The Gauhati High Court has recently granted two weeks’ time to the petitioner’s counsel to file a reply to the counter-affidavit filed by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in a public interest litigation (PIL) against misutilization of funds. Podmo Taron, a resident of Karbi Anglong, Assam, had filed the PIL against the Ministry of Development…
The Supreme Court on Friday extended till March 17, the interim protection from arrest granted to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in a case related to the alleged misrepresentation of facts during the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination, 2022. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma further extended…
YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking relief in the multiple FIRs lodged against him in various states for the offence of obscenity over the remarks made by him during the ‘India Got Latent’ show. The matter was mentioned on Friday before the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna by…
Noting that reproach by a senior at a workplace did not warrant criminal proceedings under Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Supreme Court has held that interpreting penal provisions otherwise would have ‘disastrous’ consequences crippling the entire disciplinary atmosphere required in a workplace. Quashing a 2022 criminal case against the officiating director…
Following the resignation of Chief Minister Biren Singh on February 9, President’s Rule was imposed in ethnic violence-hit Manipur on Thursday. A notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said that President Droupadi Murmu had expressed concern over the state of affairs in Manipur, stating that a situation had arisen in which the government…
The Gauhati High Court has recently directed the state government to take action against the erring contractor who allegedly indulged in illegal mining out of the scope of the contract granted to him. The PIL was initially filed against the contractor, but its scope was later extended to direct the state government to frame comprehensive…
The Supreme Court has granted bail to a former Border Security Force (BSF) officer, who was arrested in March 2021 in connection with the Handwara narco-terror case. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Kumar in March 2021 on allegations that he had links to terror outfits carrying out cross-border drug smuggling activities after Rs 91…
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Telugu actor Mohan Babu in a case related to an alleged assault of a journalist. The Bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah passed the order on a Special Leave Petition filed by the veteran actor against the Telangana High Court order denying him…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Amanatullah Khan on a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging his release by a trial court in a money laundering case. The single-judge Bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan directed the trial court to defer the proceedings in the case…
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to limit the use of public address systems/ loudspeakers and other noise polluting devices and amplifiers at the Maha Kumbh. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra passed this order while hearing a PIL filed by Brahmachari Dayanand Indian…