CPI(M) leaders P. Jayarajan and T.V. Rajesh have been asked by the CBI Special Court, Kochi, to face the trial in the case booked in connection with the alleged criminal conspiracy hatched to kill Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) worker Abdul Shukkoor. The discharge petition filed by the duo was dismissed by the court on … Read more
The story so far: The Supreme Court on November 23 agreed to consider a request for an open court hearing of petitions seeking a review of its judgment refusing to legalise same-sex marriage. In October, a five-judge Constitution Bench unanimously observed that there exists no fundamental right to marry and that judicial interference in this regard … Read more
The special court for the trial of cases, investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in Coimbatore on Thursday dismissed a discharge petition filed by IPS officer Pramod Kumar in an extortion case pending against him since 2012, which is linked to the multi-crore Paazee forex scam. Dismissing the petition, S. Govindharajan directed all … Read more
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on October 3 posted Chandrababu Naidu’s petition against Andhra Pradesh High Court’s refusal to quash FIR in the A.P. Skill Development Corporation case to October 9. The apex court directed all the parties to submit complete records submitted in … Read more
A by-election will now be held after almost 12,000 of her constituents signed a recall petition. Source link
A view of the Orissa High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A prominent disability right activist and a quadriplegic himself filed a second contempt petition in Orissa High Court following State government’s failure to provide wheel-chair bound devotees access to 12 th century Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri, despite the court twice ordering to … Read more
File photo of the Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Months before violence broke out during Ram Navami celebrations, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition highlighting how religious processions are being “weaponised” with participants brandishing arms in public and often unleashing mayhem. In December 2022, a petition by NGO Citizens for … Read more
A view of the Cuddalore Central Prison | Photo Credit: File The Madras High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Tamil Nadu Home Secretary and Director General of Prisons to a writ petition filed by YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar alleging that as many as nine inmates of the Cuddalore Central Prison … Read more
Our party was the first to file a petition against the quota in the Supreme Court when it was announced, says the DMK organisation secretary Our party was the first to file a petition against the quota in the Supreme Court when it was announced, says the DMK organisation secretary Pointing out the DMK was … Read more
MS Dhoni had accused the officer of having made contumacious statements against the Supreme Court and the High Court in a ₹100 crore defamation suit MS Dhoni had accused the officer of having made contumacious statements against the Supreme Court and the High Court in a ₹100 crore defamation suit The Madras High Court on … Read more