Rajasthan HC turns down minor rape survivor's plea to terminate pregnancy

Rajasthan HC turns down minor rape survivor's plea to terminate pregnancy

The court observed that any attempt to terminate the pregnancy at this advanced stage is likely to lead to a premature delivery. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Rajasthan High Court has declined a plea of a 11-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 31-week pregnancy, saying a fully developed foetus also has the right to … Read more

Supreme Court slams Delhi government over delay in deciding remission plea of convicts

Supreme Court slams Delhi government over delay in deciding remission plea of convicts

A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court has slammed the Delhi government over the delay in deciding remission plea filed by 114 convicts including a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist who was convicted for conspiring to wage war against the country and was awarded life imprisonment. A Bench … Read more

SC notice to Centre on plea by E-gaming Federation against levy of 28% GST on all forms of online real-money gaming

SC notice to Centre on plea by E-gaming Federation against levy of 28% GST on all forms of online real-money gaming

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a plea filed by the E-gaming Federation against the levy of 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on all forms of online real-money gaming. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud … Read more

Closure of Sterlite Copper unit in Tamil Nadu: Supreme Court to consider hearing Vedanta’s plea

Closure of Sterlite Copper unit in Tamil Nadu: Supreme Court to consider hearing Vedanta’s plea

A view of the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi . File | Photo Credit: Rajesh N The Supreme Court has agreed to consider hearing the Vedanta group’s plea related to the closure of its Sterlite Copper unit in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi on January 2. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices … Read more

Head teacher says autistic student died despite family’s plea for support

Head teacher says autistic student died despite family’s plea for support

Isaac’s behaviour began to escalate in early September 2021, and Mrs Akinde says the school was doing all it could to manage it. She says she was in regular contact with the local authority but, despite her pleas, little support came. Medway Council disputes this, saying it was not made aware of Isaac’s issues until … Read more

ED opposes bail plea of accused in Karuvannur case

ED opposes bail plea of accused in Karuvannur case

Private moneylender P. Satheesh Kumar, also an accused in the Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank fraud case, was the benami of several prominent political leaders and police officers, according to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). M.J. Satheesh, the standing counsel for the agency, read out the statements of K.A. Jijor, a witness in the case, to this … Read more

Sasikala’s claim over AIADMK leadership | Madras High Court reserves order on her plea

Sasikala’s claim over AIADMK leadership | Madras High Court reserves order on her plea

V.K. Sasikala. File photograph | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M The Madras High Court on Monday, November 6, 2023, reserved orders on an appeal suit filed by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s aide, V.K. Sasikala, in 2022, against the refusal of an additional city civil court to declare, illegal and void, a resolution passed by the AIADMK … Read more

Chandrababu Naidu’s bail plea referred to HC Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur for listing before appropriate Bench on October 30

Chandrababu Naidu’s bail plea referred to HC Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur for listing before appropriate Bench on October 30

N. Chandrababu Naidu. File | Photo Credit: PTI Justice P. Venkata Jyothirmai of the Andhra Pradesh High Court (HC) directed the registrar (judicial) to refer former CM N. Chandrababu Naidu’s bail petition in the skill development scam case to Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur for posting it before an appropriate Bench on October 30.  The … Read more