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Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 24:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the validity of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025.* The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate against the West Bengal government and others...

Nainital, March 23 The Uttarakhand High Court has directed senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Neeru Garg and Arun Mohan Joshi to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to challenge their posting to central forces.A bench comprising Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and...

Mirzapur (UP), March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape case involving a woman with hearing impairment, police said.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict.On March 28, 2018, a complaint was lodged at the Chunar police...

Mumbai, March 23 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation removed 33 structures at Versova on Monday that were obstructing the ongoing Mumbai Coastal Road (North) project, officials said.The action was carried out by the K-West ward, targeting constructions that were hindering the progress of...

Nainital, March 23 The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed an order issued by the State Scheduled Castes Commission regarding eviction from land, stating that while the Commission has the power to make recommendations, it lacks the authority to pass binding orders.A single-judge bench...

Lucknow, March 23 The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed the suspension of a regional transport officer (RTO) from Aligarh, in connection with a school bus accident in which a child was killed.The court directed the state government to file its counter affidavit within...

Nainital, March 23 The Uttarakhand High Court has granted relief to farmers in Udham Singh Nagar by overturning a district administration order that banned the cultivation of summer paddy.A single bench of Justice Pankaj Purohit ruled that farmers cannot be prevented from cultivating crops of...

Prayagraj (UP), March 23 The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the district magistrate and senior superintendent of police of Bareilly to appear before it on March 25, after the government denied the allegation of a petitioner that he was prevented from offering prayers in his home.A...

New Delhi, March 23 AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed on Monday that he was booked by the police for organizing a candle march in support of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk.However, a police source said that no FIR has been registered against him in the last few days.Despite this, the...

Kolkata, March 23 – The preliminary hearing at the Calcutta High Court on the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several senior bureaucrats and police officers in poll-bound West Bengal concluded on Monday. The ECI’s counsel...

Mumbai, March 23 Senior Congress MLA in Maharashtra, Vijay Wadettiwar, demanded HIV tests for all individuals who came into contact with Ashok Kharat, a self-proclaimed religious leader from Nashik, who has been arrested on charges of rape.Speaking in the assembly, the leader of the Congress...

Sultanpur (UP), March 23 The hearing in the defamation case involving Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, which was scheduled to take place on Monday at the MP-MLA Court in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, could not take place due to the non-appearance of the plaintiff, Vijay Mishra.The court...

Jammu, March 23 A local court on Monday sent Kamal Singh Jamwal, accused of firing at National Conference president Farooq Abdullah at an event here, on judicial remand until April 6.Jamwal was produced in the court after his police remand in the case expired.Abdullah had a miraculous escape...

Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission questioned the petitioner's standing on Monday while filing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of several officials of the West Bengal government after the announcement of state assembly elections.The petitioner, a lawyer...

New Delhi, March 23 The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld an order quashing the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)'s decision to appoint an ad hoc committee to take over the affairs of Ski and Snowboard India.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia, while dealing with the...

Ranchi, March 23 – The Jharkhand High Court on Monday ordered a narco test for the prime accused in the case involving an 18-year-old girl from Bokaro who has been missing for the past eight months, and asked the authorities to submit a report within two weeks.A division bench comprising...

New Delhi, March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation after finding him guilty of demanding a bribe of Rs 24,000 from the complainant.Special Judge Jyoti Kler awarded the...

New Delhi, March 23 – The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by Gitanjali J. Angmo, who challenged the detention of her husband and Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), after noting that the preventive detention order...

Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission questioned the petitioner's standing on Monday while filing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of several officers of the West Bengal government after the announcement of state assembly elections.The petitioner, a lawyer...

New Delhi, March 23 – The Supreme Court on Monday criticized the West Bengal government over delays in the construction of the Kolkata Metro project, observing that the authorities' conduct reflected an "obstinate attitude" in hindering a public infrastructure project.A bench headed by Chief...