Source: indianexpress.com Dismissing the revision plea of a Sonipat juvenile against his conviction in a rape case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the absence of external or internal injury on the victim’s body cannot discredit her allegation. “It shall not be appropriate to expect or presume that in all cases of

Source: hindustantimes.com A single-judge bench of Delhi High Court has started a fund for rehabilitation of the victims of burns. The fund will be generated by the penalty (cost) that the high court bench of Justice Najmi Waziri imposes in other cases of litigation on either of the parties. The fund — known as Aasra

Source: livemint.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred till 19 August hearing in the Essar Steel insolvency case, saying said the matter should be decided in light of fresh challenges following recent amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. A division bench, headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and comprising Justice Surya Kant, heard the

Source: hindustantimes.com The Allahabad High Court has directed the Prayagraj senior superintendent of police to ensure arrest of Lalgopalganj Town Area, Nawabganj, Prayagraj chairman Mukhtar Ahmad, who is an accused in a gangrape of a minor, within two weeks and produce him before the court concerned. In addition, the court warned the SSP that if

Source: thenewsminute.com Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that no one will be allowed to dilute the investigation or legal process, in his first reaction to the controversy surrounding IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman following the death of journalist KM Basheer. 35-year-old Basheer, a Thiruvananthapuram based journalist died early Saturday morning after being hit by

Source: dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court on Wednesday temporarily stayed the demotion of 63 income tax officials belonging to the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities whose promotion in 2012-2013 had been reversed by an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in 2017. The order of the CAT had come about as general candidates

Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday has decided not to take a call for the time being on the plea filed by Congress leader Ashwin Rathod seeking the court’s direction to authorities to produce certain EVMs and all postal ballots of the controversial Dholka assembly election. Rathod has challenged the assembly poll victory

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh High Court ordered the state power transmission firm to refrain from arbitrarily reducing the power it evacuates from renewable projects, giving a breather to developers who have set up more than 7,500 MW of solar and wind energy capacity.  Several wind and solar power developers early last week moved

Source: telegraphindia.com The Union home ministry has asked central law enforcement agencies to monitor social media platforms and identify those spreading rumours or hateful content online in the aftermath of the government’s decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Sources said the ministry was also keeping an eye on social media content critical of

Source: telegraphindia.com Tree planting along the Harmu river will now be done with the advice of experts from Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), urban development secretary Ajoy Kumar Singh said on Tuesday. Singh on Tuesday inspected rejuvenation and tree planting work for nearly an hour along the 10.5km stretch of the river, a tributary of the