Month: September 2019

HC directs personal appearance of Health Secy over doc vacancies

Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Monday directed State Health and Family Welfare department Secretary to appear in person on September 30 for not complying with its order to intimate the status of doctor vacancies at the medical colleges and district headquarter hospitals. While hearing a PIL filed by High Court lawyer Chittaranjan

Telangana High Court dismisses PIL seeking probe into former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao’s death

Source: newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: A division bench of Telangana High Court on Tuesday dismissed the PIL filed seeking a court-monitored CBI enquiry into the death of former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao in the city on September 16 this year. It would be a family member or a close relative who would be

Andhra Pradesh high court asks renewable cos to move APERC against renegotiation

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Andhra Pradesh high court has directed solar and wind energy companies opposing renegotiation of tariffs by the state to approach state electricity regulator. Industry sources were disappointed by the order. The high court has dismissed the case asking the renewable power companies to raise their objections before Andhra Pradesh Electricity

Madras High Court asks WhatsApp if it complies with IT Act

Source: tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com The Madras High Court, which is hearing a case on linking of social media accounts to an individual’s proof of identity, has asked social messaging platform WhatsApp to confirm whether it complies with the Information Technology Act, after the Tamil Nadu government accused it of not cooperating on police probes. In an order on September 21,

One dead, two injured in Jharkhand after mob attacks trio on suspicion of cow slaughter

Source: firstpost.com Khunti: A differently- abled man was killed and two others were seriously injured after they were allegedly beaten up by a mob over suspicion of slaughtering a cow in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Monday. The incident happened after local residents allegedly spotted Kalantus Barla, Fagu Kacchap and Phillip Horo with the carcass of

Chandigarh: High Court frowns on woman leaving kids to live with partner

Source: indianexpress.com Declining a live-in couple’s plea for protection from threats, the Punjab and Haryana High Court in an order said the court “under no circumstances can approve of such conduct” after it was informed that the woman had left behind her two minor children to live with her partner. The Tarn Taran-based woman, along