Bhubaneshwar: The Odisha government has filed a contempt of court petition against the Andhra Pradesh government in the Supreme Court, challenging its notification to conduct panchayat elections in the disputed Kotia region in the state’s Koraput district. Odisha’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said the petition was filed through the district collector of…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea by All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora challenging a police notice asking her to execute a peace bond before a special executive magistrate (SEM). “I am rejecting the writ petition at this juncture,” said Justice Subramonium Prasad while pronouncing the judgement. The…
Online Desk Hyderabad: The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has filed a chargesheet in court in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), citing an estimated loss of ₹92.8 crore during the tenure of its former president, Arshanapally Jagan Mohan Rao, and the then-Apex Council. According to the 80-page preliminary chargesheet,…
New Delhi: A special executive magistrate (SEM) on Wednesday ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after the expiry of judicial custody in connection with the October 14 protest at Jantar Mantar. The two were produced before the SEM, where their sureties were also submitted during the proceedings. Das and Ranka…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking framing of guidelines governing interaction of police and law-enforcement authorities with journalists during protests and crowd control operations. The apex court was hearing a plea which claimed that several journalists, including women media professionals, were assaulted and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Election Commission and others on a plea filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several other opposition leaders over alleged large-scale voter deletions and SIR irregularities. The court also issued notice to Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and others on a plea against…
New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan has tendered an unconditional and unqualified apology to the Supreme Court in a contempt case over alleged violation of the apex court’s direction to ensure no “complete prohibition” on Metro and train services in Delhi in the wake of the October 10 protest called by the Cockroach Janta…
Meerut (UP): A Meerut court on Wednesday sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her partner Sahil Shukla to death for murdering her husband, merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput, whose dismembered body was concealed in a blue drum filled with cement. District Judge Arvind Kumar Mishra pronounced the sentence on Wednesday, two weeks after convicting the pair. The…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a plea filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several other opposition leaders over alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. As per the cause list of October 15 uploaded on the apex court website, the plea would…
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct three-tier Panchayat elections within three months. A division bench comprising Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Garima Prashad directed both the State Government and the State Election Commission to complete and hold the Gram Panchayat elections within a 3-month timeframe. The court allowed outgoing…
