Parliamentarians in Lok Sabha in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill which seeks to deal sternly with malpractices and irregularities in government recruitment examinations, with provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine up to ₹1 crore. Piloting the Public Examinations (Prevention … Read more
A view of the Calcutta High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Calcutta High Court on January 17 stayed proceedings before a trial court in the murder of two persons and abduction of another at Sandeshkhali in 2019, in which Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shajahan Sheikh was named the main accused by the … Read more
Proceedings of the Lok Sabha are underway during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Both C. Thomas and A.M. Arif were seen carrying placards protesting the suspension of their colleagues Continuing the spree of suspensions, two more members were suspended from the Lok Sabha on December 20, taking … Read more
File photo of Maharasthra Speaker Rahul Narwekar. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Supreme Court on October 13 slammed Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar for reducing the anti-defection proceedings against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and other MLAs to a “charade”, saying that he cannot “merrily” defer hearings and has to decide before the next elections. … Read more
The Kerala High Court has extended till October 16 its stay on the further proceedings in a case registered against K.B. Ganesh Kumar MLA pending before the Kottarakkara First Class Judicial Magistrate Court in connection with the the alleged conspiracy to name late Congress leader Oommen Chandy in the Solar scam-related sexual assault case. When a … Read more
The Karnataka High Court on February 10 stayed the CBI probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in a corruption case. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a Karnataka High Court’s interim stay of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. … Read more
The proceedings of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly will be telecast in sign language also to benefit people who are hearing impaired, Speaker M. Appavu announced on Thursday. He said efforts have been made to record and telecast the proceedings of the Assembly through YouTube in sign language, in compliance with the Rights of Persons with … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court recently prohibited the unauthorised recording, sharing or dissemination of live streamed proceedings or archival data of proceedings. The Court notified the rules for live streaming and recording of court proceedings and said, “To imbue greater transparency, … Read more
“Banks have written off ₹11.17 lakh crore bad loans from their books in the last six years till financial year 2021-22,” Parliament was informed on December 20. The non-performing assets (NPAs), including those in respect of which full provisioning has been made on completion of four years, are removed from the balance sheet of the … Read more
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on December 19 raised the issue of a tribal woman being brutally murdered in Jharkhand and sought to link it to illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. A 28-year-old man was on Dec. 18 arrested along with … Read more