New Delhi: Considering the unprecedented landslides and flooding in states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought the stand of the Centre, National Disaster Management Authority and others, and observed “illegal felling of trees led to the disasters”. Observing a balance ought to be struck between “development and environment”, a bench…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict over a special court’s order directing a magisterial court to consider the plea for an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for a statement he made in the US. Justice Sameer Jain, acting on Gandhi’s criminal revision, said the special court’s order will be kept…
Thodupuzha (Kerala): A court here has acquitted a college professor in a sexual harassment case filed by his students in 2014. Anand Viswanathan, former Head of the Economics Department at Munnar Government College and then additional chief examiner, was accused of making sexual advances towards girl students who had been caught copying during examinations. The…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave anticipatory bail to cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who is accused of sharing allegedly objectionable cartoons of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS workers on social media. Noting that he has apologised on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria gave…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ordered round-the-clock security to a BJP worker who has been pursuing a case against Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, seeking cancellation of his Indian citizenship. The bench on Thursday directed the secretary of the Union Home Ministry to accord one Personal…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre on a plea by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction to the government to “expeditiously” decide his representation to declare ‘Ram Setu’ as a national monument. ‘Ram Setu’, also known as Adam’s bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between…
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court has directed that the Reserve Bank of India, private banks, and telecom companies be made parties in a case involving the issuance of fake non-bailable warrants in the name of state judges and police officers to extort money. Money was embezzled through four bank accounts in the case. Hearing a…
Panaji: Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai on Saturday said the level of success in professional life was not determined by examination results but by determination, hard work, dedication, and commitment to work, and recalled that he was a bright student but would skip classes. Speaking during the golden jubilee celebration of V…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday modified its August 11 direction prohibiting release of stray dogs from dog shelters in Delhi-NCR, and said the picked up canines be sterilised, vaccinated and released back in the same area. A three-judge special bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath made clear that this relocation shall not apply…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “impossible” that in a continuing marriage a husband or a wife could say they want to be independent of their partner. If anybody wanted to be independent, they ought not enter matrimony, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan cautioned. The bench…
