Source: indiatoday.in ayanad came to the national reckoning early this year when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi chose it as his second constituency to contest parliamentary election. Prior to that Wayanad was a local tourist destination for people in neighbouring areas of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Within months, Wayanad is again in news over opposition to

Source: outlookindia.com New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The government is yet to take a decision on the elevation of Gujarat High Court judge Akil Kureshi as chief justice of the Tripura High Court while it has appointed chief justices to seven other high courts. Sources in the government said the recommendation of the Supreme Court

Source: dailypioneer.com Based on observation mentioned earlier, the Supreme Court of India refused to appreciate any judicial pronouncement of the U.S. Supreme Court relating to criminalisation of defamation and its effect on freedom of speech.  The Court gave no reasoning as to why relevant U.S. Supreme Court judgements, related to the matter being adjudicated, could

Source: downtoearth.org.in Bombay High Court has on October 4, 2019, dismissed petitions to declare Aarey Colony in Mumbai as forest and refused to stop felling of more than 2,500 trees for metro car shed project, according to media reports. Aarey, situated in Goregaon, is famous among nature enthusiasts for being the green lungs of the city. It houses 2,702

Source: news18.com Thane: A Thane court has sentenced a woman to seven years rigourous imprisonment for sexually abusing the five-year-old daughter of her live-in partner. District Judge D G Murumkar also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on the 33-year-old woman, a resident of Mumbra town in Thane district. In the order on October 1,

Source: hindustantimes.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana government to produce records of various offices allegedly being run from a school in Manesar. The high court bench of Justice BS Walia said that records of locations of anganwadi, panchayat ghar, public health centre and a post office being reportedly run on

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