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

Judicial panel completes probe into Odisha Army officer, wife’s custodial assault

Judicial panel completes probe into Odisha Army officer, wife’s custodial assault

The judicial commission, headed by retired high court judge CR Dash, probing the alleged torture of an Army officer and sexual assault of his fiancée at Bharatpur police station in Bhubaneswar last year, concluded its inquiry on Wednesday, an official said. The commission completed its inquiry as it is mandated to submit the report by … Read more

UP sets up judicial panel to probe Sambhal violence that killed 4

UP sets up judicial panel to probe Sambhal violence that killed 4

The Uttar Pradesh government has formed a three-member judicial inquiry commission to investigate the November 24 violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, which killed four people during clashes over a mosque survey. The panel will be headed by Justice Devendra Kumar Arora, a retired judge of the Allahabad High Court. The other members include Amit Mohan … Read more

‘State cannot usurp judicial functions’: SC lashes out at illegal demolitions, orders compensation to victims

‘State cannot usurp judicial functions’: SC lashes out at illegal demolitions, orders compensation to victims

A bulldozer is being used to demolish the illegal construction. File | Photo Credit: PTI Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 13, 2024) lashed out at illegal demolitions of private property, homes of accused persons and held that compensation must be given to victims of illegal demolition. The Supreme Court held that the State cannot usurp … Read more

Valmiki corp scam: Karnataka ex-minister B. Nagendra in judicial custody

Valmiki corp scam: Karnataka ex-minister B. Nagendra in judicial custody

Congress MLA and former minister B. Nagendra was arrested in connection with an alleged multi-crore scam at the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN A special court in Bengaluru remanded former minister Bt. Nagendra to judicial custody for 14 days on July 22. The Congress MLA from Ballari Rural … Read more

Delhi court extends Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 30 in excise policy case

Delhi court extends Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 30 in excise policy case

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. File | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till May 30 in a corruption case related to an alleged excise scam. Special judge for CBI and … Read more

Murugha mutt seer arrested again, sent to 14-day judicial custody in second POCSO case

Murugha mutt seer arrested again, sent to 14-day judicial custody in second POCSO case

A file photo of Shivamurthy Muruga Sharana of Muruga mutt. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, facing charges of sexually exploiting minor girls — who was released on bail following a High Court order — was arrested again in connection with the second case under PoCSO Act on November 20, and has … Read more

Monu Manesar sent to 14-day judicial custody in attempt to murder case

Monu Manesar sent to 14-day judicial custody in attempt to murder case

Bajrang Dal activist Monu Manesar. File | Photo Credit: ANI A Pataudi court Wednesday sent alleged cow vigilante and Bajrang Dal activist Monu Manesar to 14-day judicial custody in an attempt to murder case. He was produced in the court after the completion of his four-day police remand on Wednesday. The court of Chief Judicial … Read more

Five remanded in judicial custody on charge of abduction

Five remanded in judicial custody on charge of abduction

The police have arrested five men from Malappuram who allegedly kidnapped a Kalikavu native in the name of a failed financial deal. The arrested, V.K. Suhail, Mohammed Murshid, Tajdar, Firoze and Abdul Jaleel, were remanded in judicial custody on Wednesday following the incident. Police sources said the abducted youth, Harshad Ali, 34, was rescued from … Read more

BJP team meets injured workers in Patna, seeks judicial inquiry into police action

BJP team meets injured workers in Patna, seeks judicial inquiry into police action

BJP National President JP Nadda. File | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP on Saturday asserted that the “state-sponsored and brutal” police action on its procession in the Bihar capital earlier this week warranted a judicial inquiry and intervention of the National Human Rights Commission. A four-member fact-finding team constituted by BJP national president J.P. Nadda … Read more