Source: scroll.in The main convict in the Kathua gangrape and murder case on Friday appealed against his conviction to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which admitted the petition on the same day. The court listed July 18 for the hearing of all the appeals by the six convicts in the case, The Indian Express reported. “Admitted. Recovery of

Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: Students of the National Law School of India University staged a silent protest against a fee hike at their campus on Saturday. Representatives of the Student Bar Association put forth three demands in a meeting with the executive council. “One is to rollback the fee hike from `1.80 lakh to `2.30 lakh

Source: theprint.in Mumbai: “Are you ostriches,” an angry Bombay High Court bench Friday asked the censor board for refusing to issue a universal (U) certificate to a children’s film and asserted the board will “not decide what one wants to watch and see”. In strongly-worded observations, a division bench of justices S C Dharmadhikari and Gautam

Source: theprint.in Srinagar: Barely nine months after panchayat elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir, elected members in the Valley are demanding another round of polls, opposing a decision by the state to appoint government employees as administrators to look after panchayat affairs. The elected members, mostly affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are also

Source: indiatoday.in Anon-profit organization engaged in promoting financial literacy has moved the Supreme Court, alleging cheating, especially of senior citizens, by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) through its Jeevan Saral policy, in which nearly 5 crore policy holders have “lost a big chunk on their principal investment”. The Mumbai-based Moneylife Foundation said it has received

Source: dnaindia.com The Maharashtra government’s petition against an order of the Bombay High Court that tied the hands of the state’s planning authorities from regularising any unauthorised construction got admitted in the Supreme Court on Friday. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose issued notice on

Source: newindianexpress.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government has decided to conduct a judicial probe into the custodial death of K Rajkumar at Nedumkandam. “The incident at the Nedumkandam police station is unjustifiable. Strict action will be taken against the criminals in the force,” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told media persons after the cabinet meeting on Friday.

Source: thehindu.com The Delhi High Court on Friday sought a response from BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri on a plea by rival AAP leader Raghav Chadha challenging his election to the Lok Sabha from South Delhi parliamentary constituency. Justice Sanjeev Narula also directed the returning officer to preserve the election records relating to the parliamentary polls for South

Source: thenewsminute.com In a significant setback for the Tamil Nadu government, the exemptions it enjoyed from the Centre’s Land Acquisition Act was quashed by the Madras High Court on Wednesday. The exemptions enabled the state government to acquire land for various developmental projects in the past. The retrospective nature of the verdict means that the

Source: .indiatoday.in The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking SIT probe into the attack on a temple in the walled city here, saying that police were already taking action and nothing can be done overnight. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said the petitioner in