Pulwama: Sr. Adv. George Poonthottam Offers To Bear Educational Expenses Of Children Of CRPF Martyr From Kerala

"It is my responsibility as a citizen of this country to support those who are defending our country"

Kottiyoor Rape Case: Court Orders Inquiry Against Victim's Parents For Giving False Evidence To Save The Church Priest [Read Judgment]

While convicting the priest accused in Kottiyoor Rape case, the POCSO court at Thalassery, also ordered inquiry against the parents of the victim for giving false evidence to save the accused. The court, on Saturday, had convicted a priest of Catholic Church Robin Vadakkumchery for raping and impregnating a minor girl in 2016 and also sentence him to 20 years rigorous imprisonment. ...

PIL Seeking Ban On PUBG: Bombay HC Seeks Centre, Maharashtra Govt's Response

The Bombay High Court has asked the Centre and the Maharashtra government to file their replies in a PIL filed by an 11-year-old boy seeking a ban on the online game PUBG at all schools in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar sought suggestions from both the state and the Centre with regard to the averments made in the PIL. The PIL stated that...

Bihar Court Orders Probe Into Role Of Nitish, Officials In Release Of Funds To Shelter Home

A Bihar Court on Saturday directed the CBI to probe the role of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and several senior bureaucrats in the release of funds between 2013 and 2018 to a Muzaffarpur shelter home that was rocked by a sex scandal. Special POCSO judge Manoj Kumar passed the order against five officials on Saturday, a day after similar judgment was given with respect to Kumar and two...

Delhi HC Sets Aside Centre's Ban On FDCs For Type-2 Diabetes, Takes Note Of Its Therapeutic Justification For Large Population Of Patients [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has set aside the Centre's notifications banning manufacture and sale of fixed drug combinations (FDCs) used for the treatment of Type-2 diabetes mellitus in patients who do not show improvement or glycemic control with diet, exercise and the usage of dual therapy. Justice Vibhu Bakhru set aside the Centre's notifications issued last year whereby the manufacture and...

AgustaWestland: Delhi Court Dismisses Christian Michel's Bail Plea

A Delhi court Saturday dismissed the bail plea of Christian Michel, arrested in connection with an alleged scam in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. Special judge Arvind Kumar rejected Michel's plea in the cases filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate. Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 22...

Fire In Delhi HC, None Injured

A fire broke out in the Lawyers' canteen inside the Delhi High Court during the lunch hour on Saturday. The fire started at about 1:30 PM in the kitchen of the canteen which is right opposite the old chamber block and leads into the main court building. The canteen is open for lawyers only and for outsiders if accompanied by a lawyer. No loss of life or injury to anyone has been...

Maratha Reservation: Survey On Backwardness Of Marathas Done By Institutes With Political Connections, Lacking Expertise; Petitioner's Adv Tells HC

On Friday's hearing in the batch of petitions challenging the 16 percent reservation for the Maratha community in government jobs and educational institutions, Advocate Pradeep Sancheti argued on behalf of Sanjeet Shukla, one of the petitioners in the case. Uday Govindraj Dhople is another petitioner in the case, apart from this, there are three other PILs tagged along in this matter,...

Pulwama: Delhi Bar Council Condemns 'Ghostly And Cowardice' Terror Attack

The Delhi Bar Council has strongly condemned the terror attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama. The council, in its resolution, said that the 'ghostly and cowardice' terror attack is part of deep rooted conspiracy to destabilize India and to disturb peace and tranquility. The members of the Council, in the meeting held on Friday, observed two minutes silence as a tribute to the...

Kottiyoor Rape Case : Church Priest Sentenced To 20 Yrs Imprisonment For Rape Of Minor

In the Kottiyoor rape case of Kerala, a POCSO Court at Thalassery today convicted a priest of catholic church Robin Vadakkumchery for raping and impregnating a minor girl in 2016. The Court has sentenced him to 20 years rigorous imprisonment.Robin was the vicar of St.Sebastian's Church, Kottiyoor, Wayanad District, when the incident occurred. The victim gave birth to a girl child in...

Grievance Redressal Mechanism For Kerala Floods: Permanent Lok Adalat Shall Be Treated As Second Appellate Authority: Kerala HC [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has directed that Permanent Lok Adalat in the state shall be treated as the final level appellate authority in the Grievance Redressal Mechanism put in place by the state, for persons affected by flood/landslides, in relation to the benefits announced for them through the various Government orders. The bench comprising Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice...

Pulwama Terror Attack: ASG (Rajasthan) R D Rastogi To Sponsor Education Of Kids Of 2 Martyrs

Senior advocate Rajdeepak Rastogi, Additional Solicitor General of India for Rajasthan says he is going to sponsor the education of two kids of any two CRPF personnel who were martyred in Thursday's Pulwama Terror attack. Five CRPF personnel martyred in the attack were from Rajasthan and the ASG's team will meet the bereaved families soon. The ASG says he is going to sponsor the education...