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Panaji, April 8 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) abruptly scrapped the entire process of the by-election to Goa's 21-Ponda Assembly Constituency on Wednesday, just a day before the polling was scheduled.The Commission issued a fresh notification formally rescinding its earlier order of...

New Delhi, April 8 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said on Tuesday that there was no reason to recall its April 2 order that stayed an order by the Assam government to deploy around 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) personnel for the assembly elections in the northeastern state...

Mumbai, April 7 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed an election petition filed by Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Sadanand Sarvankar, challenging the victory of Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Mahesh Sawant from the Mahim Assembly constituency in the 2024 Maharashtra elections.Justice Arif Doctor...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court has ruled that merely using abusive language such as the word "bastard" during a heated argument would not constitute an offense under Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra made this...

New Delhi, April 4 A child's right to education does not include the right to choose a particular school, the Delhi High Court has ruled.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said the Right to Education (RTE) Act was a beneficial legislation, enacted to achieve the...

Lucknow, April 2 In a major relief to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday stayed an order of a single-judge bench that had extended the Old Pension Scheme's (OPS) benefits to certain employees, a move that could have imposed a substantial financial burden on the...

Islamabad, April 1 – Christian groups and human rights activists staged a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, expressing deep concern over what they described as a rising wave of forced marriages and religious conversions involving young girls from their community across the country. A leading...

Kochi, March 31 – The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the 2024 amendments to the Kerala Lokayukta Act, providing significant relief to the state government while also introducing a key safeguard on decision-making timelines.A Division Bench comprising Chief...

Jodhpur, March 30 In a significant ruling on the scope of police powers during financial investigations, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has held that banks cannot impose a blanket freeze on accounts at the behest of investigating agencies.The court stated that any restriction...

Bengaluru, March 25 Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday targeted the Centre over the Supreme Court's ruling denying Scheduled Caste status to Christians, Muslims, and other minorities, alleging that it has caused "deep consternation, disquiet, and fear" among the poor...

New Delhi, March 25 A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has dismissed a compensation claim filed by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who died in a road accident in Ghaziabad in 2022, stating that the negligence on the part of the bus driver was not proven.Presiding Officer Vijay Kumar Jha...

Mumbai, March 24 A special court in Mumbai has denied bail to Pune businessman Amit Thepade in a ₹117-crore money laundering case, ruling that economic offenses are "a serious threat to the financial health of the country."The court emphasized that statements recorded under the provisions of...

Lucknow, March 21 The Allahabad High Court has ruled that third parties have no right to file special appeals in service-related disputes solely based on apprehensions or indirect impact.The Lucknow bench of the court has also clarified that only a person who is genuinely aggrieved and whose...

Nainital, March 20 The Uttarakhand High Court has ruled that the Vice-Chancellor of the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology based in Pantnagar has no authority to issue a charge sheet against a professor.A bench comprising Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice...

Mumbai, March 20 A special NIA court in Mumbai denied permission to Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to visit Kerala for two months to celebrate Eid with his elderly mother, observing that the plea was "mischievous".In his ruling on Wednesday, Special NIA Judge...

New Delhi, March 19 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rejected a plea against the construction of a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Mitraon village, Najafgarh.The green body was hearing a plea claiming that no public hearing had been conducted for constructing the STP, and there were...

Mumbai, March 18 A Mumbai court has refused to discharge city Mayor and BJP corporator Ritu Tawde in a 2016 case of assault on two school teachers, citing the statements of the victims as sufficient material to "frame charges" against her.The other witnesses also stated that Tawde had...

Patna, March 17 The Patna High Court on Tuesday overturned a decision by the Bihar State Waqf Tribunal, which had prevented the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) from carrying out construction on certain plots in the Samastipur district of Bihar.Justice Bibek Chaudhuri held that the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 – The Kerala government's shift in stance on women's entry into the Sabarimala temple has triggered a sharp political confrontation between the ruling CPI(M) and the Opposition, with both sides accusing each other of political opportunism ahead of the Assembly...

New Delhi, March 13 A Delhi court on Friday dismissed an application seeking the registration of an FIR against BJP MLA Kapil Mishra and others in connection with an alleged incident linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar dismissed the plea...