Source: theguardian.com The high court has unanimously upheld a decision to sack a public servant, Michaela Banerji, for anonymous social media posts that criticised the government’s immigration policy. The court delivered its judgment in the landmark freedom of speech test case on Wednesday, upholding an appeal from the workers’ compensation agency Comcare which argued it

Source: financialexpress.com Businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, on Tuesday withdrew his petition from the Delhi High Court seeking direction to a trial court not to pronounce order on his anticipatory bail plea without hearing his other pending applications. He is an accused in a money laundering case related to the VVIP

Source: hindustantimes.com The Allahabad high court, in an order over a petition filed by several farmers from Ghaziabad affected by the Hi-Tech city township near NH-9, has directed the Ghaziabad development authority (GDA) to consider their plea and decide within three months. The farmers had moved court in a bid to get the layout maps

Source: indiatoday.in The Supreme Court is set to commence day-to-day hearing from Tuesday in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya after the efforts to arrive at an amicable settlement through mediation have failed. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will conduct the hearing. The bench,

Source: barandbench.com The Lok Sabha today passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 to increase the strength of the Supreme Court to thirty-three (33), excluding the Chief Justice of India. As per the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill, the amendment to the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 was being sought to

Source: outlookindia.com Kolkata, Aug 5 Retired Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee, nephew of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Pprasad Mookerjee, on Monday expressed happiness at the Centre repealing the Constitution”s Article 370, saying the objective for which his uncle fought and died have now been accomplished. “I am happy that the causes, for which my uncle Syama

Source: energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday to clarify his governments intention behind certain contentious decisions taken in recent days.  The Chief Minister will also meet Union Home Minister Amit Shahahead of the meeting with the Prime Minister.  This will be Jagan’s second meeting with

Source: outlookindia.com Ahmedabad, Aug 5 Congress leader Gaurav Pandya has filed an election petition in the Gujarat High Court challenging the Election Commission”s decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the state. The elections to the seats which fell vacant after BJP leaders Amit Shah and Smriti Irani were elected to

Source: indiatoday.in The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by a witness in the alleged fake encounter case of suspected gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kasuar Bi and their aide, challenging the acquittal of 22 people in the case by a special court. The witness, Mahendrasinh Zala, had challenged the December 2018

Source: indianexpress.com As Jammu & Kashmir loses its special status with Monday’s Presidential order, the region will witness a tectonic shift in laws governing the state. From property-related laws, criminal laws to crucial central laws like Right to Information & Education — these will be among the many that will be applicable to the proposed Union Territories (UTs),