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FIR against 13 cops in two cases in UP's Pilibhit after court orders

Thirteen policemen, including a station house officer, a sub-inspector, and 10 constables have been booked in two separate matters in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district on the orders of court

NEET UG: Fate of this top scorer hanging by the thread for flouting norms

Najih Sarfraz Khalid's 99.3 percentile NEET scores meant he could get admission in any top university, which he did, when he got himself into a prestigious medical college in Puducherry. It was all right till another student, Saminathan S, found a glitch in his application and approached authorities. Khalid was found to have claimed residency in two states Kerala and Puducherry a fact which as per Union Territory admission norms rendered his admission liable to be cancelled. When the authorities did not pay heed to Saminathan's complaint, he approached the Madras High Court. A single judge bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the Puducherry government and the Union Health Ministry to take an "appropriate decision" on his admission. As of now, Khalid's fate at college still hangs in balance. Citing the reason for reverting the matter back to the admission authorities, Justice CV Karthikeyan, the presiding judge, said in the judgment, "They had offered him a seat. Now they

HC allows listing of police plea, challenging Sharjeel Imam discharge order

The Delhi High Court Friday allowed urgent listing of a plea by the city police challenging a trial court's order discharging 11 people, including student activists Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in the 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case. The plea was mentioned by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad which allowed it to be listed for hearing on February 13. The law officer said the court registry has raised certain objections in the petition. The petition by police was filed on February 7 challenging the trial court's February 4 order discharging 11 persons, holding that they were made "scapegoats" by police and that dissent has to be encouraged, not stifled. The trial court, however, ordered framing of charges against one of the accused, Mohammad Ilyas. An FIR was lodged in connection with the violence that erupted after a clash between police and people protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment)

SC declines plea to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to scrap a rule, which allows candidates to contest from more than one constituency in a general election

Armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts, as it clarified the landmark 2018 judgement that decriminalised adultery. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph said its 2018 judgement was not concerned with the provisions of the armed forces acts. The top court, on a plea filed by NRI Joseph Shine, in 2018 had struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of adultery, holding it unconstitutional. The Tuesday order by the bench, also comprising justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy, and C T Ravikumar came after Additional Solicitor General Madhavi Divan, appearing for the Centre, submitted a plea seeking clarification of the 2018 judgement. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) had moved the apex court for an exemption to armed forces from the September 27, 2018 judgement striking down adultery, saying it may hinder action against officers who indulge in such .

SC to consider govt's plea for open court hearing of petition on Benami law

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the Centre's submissions for an open court hearing of its plea seeking review of the judgement by which several provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 were struck down. A three-judge bench headed by then CJI N V Ramana, since retired, on August 23 last year had struck down section 3(2) and section 5 of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, and one of the provisions which provided for the punishment of a maximum jail term of three years or a fine or both for those indulging in benami' transactions. The top court had also held that the amended Benami law of 2016 did not have retrospective application and the authorities cannot initiate or continue criminal prosecution or confiscation proceedings for transactions entered into prior to the coming into force of the legislation. The Centre, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, on Tuesday urged a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y ...

Ashish Mishra's crime in Lakhimpur case grave, heinous: UP govt to SC

The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son, who is one of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

Property owned by irrigation dept scam's prime accused unfrozen by court

Gurinder Singh, main accused in Rs 1000 crore irrigation department scam has succeeded in getting properties which have market value of over Rs 150 crore, released with favourable order passed.

Future Group trying to stall proceedings amid legal row with Amazon: SC

The Supreme Court said it 'was concerned' that the Future Group was trying to stall the proceedings before the Singapore Arbitral Tribunal

Bombay HC: Prima facie removal of Kochhar as ICICI Bank CEO valid

In the order the Judge said that the bank was justified in revoking acceptance of early retirement of Kochhar as they had accepted it without having complete knowledge of the facts

GM mustard approval after long, exhaustive process: Centre to SC

This comes after the court told the Centre on November 3 not to allow the planting of genetically modified (GM) mustard until the next hearing

SC upholds Bombay HC order quashing property tax opposed by developers

Real estate developers say they paid exorbitant amounts to municipality as Land Under Construction Tax

RBI fines Vakrangee Rs 1.76 cr for violating order on ATM deployment goals

Central bank had first issued show-cause; latest action follows company's response to the notice

Entities involved in trade would cease to be a charitable institution: SC

This judgement could have wide ramifications as the charitable institutions involved in any trade or commerce in the name of said provision could come under its radar

DU releases first merit list for UG programmes; here's how you can check

The list was originally expected to come on Tuesday, however, it was deferred as Supreme Court was hearing an appeal of St. Stephen's College, against a Delhi High Court order

Gyanvapi case: Court rejects plea for carbon dating, petitioners to move SC

A Varanasi court on Friday rejected a plea for carbon dating of the 'shivling' claimed to have been found inside Gyanvapi mosque premises, government counsel Rana Sanjiv Singh said. District Judge AK Vishvesha turned down the Hindu petitioners' plea seeking scientific investigation and carbon dating of the 'shivling', citing Supreme Court directives for its safe keeping so that no tampering can be done. After completion of hearing of the Hindu side and the mosque committee on Tuesday, the district court had decided to pronounce its verdict on October 14. Four of the five Hindu parties had sought carbon dating of the 'Shivling' found during a court-mandated videography survey of the mosque premises close to the "wazookhana", a small reservoir used by Muslim devotees to perform ritual ablutions before offering the namaz. The mosque committee had opposed the demand for carbon dating.

Once workmen accept criteria on wage board award they can't go back: Court

A Delhi court, while dismissing the pleas of ex-workmen against Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd, the publishers of the Times Group, has said once the employees have accepted the criteria and methodology adopted by the management with regard to the wage board awards they cannot later find fault with it. The court made the observations, as it dismissed over 80 pleas seeking direction to the firm to increase their wages as per the pay scales prescribed under the Majithia Wage Board Award. To my mind, once the criteria/methodology adopted by the management stands admitted by the workmen, later on, no fault can be found by the workmen with the above said criteria adopted by the management in implementing the recommendations of the Majithia Wage Board, Labour Court presiding judge Raj Kumar said. The judge accepted the arguments made by senior advocate Raj Birbal and advocate Raavi Birbal, appearing for the management, that the workmen executed various letters and receipts acknowledging they ..

Delhi High court restrains rogue websites from streaming Asia Cup 2022

Asia Cup is set to begin on Friday, August 27 with the first match to be played between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka

Chief Justice N V Ramana leaves behind a 6.1% increase in pending cases

Analysis of appointment orders shows that during his 16-month term, Justice Ramana made 241 appointments to the high courts, against the 243 appointments made by Justice Bobde in his 18 months as CJI