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Chennai, March 17 The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Chennai City Civil Court to take up the PMK intra-party leadership dispute case after May 10, once the election process in Tamil Nadu is completed.PMK founder S. Ramadoss had moved the city civil court seeking to restrain his son...

New Delhi, March 17 Ahead of the March 19 Supreme Court hearing on the stayed University Grants Commission (UGC) equity regulations, activists here on Tuesday called for the immediate implementation of the norms, citing the need to address caste-based discrimination in higher education...

Pune, March 17 The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra Police has filed the charge sheet against DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar, accused of providing confidential information to a Pakistani intelligence operative, before a magistrate's court here.On Monday, Sessions Judge P Y...

Srinagar, March 17 – While granting bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, taking into account his age, eight years spent in jail, and the slow progress of the trial, the Supreme Court has imposed strict bail conditions on him.The bail order states that Shah will only use one mobile...

Quetta, March 17 – A leading Pakistani human rights organization expressed serious concerns on Tuesday regarding the continued detention and ongoing trials of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders, including Mahrang Baloch, who have been in custody for nearly a year while facing "multiple...

New Delhi, March 17 A letter sent by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to the Station House Officer (SHO) of Vasant Kunj (North) alleged that the 14 JNU students currently out on bail are "repeatedly violating the terms of their bail."The letter, dated March 9, states that one of the explicit...

Mumbai, March 17 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday that out of the 136 cases recommended by the state human rights commission over 12 years, action had been taken in only 57 cases.Fadnavis made the statement in the assembly after BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar raised the...

New Delhi, March 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a man for killing his wife by setting her on fire in 2000, saying there was no reason to disbelieve the victim's dying declaration.The top court termed the testimony of the couple's eldest daughter, an eyewitness, as...

New Delhi, March 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking a national holiday on the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh's, birth anniversary, which is celebrated as 'Prakash Parv'.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said it was not inclined to entertain the plea of...

New Delhi, March 17 – The Delhi High Court issued a notice on Tuesday regarding a contempt petition alleging non-compliance with its earlier order directing the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to examine safety and regulatory concerns regarding the use of certain diabetes...

New Delhi, March 17: Special courts dealing with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have delivered judgments on the merits in connection with money laundering in 59 cases. Of these, conviction orders have been passed in 56 cases, convicting 124 accused in the cases filed by the...

New Delhi, March 17 A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded a compensation of ₹1.52 crore to a man who suffered 100 per cent permanent disability following a road accident in 2022.Presiding Officer Sudeep Raj Saini was hearing a claim petition filed by Bharat Ghai, who sustained...

New Delhi, March 17 – Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani stated on Tuesday that the Delhi High Court's order to remove social media posts linking Himayani Puri, the daughter of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, to American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was a "vindication"...

New Delhi, March 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a national holiday on the birthday of Guru Govind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru, which is celebrated as Prakash Uday.A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said it was not inclined to entertain the plea of All...

Kochi, March 17 – In a major setback ahead of the assembly elections, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by former MLA Antony Raju from Thiruvananthapuram Central, seeking to stay his conviction in a case involving tampering with court evidence.The ruling effectively prevents the...

Gir Somnath (Gujarat), March 17 A special court on Tuesday sentenced five convicts in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four Dalit men were beaten for attempting to skin the carcass of a cow, to five years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of them.A day earlier, the special...

Chikkamagaluru, March 17 – In a rare instance of community-based punishment, a court in Kadur taluk in Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka has directed a man booked for riding a motorcycle while intoxicated to stand on the roadside holding a sign displaying traffic rules.The accused, Ranjith...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 Amid intense political campaigning ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Tuesday raised the issue of women entering Sabarimala to attack the Kerala government and challenged Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to make his stand...

Kollam, March 17 – In a significant verdict that has brought a measure of closure to a case that shocked Kerala, the Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Tuesday found G. Sandeep guilty of the brutal murder of young doctor Vandana Das.The incident dates back to May 10, 2023, when Vandana Das, a...

Chennai, March 17 TVK chief Vijay has appealed to the CBI to conduct its future investigation into the Karur stampede case in Chennai or elsewhere in Tamil Nadu, citing his engagements related to the upcoming Assembly elections.Prior to appearing for the CBI's questioning on March 15, the...