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SC refuses to consider contempt pleas on ‘bulldozer action’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 16, refused to consider a batch of contempt petitions alleging that demolitions were carried out in violation of its 2024 judgment and asked aggrieved…
- India
Meghalaya honeymoon murder: SC mulls larger bench reference
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 9, said it might refer to a larger bench the legal question whether the mere mention of a wrong statutory section in an arrest…
- India
2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: HC upholds death sentence for 38
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, July 7, upheld a special court order sentencing 38 convicts to death and 11 others to life imprisonment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, which…
- Hyderabad
HC refuses stay on sale of 400 acres of disputed Hyderabad land
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has declined to grant interim relief to stop the sale, registration or transfer of more than 400 acres of disputed land in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally. However, Justice NV…
- India
SC dismisses plea against Manipur HC panchayat polls order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 2, refused to entertain a plea challenging the Manipur High Court order extending the deadline for conducting panchayat elections in the state to October…
- Telangana
Seeking sex services not trafficking by itself: Telangana HC
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has ruled that a person cannot be prosecuted under trafficking laws merely for being present in or around a brothel. The court clarified that prosecution under Section…
- India
HC quashes Delhi Police, ED cases against NewsClick
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has quashed cases registered by the Delhi Police and the Enforcement Directorate against news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha in relation to alleged violation…
- India
HC restores special facilities for Asaram in jail
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Jodhpur Central Jail administration to continue providing special medical and support facilities to self-styled godman Asaram, including alkaline water, outside food, a separate bed,…
- India
Vagdevi idol secretly installed at Bhojshala, removed by ASI
An idol of Goddess Vagdevi made of ashtadhatu, an alloy of eight metals, was covertly placed inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Bhojshala complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district on Saturday, June…
- India
Karnataka HC clears Nandini expansion into Telangana districts
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has upheld the decision of the Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (KMF), ruling that there is no legal infirmity in allowing the Raichur Milk Federation to expand…
- Bangalore
HC quashes Karnataka order on Covid-era labour violations
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a state government order that had granted permission to initiate criminal proceedings against a private company for alleged labour law violations during the Covid-19 lockdown,…
- India
Uttarakhand mosque sealed; dispute erupts over scope of court order
Hyderabad: A mosque in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district was sealed by authorities on Sunday, June 1, sparking controversy after Muslim representatives alleged that officials sealed the entire premises despite a court order applying…
- India
HC asks UP govt to pay Rs 5-lakh compensation to man for ‘illegal detention’
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to a man who was arrested and kept in ‘illegal detention’ despite the high…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru Police deny permission for ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ human chain event
Bengaluru : The so-called “Cockroach Janta Party” has been generating significant buzz on social media across the country in recent days. Amid the growing online attention, a viral post claiming that the…
- India
‘Maha aarti’ held at Bhojshala on first Friday after HC verdict
Dhar: Hundreds of Hindu devotees gathered at the Bhojshala complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar for a “maha aarti” on Friday, May 22, exactly a week after the high court declared the site…
