The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, in which he had raised allegations concerning irregularities in the post-election verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the Kolathur Assembly constituency. A Bench comprising Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice…
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Bengaluru, has directed parties to maintain status quo over assets auctioned during the insolvency proceedings of Think and Learn Private Limited, the parent company of Byju’s, after a dispute arose over their ownership. The direction came after Kritikal Solutions Private Limited, the Resolution Professional of Byju K3 Education Private…
The Allahabad High Court has permitted the withdrawal of a writ petition alleging that Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is a British national and, therefore, ineligible to continue as a Member of Parliament from Rae Bareli. A Division Bench comprising Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar…
The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside a single-judge’s direction prohibiting temples in Tamil Nadu from acquiring elephants, holding that the direction went beyond the dispute before the Court and affected temples that were not parties to the case. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, upheld…
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday declined to grant an urgent hearing to journalists of Ananda Bazar Patrika facing FIRs over the newspaper’s use of the phrase “Gerua Gundagiri” (saffron hooliganism) in its report on violence at Jadavpur University allegedly involving ABVP and FETSU students. Senior Advocate S.N. Mookherjee appeared before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya seeking…
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a writ petition filed by two women advocates alleging that they were subjected to a midnight police raid, abduction, assault, dacoity and custodial torture by senior Pune Police officials. A Division Bench of Justice Sarang V. Kotwal and Justice Ranjitsinha R. Bhonsale issued notice to the…
The Madras High Court has directed the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government to place on record detailed status reports on the measures being undertaken to locate 85 people from the State who remain untraceable following the devastating floods and landslides in Nepal. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G…
A Bengaluru sessions court has upheld the dismissal of a criminal defamation complaint against Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over remarks concerning the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bajrang Dal made by him in the State Legislative Assembly. Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge Shivaprasad KB, in a judgment delivered on August…
The Supreme Court has acquitted a former Indian Bank branch manager in a decades-old loan fraud case, holding that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) failed to establish the allegations against him through credible evidence. A bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran came down sharply on the manner in which the…
The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Delhi Police on an appeal filed by former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Mohd Tahir Hussain challenging his conviction and life sentence in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. A Division Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh…