‘Hardline’ BMA blocks emergency pleas for strike doctors to work

‘Hardline’ BMA blocks emergency pleas for strike doctors to work

NHS bosses have criticised the British Medical Association for its “increasingly hardline” approach in rejecting emergency requests for striking doctors in England to return to work. A system known as ‘derogation’ is in place whereby the NHS can ask for resident doctors, who are taking part in a five-day walkout, to cross the picket line … Read more

‘Hardline’ BMA blocks emergency pleas for strike doctors to work

‘Hardline’ BMA blocks emergency pleas for strike doctors to work

NHS bosses have criticised the British Medical Association for its “increasingly hardline” approach in rejecting emergency requests for striking doctors in England to return to work. A system known as ‘derogation’ is in place whereby the NHS can ask for resident doctors, who are taking part in a five-day walkout, to cross the picket line … Read more

Modi govt. continues to ignore V-P’s pleas on behalf of farmers: Ramesh’s dig on Dhankhar’s birthday

Modi govt. continues to ignore V-P’s pleas on behalf of farmers: Ramesh’s dig on Dhankhar’s birthday

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s birthday greetings to Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday (May 18, 2025) were laced with a dig at the Narendra Modi government, whom he accused of “continuously ignoring” Mr. Dhankhar’s impassioned pleas on behalf of the agitating farmers. Mr. Dhankhar, who … Read more

Supreme Court to hear batch of pleas challenging Waqf (Amendment) Act today

Supreme Court to hear batch of pleas challenging Waqf (Amendment) Act today

A rally was organized against the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 at Eidgah Maidan in Mysuru on May 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday (May 5, 2025) a batch of pleas challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act’s constitutional validity, weeks after the government paused two central aspects … Read more

HC notices over appeals against order directing Speaker to fix schedule to hear MLAs’ disqualification pleas

HC notices over appeals against order directing Speaker to fix schedule to hear MLAs’ disqualification pleas

Telangana High Court on Thursday issued notices to respondents in a batch of three writ appeal petitions filed by the Assembly Secretary seeking suspension of a single judge order directing the Speaker to fix the schedule for hearing the disqualification petitions against three MLAs, who joined Congress after winning on BRS tickets. Posting the three … Read more

Excise policy scam: Supreme Court to hear today Arvind Kejriwal’s pleas against arrest by CBI

Excise policy scam: Supreme Court to hear today Arvind Kejriwal’s pleas against arrest by CBI

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal being brought to Rouse Avenue Court by CBI in connection with the Excise policy case, in New Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against the Delhi High Court order upholding his arrest … Read more

SC dismisses pleas, declares rights over 142.39 acres Manchirevula land to Greyhounds

SC dismisses pleas, declares rights over 142.39 acres Manchirevula land to Greyhounds

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, dismissing all civil appeals against Telangana High Court Division Bench’s order upholding allotment of 142.39 acres of land to Greyhounds in Manchirevula village on the outskirts of Hyderabad, declared that the land stands transferred to Greyhounds. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and J.K. Mahswari, pronouncing verdict in a batch … Read more

Falsely implicating tribal youth: Kerala High Court declines pre-arrest bail pleas of three forest officials

Falsely implicating tribal youth: Kerala High Court declines pre-arrest bail pleas of three forest officials

The pre-arrest bail pleas of three forest officials of the Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary, who were accused of falsely implicating a member of the tribal community in a wildlife offence, were rejected by the Kerala High Court recently. Justice V.G. Arun rejected the pleas of V. Anilkumar, Section Forest Officer; V.C. Lenin, Beat Forest Officer; and … Read more

HC dismisses pleas to defer Group-I prelims examination

HC dismisses pleas to defer Group-I prelims examination

Justice Mummineni Sudheer Kumar of Telangana High Court on Monday dismissed two writ petitions seeking deferment of Group-I preliminary examination to be conducted on June 11 noting that they were not maintainable. Counsels for the petitioners contended that government decided to go ahead with the Group-I preliminary test even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) … Read more

File counter-affidavits in pleas seeking stay against Group-I preliminary exam: HC

File counter-affidavits in pleas seeking stay against Group-I preliminary exam: HC

Justice K. Sarath of the Telangana High Court on Thursday issued notices to the State government in a batch of writ petitions seeking a direction to stay the conduct of Group-I preliminary examination on June 11. The judge, after hearing three writ petitions filed by different persons, instructed the State government and the Telangana State … Read more