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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A view of Delhi High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on May 26 dismissed petitions by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra against the Income Tax Department’s decision to transfer their assessments to the Central Circle instead of an ordinary assessment in a matter related … Read more
The First Additional Sessions Court in Kozhikode on Friday dismissed the bail petitions of the arrested and the anticipatory bail petitions of those absconding following the attack on a doctor at Fathima Hospital in Kozhikode recently. Judge K.E. Salih rejected the anticipatory bail of the fourth accused, Salmanul Faris, husband of the woman who had … Read more