New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court order directing a CBI probe into corruption allegations against former AIADMK minister K T Rajendra Balaji in a cash-for-job scam case. A bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and S V N Bhatti passed the order while hearing two pleas including the one filed…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday discharged Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and Managing Director Rajesh Adani from a case of alleged violations of market regulations involving nearly Rs 388 crore. The Serious Fraud Investigation Office in 2012 initiated the case against Adani Enterprises Ltd. and its promoters Gautam Adani and Rajesh Adani, and…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Monday administered the oath of office to Justice Joymalya Bagchi, a judge of the Calcutta High Court, as a Supreme Court judge. The CJI administered the oath to Justice Bagchi in the presence of other Supreme Court judges at a ceremony on the apex court…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the ASI to undertake and complete whitewashing of the Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district within one week. After hearing counsels for the parties, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal also directed the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to install lights on the outer portion of the mosque….
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has censured Jammu and Kashmir officials for not complying with a high court court over the regularisation of daily wagers and called it as a “glaring and textbook example of obstination”. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said instead of complying with the 2007 order of…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Thursday said the importance of criminal laws in society should not be undermined and hoped young lawyers would join criminal litigation as a first choice. CJI Khanna was speaking at the launch of “Ratanlal & Dhirajlal’s Law of Crimes: A comprehensive commentary on Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday said the situation couldn’t be “unhappier” in the absence of a competent body to select wrestlers for international events. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed the world wrestling body, United World Wrestling (UWW), only accepted athletes selected by national…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said there were not enough judges in trial courts in the country to implement its directions like setting up of a special court in each district to exclusively deal with sexual offences against children under the POCSO law. A bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Prasanna B…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed for four weeks a special court’s order directing an FIR against former Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and five other officials for alleged stock market fraud and regulatory violations, noting it was passed mechanically. A single bench of Justice Shivkumar Dige said the special court order of…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life-term imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Special judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the judgment for the alleged killing of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984. The complainant, the wife of Jaswant,…
