Source – odishabytes.com The Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government has once again clarified that it has “no plans” to open the locks — neither for audit nor for the inventory — of the Ratna Bhandar at the Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri. The last time the government opened the locks of the treasury was way back

Source – thehindu.com The Madras High Court has stayed the execution of a warrant issued by a Mahila Court in Coimbatore on Monday for hanging to death R. Manoharan, convicted for abduction, rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl apart from the murder of her seven-year-old brother, after subjecting him to sodomy, in Coimbatore on

Source – thehindu.com The Madras High Court has summoned Home Secretary Niranjan Mardi to explain the delay in releasing five life convicts despite specific orders passed by a Division Bench of the court between December 7, 2018 and January 25 to release them forthwith by according the benefit of premature release granted to many other

Source – thehindu.com The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the recently released 13 life convicts in the Melavalavu massacre case to stay in Vellore district and not enter the region in Madurai district, till the disposal of the writ petition. The life convicts were recently released by the government on account of

Source – newindianexpress.com AHMEDABAD: Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, in response to a habeas corpus filed by the father of two women missing from the Ahmedabad ashram of self-styled godman Nithyananda, directed police to use all available mechanism to trace the duo. A division bench of Justices S R Brahmbhatt and AP Thaker directed the

Source – indiatoday.in The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to immediately shut down 4,774 industrial units running in residential areas. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel passed the order after perusing a report filed by an Oversight Committee, headed by former judge Justice Pratibha Rani, which said that

Source – theprint.in New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has called for 100 FIR copies to ascertain whether a recent police circular to its stations to stop the use of 383 urdu or persian words while registering complaints was being complied with, saying FIRs “should be in a simple language”. A bench of Chief Justice D

Source – newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Monday fixed December 2 for hearing the PIL seeking CBI probe into the alleged missing of nearly 3.7 kg of gold ornaments received as gifts and donations for Puri Jagannath temple. The court fixed the date after the petitioner in the case filed a rejoinder to

Source – scroll.in A court in Delhi on Tuesday asked former Orissa High Court judge IM Quddusi and six others to appear before it on January 9 in connection with a medical college scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation has accused them of criminal conspiracy and corruption by trying to influence the verdict in a

Source – thehindu.com The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the State police to trace two women who went missing from the Nithyananda Ashram in Ahmedabad. The court was acting on a habeas corpus petition filed by the women’s father Janardhan Sharma. A Division Bench of Justices S.R. Brahmbhatt and A.P. Thaker directed the police to consult