Source: theprint.in New Delhi: A division bench of the Allahabad High Court sat on Gandhi Jayanti, which is a national holiday, to hear a habeas corpus petition for an Indian Army soldier who has been missing for over 14 months. A bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Vivek Varma took up the matter after
Source: dnaindia.com The Madras High Court on Thursday permitted the Tamil Nadu State Government to erect banners from the Chennai airport till Mahabalipuram town (60 kms away) to welcome the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping who is to have an informal summit in the Mahabalipuram town over the next weekend.
Source: thehindu.com An appeal filed by activist Gautam P. Navlakha has taken an unusual trajectory in the Supreme Court – so far five judges have opted to recuse themselves in the three instances the case came up for hearing since September 30. The appeal concerns Mr. Navlakha’s plea to protect his fundamental right to personal
Source: thehindu.com The Pune Police on Thursday submitted before the Bombay High Court that there is sufficient prima facie material to charge lawyer and trade unionist Sudha Bharadwaj under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for her alleged role in the Bhima Koregaon violence. Arguing before a single Bench of Justice S.V. Kotwal, additional public
Source: thehindubusinessline.com The Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police, on Thursday, arrested Sarang Wadhawan and Rakesh Wadhawan, promoters of Housing Development Infrastructure Limited, in connection with the PMC Bank fiasco. The authorities have also frozen fixed assets worth ₹3,500 crore of the Wadhawans, according to police officials involved in the case. This comes even as
Source: tribuneindia.com Just over a year after former minister Tikshan Sood was summoned by a Hoshiarpur court to face trial on a complaint alleging filing of a false affidavit under the provisions of the Representation of Peoples Act and the Indian Penal Code, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today allowed his petition for quashing
Source: thehindu.com A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by a host of vendors evicted from the marine drive walkway to allow them to do business on the walkway. The court had directed the police to remove all vendors from the walkway when a petition filed by Ranjit
source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: Cuttack serial murder case prime accused Narayan Sahoo’s wife Geetanjali’s battle for seizure of CCTV footage and its inclusion in the investigation has taken a new turn on Tuesday. The Orissa High Court has issued notices to the branch manager of Punjab National Bank at Sunamuhin under Odagaon police limits in Nayagarh
Source: hindustantimes.com The state government on Wednesday put two IAS officers, Ajay Kumar Singh and Pawan Kumar, in the wait list. Both are under the CBI scanner in the illegal sand mining case. In a press release, the state government said that Ajay Kumar Singh, serving on the post of secretary, khadi and rural industries,
Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: Owners of 625 buildings situated around the Vembanad lake have started feeling the tremors of the Supreme Court order, asking the state government to demolish four apartment complexes in Maradu.They are waiting with bated breath after a report filed by the Local Self-Government Department (LSGD) in the Kerala High Court listed 212
