The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition filed by former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh against the Calcutta High Court observations linking him to the recent rape and murder of a 31-year-old resident doctor at the hospital. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, Justice JB…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) against the Patna High Court order quashing the Bihar law to increase reservation for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) in the State from 50 percent to 65 percent in public employment and…
The Kerala High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to restrain the respondents 7 and 8 (Government Higher Secondary School, Mammalassery, Ernakulam and Principal) from constructing ‘Varnakoodaram’ of Samagra Shiksha, Kerala (SSK project) or such other constructions without the permission of the 3rd respondent (Ernakulam District Panchayat) within the playground…
The Allahabad High Court while allowing an appeal observed that it is not a mandatory condition of law that for a daughter-in-law to claim maintenance, she must first agree to live at her matrimonial home. The Division Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh passed this order while hearing an appeal filed…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the Special Police Establishment to conclude the investigation in a 2022 Crime Case registered at Police Station Special Police Establishment, Bhopal. The petitioner further seeks a direction to the state government to provide a copy of the subject FIR. The…
By Sujit Bhar There are two sayings in the world of business. The first—and this is common to other arenas beyond business as well—is “what goes around, comes around”. The second is “be kind to people you meet on your way up, because they are the ones you’ll meet again on your way down”. Both…
By Kenneth Tiven Indian-American Kamala Harris has excited Americans in ways that have caused high anxiety for ex-president Donald Trump, who two months ago believed his MAGA movement had another four-year term nearly guaranteed. Trump had argued that President Joe Biden was too old to withstand the MAGA movement’s right to reign. The old expression,…
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on the bail petition of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over alleged involvement in the Delhi Excise Policy scam case. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan reserved its verdict after hearing both…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a contempt of court notice to Wikipedia on a contempt petition filed by ANI Media Private Limited alleging that the platform failed to comply with orders to disclose information on subscribers who allegedly made defamatory edits on ANI’s Wikipedia page. The single-judge Bench of Justice Navin Chawla took…
The Supreme Court will hear petition filed by former Principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, challenging the Calcutta High Court order, which transferred the probe into alleged irregularities in the tender processes and mismanagement by Ghosh to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on friday. The matter will be heard by…