legal proceedings

Ranchi, April 7 The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday appointed retired Justice Gautam Kumar Chaudhary as the chairman of the fact-finding committee set up to investigate alleged irregularities in the 2016 Graduate Trained Teachers Combined Competitive Examinations, conducted by the state staff...

Una (HP), April 7 A court in Himachal Pradesh's Una district issued a summons to AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Tuesday in connection with a defamation case filed by a former state president of the party, and directed him to appear before the court on May 12.The case was filed by Anoop Kesari, a...

Hyderabad, April 7 The unresolved division of assets of the State Road Transport Corporation (RTC) between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh following the state's bifurcation in 2014 recently led to a standoff between the two states, although the situation has since stabilized.The main point of...

Shimla, April 7 The CPI(M) on Wednesday demanded the registration of an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in the Chester Hill housing project in Solan and the removal of the chief secretary, days after the Himachal Pradesh government directed a fresh inquiry by the Deputy...

New Delhi, April 7 The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that borrowers are not entitled to a mandatory personal hearing before their accounts are classified as fraudulent by banks under the rules laid down by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan...

New Delhi, April 7 The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea by the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association (GHCAA) president, Yatin Oza, against a high court verdict convicting and sentencing him for making scandalous remarks against the state judiciary.The high court had...

Sydney, April 7 Former Australian opener David Warner was arrested on Tuesday for drunk driving after he exceeded the permissible limits during a random breath test in Maroubra.Warner is scheduled to appear in court next month, according to 7News.According to the report, Maroubra police...

New Delhi, April 7 The Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that all issues concerning the installation of CCTV cameras in police stations across the country would be resolved within two weeks.Attorney General R Venkataramani told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that he...

Mumbai, April 7 Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has come out in support of Rajpal Yadav after the latter was allegedly humiliated during a recent award show.On Tuesday, the superstar posted on his X, formerly Twitter, and shared a long note in which he spoke about the actor's craft and the...

Mumbai, April 7 The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that its investigation into alleged irregularities by its former zonal director, Sameer Wankhede, was based on "non-anonymous" complaints and not at the behest of NCP leader Nawab Malik.The NCB, in an...

New Delhi, April 7 – The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) in response to multiple petitions filed by Congress leader Rajendra Bharti, who has been convicted and sentenced in a Rural Development Bank fraud case...

Kochi, April 7 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by the father of an accused in the Venjaramoodu mass murder case, seeking to prevent the release of a film that he claimed was based on the incident.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas rejected the plea of Abdal Rahim, father of A R...

New Delhi, April 7 The Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that all issues concerning the installation of CCTV cameras in police stations across the country would be resolved within two weeks.Attorney General R Venkataramani told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that he...

New Delhi, April 7 – As hearings begin on Tuesday, the Supreme Court has formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench to take up the long-standing Sabarimala review matter.According to the cause list published for Tuesday on the apex court’s official website, the...

Indore, April 6 A woman claiming to be an author has alleged that a mob attacked her about two months ago, suspecting her of being a "child kidnapper," when she visited Indore to meet the family members of Shah Bano Begum as part of a project to write a book on the famous legal case involving...

Indore, April 6 – The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court commenced continuous and regular hearings in the long-standing and highly sensitive Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute in Dhar district on Monday.A Division Bench comprising Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok...

Meerut (UP), April 6 Police have arrested a man for allegedly vandalizing a cemetery in a village here, officials said on Monday.According to police, an unidentified person damaged the gate of the cemetery and a plaque bearing religious inscriptions in Puthi village on the night of April 5.A...

Mumbai, April 6 The Bombay High Court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against fashion designer Riyaz Ganji of the famous brand 'Libas' in a contempt petition filed over alleged non-disclosure of assets and unpaid dues, stating that he deserves "no sympathy or mercy" for his conduct.A...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed criminal proceedings against a doctor who had performed surgery on a one-and-a-half-year-old child, stating that continuing the case would be an abuse of the court's process.A bench of Justices Pamidigantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the cancellation of an industrial plot allotted to Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. in Uttar Pradesh, stating that the company failed to utilize the land and violated the lease conditions for several years.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep...