Consider watermelon cultivators’ plea for compensation, Madras High Court directs T.N. govt

Consider watermelon cultivators’ plea for compensation, Madras High Court directs T.N. govt

The judge pointed out that a public awareness campaign carried out by food safety officials to warn people against consuming adulterated watermelons had backfired, leading to monetary loss for the farmers who had not indulged in any such adulteration. (File photo) | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil … Read more

2006 train blasts case: Supreme Court to hear Maharashtra’s plea against Bombay HC verdict on July 24

2006 train blasts case: Supreme Court to hear Maharashtra’s plea against Bombay HC verdict on July 24

In this July 11, 2006 file photo, a train coach is damaged by a bomb blast at Matunga railway station in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) agreed to hear on July 24 plea of the Maharashtra government against the Bombay High Court verdict acquitting all 12 accused … Read more

Kidderminster premises plea as wellbeing charity told to move

Kidderminster premises plea as wellbeing charity told to move

Tom Edwards BBC Hereford & Worcester Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands BBC The charity offers counselling, exercise classes and training A health and wellbeing charity has said it is in desperate need of new premises after it was told to leave its current site. Simply Limitless offers counselling sessions to help support people’s mental … Read more

Court reserves verdict on Baramulla MP’s plea for interim bail to attend Parliament

Court reserves verdict on Baramulla MP’s plea for interim bail to attend Parliament

Baramulla MP Rashid Engineer. | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) reserved its order on a plea by the Member of Parliament from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias ‘Engineer’ Rashid, who sought permission to attend the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, set to begin on July … Read more

Bombay High Court dismisses Dhule Lok Sabha constituency BJP candidate’s plea

Bombay High Court dismisses Dhule Lok Sabha constituency BJP candidate’s plea

The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed an election petition filed by former member of Parliament Subhash Ramrao Bhamre of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who challenged the election of Shobha Dinesh Bacchav from the Dhule Lok Sabha Constituency last year. The order was made available on Monday.   Mr. Bhamre had secured the … Read more

Belgian court rejects Choksi’s bail plea, says his lawyer

Belgian court rejects Choksi’s bail plea, says his lawyer

Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi. | Photo Credit: ANI A Belgian court on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) rejected the bail plea of Mehul Choksi, the diamond merchant who is a prime accused in the ₹13,000-crore PNB fraud case, his lawyer said. The diamantaire was arrested in Antwerp by the Belgian police on April 12 based … Read more

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

Ranya Rao’s fresh bail plea in gold smuggling case after lower court setback

Ranya Rao’s fresh bail plea in gold smuggling case after lower court setback

Kannada actor Ranya Rao on Saturday filed a bail petition in the Sessions Court, a day after her request for bail was rejected by a lower court in the gold smuggling case. The Sessions Court is expected to hear the petition on Monday. The Special Court for Economic Offences denied bail to the Kannada actor … Read more

HC seeks govt.’s view on plea by deceased student’s father

HC seeks govt.’s view on plea by deceased student’s father

The Kerala High Court on Friday sought the State government’s view on a petition that sought to quash the order of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Kozhikode, directing the superintendent of an observation home to allow the five students who were charged with murdering a student — Shahabaz of Thamarassery — to write the SSLC … Read more

TNERC junks power utility’s plea seeking nod to procure power under PM Kusum scheme

TNERC junks power utility’s plea seeking nod to procure power under PM Kusum scheme

Tamil Nadu has the highest power demand among the southern States. Haripriya V 9336@Coimbatore | Photo Credit: Haripriya V 9336@Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) rejected Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Ltd. ‘s (TNGECL) plea seeking nod for power purchase under the PM-Kusum Scheme-Component A. The regulator noted that TNGECL floated the tender without … Read more