New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea filed by former cricket administrator Lalit Modi seeking an order to the BCCI to pay a penalty of Rs 10.65 crore imposed on him by the ED for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan,…
Pune: The prosecution has urged the Juvenile Justice Board to treat a 17-year-old boy accused of driving a Porsche car in an inebriated state and mowing down two persons last year in Pune as an adult, saying he committed a “heinous” act. The incident, which hit national headlines, took place in the Kalyani Nagar area…
New Delhi: On Tuesday, June 17, the Supreme Court expressed its disapproval of the extra-judicial ban on the Tamil film Thug Life in Karnataka. Directed by Mani Ratnam, the film features Kamal Haasan in the lead role. A PIL filed by a man named Mahesh Reddy was being heard by a bench made up of…
Shillong: A court in Shillong on Wednesday sent Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of killing her husband Raja during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, and her four aides to eight-day police custody, an official said. The Meghalaya police brought Sonam here from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday midnight and the other accused from Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday on transit…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in an election petition filed by Navya Haridas, the BJP candidate from Wayanad. She had filed a plea in the Kerala High Court seeking to nullify the victory of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi from the Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency, accusing…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai has described the Constitution as a “quiet revolution etched in ink” and a transformative force that not only guarantees rights but actively uplifts the historically oppressed. Speaking at the Oxford Union on the theme ‘From Representation to Realisation: Embodying the Constitution’s Promise’ on Tuesday, the…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said anticipatory bail in cases involving serious offences should not be given mechanically. A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta observed while setting aside an order of anticipatory bail to four accused in a murder case. “The order of the High Court (Patna) does…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said Kamal Haasan’s statement on Kannada language stirred a hornet’s nest and led to unrest in the state. While hearing a writ plea of the actor seeking protection for the release of the film, ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka, the court made the observation and adjourned the hearing till June…
Prayagraj (UP): The Constitution has ensured that whenever the country has faced a crisis, it has remained united and strong, Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai said on Saturday. The CJI was addressing a function after the inauguration of the advocate chambers and multi-level parking at the Allahabad High Court here. “When the…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Friday administered the oath of office to Justices N V Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi, and A S Chandurkar as judges of the Supreme Court. The CJI administered the oath to the judges at a ceremony in the apex court premises. With the swearing in of the…
