Breaking- Kathua Rape Case : Six Accused Persons Found Guilty By Pathankot Court; One Acquitted

(Story updated)The District and Sessions Judge Pathankot has convicted six out of seven accused in the Kathua case of rape and murder of a minor girl. One person has been acquitted. Three out of the convicted persons are police men, who have been found guilty for destruction of evidence. The Court will hear on sentencing today afternoon.The in-camera trial in the case that shook the nation...

Wife Of Prashant Kanojia, Journalist Arrested For Online Comments Against Yogi Adityanath, Moves SC Seeking His Release

Jagisha Arora, wife of Prashant Kanojia, journalist arrested by UP Police on Saturday for allegedly making defamatory comments against UP CM Yogi Adityanath online, has moved a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court seeking his release. The matter was mentioned by Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan before the Vacation Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi.The Court has agreed to...

Prof. Madhava Menon Urged For A Change In The Mindset From A Judge-Centric Approach To A Litigant-Oriented Approach:Justice Indira Banerjee

Speaking at the memorial meet in New Delhi in the honour of late Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recounted his first interaction with the veteran academician- "It was in 2001, when I was a law minister in the Vajpayee government, that I had met him for the first time. I had wanted to understand the great movement of the National Law Schools that he...

Writ Petition Challenging Dismissal Of Teacher Maintainable Against Private Unaided School : SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has held that a writ petition challenging the termination of services of a teacher is maintainable against a private unaided educational institution.The bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha held so while dismissing an appeal by Marwari Balika Vidyalaya, a private school, against a Calcutta High Court judgment, which had directed the reinstatement of a dismissed...

BJP MP Pragya Singh Denies Knowledge Of Malegaon Blasts At NIA Court Hearing

Malegaon 2008 blast accused and BJP's Member of Parliament from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur appeared before the Special NIA Court in Mumbai today at around 12:45 pm. She was absent in the previous court hearings citing health reasons. Special NIA Court is currently recording the testimony of all the witnesses in the case. Judge VS Padalkar called Thakur to the witness stand exercising...

Mining Scam: SC Permits Ex-Karnataka Minister Reddy To Visit Ailing Father-In-Law

The Supreme Court Friday allowed former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, accused in a multi-crore illegal mining case, to visit his home town Ballari to see his ailing father-in-law. A vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi also expressed concern over the delay in trial in the Rs 35,000 crore mining scam as charges have not been...

'KCZMA Misled Court'; Another Builder Approaches SC For Review Of Demolition Order Against Kochi Flats [Read Petition]

As the one month deadline set by the Supreme Court for demolition of three apartments in Maradu, Kochi for CRZ violations is nearing, another builder - Alfa Ventures Pvt Ltd - has approached the Supreme Court seeking review of the May 8 judgment.The petition filed through Advocate Mohammed Sadique contends that the Court was misled by the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA)...

Gauhati HC Orders Release Of Ex-Army Man Who Was Detained After Being Declared 'Foreigner'

The Gauhati High Court today directed the interim release of ex-army man Mohammad Sanaullah, who was arrested and sent to detention centre on May 28, after a Foreigners Tribunal in Assam adjudged him a 'foreigner'.Mohammad Sanaullah, a 52 year old man who retired from the Army in 2017 as Honorary Lieutenant, had approached the Court against the order of Foreigners Tribunal, Boko, which had...

Maharashtra PG Medical Allotment : Students File Application In SC Seeking Permission To Change Original Options In Fresh Counselling

A group of students have approached the Supreme Court seeking modification of the June 4 order by which students were restrained from changing their original options in the fresh round of counselling to be conducted after the scrapping of EWS quota. On May 30, the SC had ordered that 10% quota for Economically Weaker Sections cannot be applied for current year admission to Post Graduate...

Companies Act: Observations Made In Order U/s 241/242 Relevant For Passing Order Of Reopening Of Accounts: SC [Read Judgment]

"The observations made while passing order under Section 241/242 of the Companies Act can be said to be relevant observations for passing the order under Section 130 of the Companies Act.”

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Order Directing Demolition Of Kochi Flats For Alleged CRZ Violation [Read Petition]

A day before the deadline set by the Supreme Court for demolition of three apartments in Maradu, Kochi for violation of CRZ norms, one of the builders has filed an application for review of the May 8 judgment.The review petition states that the demolition order was passed by the Court on an erroneous understanding that Maradu area was included in CRZ-III area. The bench did not notice that...

SC To Hear Mining Baron Janardhana Reddy's Plea To Travel To Ballari On Friday

The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea by former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, who has sought permission to travel to Ballari in the state to visit his ailing father-in-law. Reddy, who is accused in a multi-crore illegal mining case and is out on bail, moved the apex court on Thursday. A vacation bench headed by Justice Indira Banerjee agreed to...