The Madras High Court has rejected a petition challenging the conviction of MLA MH Jawaharulla and other leaders of the Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) in a case related to the receipt of foreign funds. The single-judge Bench of Justice P Velmurugan confirmed the conviction and sentence imposed on Jawaharulla. The High Court, however, directed…
By Binny Yadav In a powerful affirmation of equality, the Supreme Court has ruled that no individual can be denied recruitment into judicial services solely because of their physical disability. This landmark judgment, delivered by a bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, emerged from the Court’s suo motu intervention addressing systemic discrimination against…
By Kumkum Chadha When German activist Clara Zetkin tabled the idea of an International Women’s Day, way back in 1910, she had not imagined that it would be one that would remain frozen in Time. Zetkin had then proposed that every year in every country, there should be a celebration on Women’s Day to press…
By Annunthra Rangan “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war, or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end.” —China Tensions between China and the United States have intensified following Washington’s decision to double tariffs on Chinese imports to 20 percent. In response,…
The Delhi High Court has ordered a lawyer to provide pro bono legal services in at least two cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, as condition to accept his apology in a contempt of court case registered against him. Advocate Shivanshu Gunwal was charged with raising his voice…
The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings going on in a trial court against former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in a sexual harassment case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The single-judge Bench of Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur further quashed the summons issued against Yediyurappa on the…
The Delhi High Court has dismissed the bail petition of one Naval Kishore Kapoor, booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with a terror funding case in Jammu and Kashmir. The Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur noted that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the allegations against the…
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Union government, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University and others on a petition challenging the appointment of Professor Mazhar Asif as Vice Chancellor of the varsity. The single-judge Bench of Justice Prateek Jalan sought response from the President’s Secretariat, Union Ministry of Education, Professor Mazhar Asif, JMI…
The Bombay High Court on Thursday held that its former judge, Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala, who took voluntary retirement from service in February 2022, was entitled to pensionary benefits, as applicable to High Court judges. The Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Bharati Dangre passed the order on a petition filed by the…
The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the proposal to fell 3,300 trees in the Shivalik elephant reserve for a road-widening project connecting Bhaniyawala in Dehradun to Rishikesh. The Bench of Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Ashish Naithani on Wednesday directed the Counsel appearing for the State of Uttarakhand to intimate the officers not to…