Month: October 2019

High Court slams Andhra government over delay in capital city construction.

Source – gulfnews.com Hyderabad: The dilly-dallying by Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy government in constructing the new Andhra Pradesh capital Amarvati has infuriated the state High Court and a division bench headed by Chief Justice J.K. Maheshwari issuing a stern warning to the state government against any further delay. Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the ‘Swiss

Orissa High Court Boycott: Lawyers must refuse to abide by call for strike, Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea for want of jurisdiction.

Source – barandbench.com Remarking that lawyers must boldly refuse to abide by any call for a strike, the Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a petition filed before it in view of the indefinite boycott called by the Orissa High Court Bar Association. The petition was dismissed by a Single Judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Uttarakhand Journalist.

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI: In a relief to a Uttarakhand TV journalist, the Supreme Court has stayed the criminal proceedings in three cases lodged against him and others by the state police after the channel headed by him last year conducted a sting operation allegedly exposing corruption at the highest level. The cases of extortion,