Source: dnaindia.com Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani has moved the Gujarat High Court for quashing of an FIR registered against him for sharing a video on Twitter of a student being mercilessly beaten up by a teacher and ‘wrongly’ claiming that the video belongs to RM and VM Desai Sarvajanik Vidyalaya in Valsad. The video was

Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked a doctor to bring on record specific instances showing that patients were prematurely declared brain dead by private hospitals in Kerala to harvest their organs as has been alleged in his petition. The apex court said it can examine the allegations if some evidence is brought

Source: deccanchronicle.com KOCHI: The High Court on Tuesday came down on the state government for issuing an order preventing officials from providing any information on inter-state river disputes under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A single bench, taking exception to the wordings of the government order, stated: “I must say that I fail to

Source: news18.com London: In an order that brought relief, The UK High Court on Tuesday allowed embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya to appeal at least on one of the five grounds against his extradition order signed off by the UK home secretary to face alleged fraud and money laundering charges amounting to Rs 9,000 crore

Source: barandbench.com The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved judgment in a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) Coastal Road Project worth Rs 14,000 crore. The Coastal Road project will connect South Mumbai’s Marine Drive area to Kandivali in North Mumbai. The project was challenged by environmental activists, residents

Source: barandbench.com After a special court rejected their bail application last month, the three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of Dr. Payal Tadvi have moved the Bombay High Court seeking bail. Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal, who were the seniors of Payal Tadvi, have challenged the special court order rejecting

sorce: tribuneindia.com A man who suffered permanent disability in an accident while driving the car of the then leader and Punjab Cabinet minister Kanwaljit Singh in 2009 was on Monday awarded Rs 49.9 lakh compensation by the Supreme Court. Singh, who was Punjab Cooperation Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal’s general secretary, had died on March

Source: livemint.com Kolkata: Commuters in Kolkata faced a trying time on Monday as more than 25,000 cabs went off the roads due to a 48-hour strike called by associations of online cabs here. Passengers faced harassment in busy areas like Howrah station, Esplanade and other places as the yellow taxis demanded hefty amounts from them.

Source: deccanchronicle.com Chennai: Coming to the rescue of 27 employees of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, who had put in 9 to 10 years of service as Skilled NMR on daily wages initially and thereafter on consolidated appointment, but were issued with disengagement memo, the Madras high court has directed the University to consider their representations, to

Source: news18.com Chennai: In a candid declaration, a Madras High Court judge has sent to the Bar a self-appraisal of his two-year tenure, reflecting on disposal of cases, his judgments, behaviour, and vowing to evolve a mechanism to overcome his shortcomings. Justice GR Swaminathan, who assumed office on June 28, 2017, said in his report