Plea for judicial enquiry into Group-I main exam: HC directs government not to issue appointment letters

Plea for judicial enquiry into Group-I main exam: HC directs government not to issue appointment letters

The Telangana High Court in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: File photo Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwara Rao of the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State government not to issue appointment letters to the candidates who had been selected for the Group-I posts through a main examination conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission.  The Judge … Read more

Hubballi case: Karnataka HC directs State government to follow Supreme Court’s guidelines for deaths in police encounters

Hubballi case: Karnataka HC directs State government to follow Supreme Court’s guidelines for deaths in police encounters

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the State government to follow scrupulously guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in 2014 regarding the deaths of accused persons in police encounters, in the Hubballi case. This was the case in which a 35-year-old man, who is accused of allegedly murdering a 5-year-old girl after sexually … Read more

A.P. High Court directs Eluru Collector to submit report on sexual assault of minor girl

A.P. High Court directs Eluru Collector to submit report on sexual assault of minor girl

The Juvenile Justice Committee (JJC) of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Eluru district Collector to submit a report on the sexual assault of a mentally unsound minor girl in Eluru Town. When the victim complained of stomach ache and giddiness, family members shifted her to a hospital a few days ago. Doctors … Read more

Court directs Samajwadi Party to remove ‘defamatory’ post against Amit Malviya

Court directs Samajwadi Party to remove ‘defamatory’ post against Amit Malviya

The Delhi High Court has directed the Samajwadi Party and its media cell to take down within four days a “defamatory” post on X (formerly Twitter) against BJP IT department head Amit Malviya. In an interim order passed on Friday on the lawsuit by Malviya against the Samajwadi Party (SP) and ‘Samajwadi Party Media Cell’, … Read more

Issue passport to Indian woman of Chinese origin, Madras High Court directs MEA

Issue passport to Indian woman of Chinese origin, Madras High Court directs MEA

A view of the Madras High Court building in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Convinced with the Indian nationality of a 67-year-old woman of Chinese origin, the Madras High Court has directed the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to issue her a passport so that she can visit her eldest son, an … Read more

Actor assault case | Kerala HC directs sessions judge to give survivor statements of those examined during inquiry into memory card access

Actor assault case | Kerala HC directs sessions judge to give survivor statements of those examined during inquiry into memory card access

The Kerala High Court building in Ernakulam. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Kerala High Court on April 12 (Friday) directed the Ernakulam District and Sessions Judge to give the survivor forthwith certified copies of the statements of those examined during the inquiry into the allegation of unauthorised access made to the memory card containing videos … Read more

Deposit Savukku Media’s revenue in court, Madras High Court directs YouTube LLC

Deposit Savukku Media’s revenue in court, Madras High Court directs YouTube LLC

YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar Observing that YouTubers do not possess a licence to tarnish the reputation of others by levelling wild and baseless allegations, the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed YouTube LLC to deposit in the court, the entire revenue earned by Savukku Media Private Limited through videos in which ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar … Read more

SP visits border polling stations, directs to step up security

SP visits border polling stations, directs to step up security

West Godavari district Superintendent of Police, Ajita Vajendla, inspecting a polling station in Akiveedu mandal on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Superintendent of Police Ajitha Vajendla inspected the polling stations located on Eluru and West Godavari districts border villages on Thursday. The SP, who made surprise checks in the polling booths at Upputeru, Dempagadapa and other … Read more

Telangana CM directs officials to prepare effective plan for traffic management in Greater Hyderabad

Telangana CM directs officials to prepare effective plan for traffic management in Greater Hyderabad

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy held a meeting with police officials on traffic management in Hyderabad, on January 31, 2024. Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed the Home department officials to prepare a comprehensive plan to effectively manage and control traffic movement in the Greater Hyderabad limits. He wanted the officials to … Read more

Orissa HC directs Puri Municipality to pay ₹10 lakh for dog bite death

Orissa HC directs Puri Municipality to pay ₹10 lakh for dog bite death

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: S. R. Raghunathan The Orissa High Court has directed the Puri Municipality to pay compensation of ₹10 lakh to parents of a child, who lost lives followings bites by a pack of dogs in Puri in 2016. A four-year-old boy died soon after a pack of dogs mauled him … Read more