New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Samajwadi Party and its media cell to take down within four days a “defamatory” post on X against BJP IT department head Amit Malviya. In an interim order passed on Friday on the lawsuit by Malviya against the Samajwadi Party (SP) and ‘Samajwadi Party Media Cell’,…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj on AAP leader Somnath Bharti’s petition challenging her election to the Lok Sabha on grounds of alleged corrupt practices. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked Swaraj to file her reply within 30 days. Meanwhile, the court deleted former AAP minister…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday concluded contempt proceedings against Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved MD Acharya Balkrishna, related to misleading advertisements. A two-judge bench, comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta, delivered the judgment after Ramdev and Balkrishna provided formal undertakings, assuring that they would cease issuing misleading advertisements and claims…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a CBI investigation into the tragic rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor, whose lifeless body was discovered in a seminar hall at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, last Friday. In its ruling, the court instructed the police to transfer all relevant documents to…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) 15 days to obtain the requisite sanctions to prosecute Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak in a corruption case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja allowed the central agency time till August 27 to…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking postponement of the NEET-PG examination, scheduled for August 11, which claimed that candidates have been allocated cities that are highly inconvenient for them to reach. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea against the election of jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh as an MP from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib. The petitioner claimed before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan that Article 84 of the Constitution deals with qualification for membership of Parliament…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, noting that he has been in custody for 17 months. A bench of justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said Sisodia has been in…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday flagged issues pertaining to meagre pension being given to district judges, and asked the Centre to resolve these at the earliest. “We, being the guardian of the district judiciary, urge you (the attorney general and the solicitor general) to sit together with the amicus curiae and find a…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday said the Constitution is a “powerful tool” to curb disparities and that it creates institutions and structures which are meant to guard against inequality. He said the Constitution provides for checks and balances within these institutions and also stipulates institutional priorities and obligations towards citizens…
