A view of the Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on February 13 expressed its exasperation at the “protracted trial” before an Ernakulam court in a sexual assault case in which Malayalam actor Dileep is an accused. “Why is the trial being protracted like this?” a Bench led …
The Supreme Court building. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on February 13 dismissed a challenge concerning delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and A.S. Oka had found that the petitioners did not challenge the constitutional validity of a specific provision in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation …
New Delhi: The Central Government on Sunday retired Supreme Court Justice S. Appointed six new governors, including Abdul Nazeer, who was part of the historic 2019 Ayodhya verdict, and also reconstituted governorships in seven states, besides four BJP leaders. Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais has been transferred to Maharashtra in place of Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who …
The Congress attacked the government over Nazeer’s appointment and called the move a “big threat” to the independence of the judiciary. India PTI-PTI , Updated: Monday, February 13, 2023, 0:11 [IST] New Delhi, February 12: In an apparent jibe at the Congress after it questioned the appointment of a retired Supreme Court judge as governor, …
New Delhi: In the Oreo vs Fabio case, a single judge bench of the Delhi High Court on Friday banned Parle Products Pvt Ltd. Ltd. to sell its Vanilla Cream Filled Biscuit. The suit was filed by Intercontinental Great Brands – the owner of the Oreo brand – alleging that Parle’s Fab!O infringed on its …
A Delhi court on Saturday remanded Raghav Magunta, son of YSR Congress Party MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) custody till February 20 in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy. Duty Judge Naresh Kumar Laka passed the order on …
A view of the Orissa High Court. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Orissa High Court has expressed deep concerns over the pathetic conditions of public health centres in Kalahandi and Nabarangpur districts. The damning report submitted by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) says in many places a single doctor or worse …
Artist Shahzia Sikander stands in front of her sculpture “Witness” in Madison Square Park as part of her multimedia exhibition “Hawa…to Breathe, Air, Life” on February 7, 2023 in New York City. – AFP New York: For more than a century, a New York courthouse was topped by all-terrain sculptures depicting men on stilts. Not …
Consumer court judge R. Sundar on Friday directed the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Sholavandan depot) to pay ₹25,015 to a commuter for deficiency in service and mental agony. According to complainant’s advocate J. Thirumalai Venkatesan, his client Prem Sudakar of Periyakulam boarded a bus from Madurai to Periyakulam on August 5, 2022. As the …
The Supreme Court on Friday referred the issue of the practice of exorcism in the Dawoodi Bohra community to a larger nine-judge bench which is looking into various aspects including the scope and extent of judicial review with respect to a religious practice. A nine-judge bench is set to consider seven issues, which were framed …