT) results of the 6th Combined Civil Services examination held in the year 2016. As per the court orders only 6,103 aspirants clearing the PT in the first PT results published
Source:newindianexpress.com MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has sought explanation from Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (Internal Security), Ramanathapuram Collector, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Q Branch CID, Ramanathapuram SP, Superintendent of Puzhal Prison II and Kenikkarai Police Inspector regarding the ‘inadvertent’ release of two Sri Lankan nationals from prison despite court’s
Source: hindustantimes.com The Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has filed an application in the Supreme Court (SC) to abolish the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority (DTEPA), a group created in 1996 to preserve the ecology of a stretch of coast between Mumbai’s northern suburbs and the industrial centres of south Gujarat. The
Source: thehindu.com The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State government to conduct a re-postmortem examination of P. Linganna, who died in an alleged exchange of fire with the police near Nandi hillock of Rollagadda village outskirts in Bhadadri-Kothagudem district on Wednesday. While the Bhadradri-Kothagudem police, in an official statement, said the 43-year-old Linganna
Source: hindustantimes.com The Allahabad High Court has ruled that an engineering degree holder cannot be considered for appointment to the post of junior engineer which seeks a diploma as the eligibility criterion. The court was hearing a case wherein Deepak Singh, who along with nine others who held a B Tech degree had filed a
