Tag: NEW DELHI

SC stays contempt proceedings against Ramesh Pokhriyal over non-payment of govt housing rent

Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the contempt proceedings initiated against Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal for alleged non-compliance of the Uttarakhand High Court’s last year order on payment of rent by former chief ministers of the state for occupying government accommodation. A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman stayed the contempt

Supreme Court asks Centre to take further steps to bring back remaining Indians stranded in Kuwait

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to take steps to bring back remaining Indians stranded in Kuwait amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has said that out of 1.3 lakh citizens who had enrolled for the repatriation with its Embassy, over 87,000 have already been brought back. A bench of

Ex legislator Iqbal told by Allahabad High Court to appear before ED

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Allahabad High Court has directed Haji Mohammad Iqbal, a former Legislative Council member who came under the purview of the Enforcement Directorate investigation on money laundering, to appear before the ED and present his case. This order has been given by Justice Suneet Kumar on the Petition of Afzal, son

No stand-off between Executive and Judiciary over appointment of HC judges, Ravi Shankar Prasad tells DMK MP

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: There is no stand-off between the Executive and the Judiciary over appointment of high court judges and whenever there is a difference of opinion on the issue, it is mutually reconciled by the two to ensure only suitable persons are appointed, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. He also said while

Nearly 9 years after killing man, wife and two others get life term.

source:- outlookindia.com New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) A Delhi court has awarded life imprisonment to the wife of a restaurant owner and two others for killing him in West Delhi”s Moti Nagar area in 2011. Additional Sessions Judge Samar Vishal awarded life imprisonment to Arvinder Kaur, Sant Saran Nehra and Mridul Dixit for murdering Virender

Nirbhaya Convicts Have A Week To Exhaust Legal Options Against Hanging.

Source:- ndtv.com Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta, Mukesh Singh and Akshay Singh – convicted for the shocking gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student dubbed Nirbhaya by the media in Delhi in 2012 – were to be executed on February 1. New Delhi: The convicts in the Nirbhaya case will get one week to finish

Nirbhaya’s parents urge Delhi High Court to speed up convicts’ executions.

Source:- orissapost.com New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s parents urged Tuesday the Delhi High Court to expeditiously decide the Centre’s plea challenging stay on execution of the four convicts in the case of their daughter’s gangrape and murder. Advocate Jitendra Jha, representing the parents of Nirbhaya said he mentioned the matter before the court for early disposal of

Talks on with Law Minn on legislative changes for LIC listing: Fin Sec.

Source:- daijiworld.com (IANS): Finance Secretary Rajeev Kumar on Saturday said the Ministry is in talks with the Law Ministry for the legislative changes needed on account of LIC listing. “We have started talks with the Law Ministry on the legislative changes for LIC IPO,” he said at the post-Budget media interaction. “We are working on

SC fines Bengal over rural court lapse.

Source:- telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on seven states, including Bengal, for failing to file their response on setting up “Gram Nyayalayas” to take the administration of justice to the doorsteps of people. The other states to be fined are Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Odisha, Punjab and