New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has awarded Rs 2 crore to an Indian Army officer for the loss of reputation suffered by him on account of a 2001 “expose” by a news portal alleging his involvement in corruption in defence procurement. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, while deciding a lawsuit by Major General M S Ahluwalia,…
New Delhi: The Department of Delhi Prisons has suspended four officials, including a deputy superintendent, in connection with the physical appearance of jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik in Supreme Court, a statement said on Saturday. The presence of Malik, serving life term in Tihar jail, in a packed courtroom created a flutter in the apex court…
Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Friday ordered a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple here, according to government counsel Rajesh Mishra. The barricaded ‘wazukhana’, where a structure claimed by Hindu litigants to be a ‘shivling’ exists, will not be part of the survey. The court of A K…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court to furnish details of suits related to the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia was hearing a plea challenging the order passed by the high court which transferred to itself all…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi and the state government on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal challenging the high court verdict which dismissed his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark. A bench of Justices B R Gavai…
New Delhi: There is no proposal to introduce a competitive examination for the selection of high court judges as they are being appointed according to constitutional provisions, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Thursday. India has 25 high courts with a sanctioned strength of 1,114 judges and as on July 1, there were 333 vacancies,…
Ahmedabad: A sessions court here on Thursday rejected activist Teesta Setalvad’s discharge plea in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence related to the 2002 Gujarat riots. Additional sessions judge A R Patel rejected Setalvad’s plea. The Gujarat government had opposed her application saying that she abused the trust of the riots victims and implicated…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “very deeply disturbed” by the video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur, terming it “simply unacceptable in a constitutional democracy”. Taking cognisance of the video, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud asked the Centre and Manipur government to take immediate…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the CBI to place on record a copy of the charge sheet filed in the case of alleged murder of former MP Y S Vivekananda Reddy. The top court also asked the probe agency to file its reply within two weeks on a petition filed by Reddy’s daughter,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted six-week time to the Centre to collate information and file an affidavit before it on issues relating to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 and the steps taken to implement its provisions. The apex court had in April this year asked the Centre to file an updated status…
