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HYDERABAD: The state government has appealed to all residents of Telangana to extend complete cooperation to the officials during the forthcoming census. Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao issued orders notifying the responsibilities and duties of the public during the census under the Census Act, 1948. As per the orders, every person occupying any house, enclosure, vessel or other place should allow officers "access thereto for the purpose of the census". Residents should also allow officials ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) of the City Civil Court in Hyderabad has awarded compensation of Rs 1.06 crore to the family of Sub-Inspector Nenavat Srinivas, who died in a road accident involving a TGSRTC bus. According to case details, the incident occurred on January 1, 2022. Srinivas, a resident of Ranga Reddy district, was travelling in an auto-rickshaw with his father from Devarakonda to Hyderabad when a bus belonging to the Devarakonda depot collided with their vehi ...Read More >
Prayagraj (UP), Apr 2 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has observed that a divorce under the Mohammedan Law takes effect from the date a husband pronounces "talaq" and a subsequent court decree confirming it is merely declaratory in nature. In his judgment passed on March 10, Justice Madan Pal Singh clarified that such a court decree does not create a fresh divorce from the date of the judgment, rather, it relates to the original date of the talaq pronouncement. The above observation was made wh ...Read More >
Rejecting Advani' s plea against Khanna's estranged wife Dimple Kapadia, daughter Twinkle Khanna and son-in-law Akshay Kumar, a single-judge bench of Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh held that such a status could not be granted when the deceased actor's marriage with his legally wedded wife, Kapadia, was "subsisting" (not dissolved by divorce, annulment or death of one of the spouses). "The requirement that the parties must be qualified to enter into a legal marriage, including being unmarried, is c ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by Anita Advani to recognise her long-term relationship with the late actor Rajesh Khanna as marriage.Justice Sharmila Deshmukh ruled that by Advani's pleadings, it "is evident that the substantive relief sought is of being declared as widow of (Khanna), which is a necessary sequitur of the declaration...", but the relationship doesn't satisfy the tests formulated by Supreme Court over recognition of a live-in relation as a marriag ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking the establishment of a dedicated Revenue Judicial Service Cadre for adjudication of land disputes across India. The petition, filed by advocate and social activist Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, calls for structural reforms in the existing system of land dispute resolution. The plea primarily urges the apex court to direct the Centre and State governments to constitute a specialised judicia ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking the establishment of a dedicated Revenue Judicial Service Cadre for adjudication of land disputes across India. The petition, filed by advocate and social activist Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, calls for structural reforms in the existing system of land dispute resolution. The plea primarily urges the apex court to direct the Centre and State governments to constitute a specialised judicia ...Read More >
New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation , which challenged a 1980 Waqf notification and alleged that three mosques in Jahangirpuri area were illegal encroachment on public land. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that the PIL by the NGO Save India Foundation was not filed with "bonafide motive or in public interest". "We are not inclined to entertain the instant petition, which is hereby dismissed along with pending ...Read More >
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 17 (ANI): The controversy over the lighting of Karthigai Deepam at the stone Deepathoon at Thiruparankundram continues to snowball. Sikkandar Dargah Secretary Arif Khan, has now claimed that there is no evidence which suggests that lamps have traditionally been lit at the hill. He further asserted that lamps have been lit only at the Uchi Pillaiyar Temple, and added that in earlier court orders, the structure was not described as a deepathoon (lamp pillar) ...Read More >
An Andheri court has adjourned the hearing in the domestic violence case filed by actress Celina Jaitly against her husband, Peter Haag, until January 27, 2026. The court has granted time for both parties to file necessary documents.An Andheri Court in Mumbai adjourned the hearing for the alleged domestic violence case filed by actress Celina Jaitly against her husband Peter Haag till January 27, 2026. The matter came before the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, SC Tadye, in Mumbai, for ...Read More >
In the complaint, the actor stated that the websites have hosted, published and are distributing AI-generated and morphed videos using his name, likeness, and image, falsely depicting him in obscene acts. A case was registered here following a complaint by Telugu actor Chiranjeevi alleging circulation of AI-generated deepfake and morphed videos containing obscene content using his name and image by certain websites, police said on Monday. In the complaint, the actor stated that the websites ha ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 28 (ANI): Actor Chiranjeevi has lodged a complaint with the Hyderabad Cybercrime Police after AI-generated deepfake videos featuring him in obscene content surfaced on pornographic websites, officials said on Monday. Based on his complaint, the police have registered a case under Sections 67 and 67A of the IT Act, Sections 79, 294, 296 and 336(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Sections 2(c), 3 and 4 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohi ...Read More >
Chiranjeevi protects his personality rights. The Hyderabad City Civil Court has granted interim relief to veteran Telugu actor Chiranjeevi, safeguarding his personality rights against unauthorised use of his identity. Court Restrains Platforms From Misusing Chiranjeevi's Identity The court, led by Chief Judge S Sasidhar Reddy, issued an ad-interim injunction on September 26, prohibiting more than 30 online platforms, including e-commerce sites, YouTube channels, and digital outlets, from usin ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 26 (ANI): A City Civil Court at Hyderabad granted an ad-interim injunction in favour of renowned film actor Chiranjeevi Konidela to protect the actor's personality and publicity rights, including the unauthorised commercial use of his name, image, voice, and other recognisable attributes across all formats and media. The Court of the Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, through Order dated 26th September 2025, in I.A. No.6275 of 2025 in O.S.No.441 of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has dismissed lawyer Mehmood Pracha's plea seeking to declare Supreme Court's 2019 Ayodhya judgment "null and void", calling it a "frivolous and luxurious" attempt to misuse the legal system. District judge Dharmender Rana not only upheld a Rs 1 lakh penalty imposed by a civil court but also added Rs 5 lakh more to "deter" similar cases.Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict had unanimously awarded the disputed site to the deity Ram Lalla Virajman for temple construction, while ...Read More >
Dhaka/New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal prosecution team on Tuesday warned the army that 15 of their serving officers will be declared "fugitives" unless they were produced in court on Wednesday. "If they fail to appear or are not produced tomorrow, the tribunal will set a new date, and notices with their summons will be published in two newspapers. Non-appearance on that date would lead to them being declared absconding," ICT-BD Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told re ...Read More >
Pune: Frustrated by a 27-year wait for judgment in a civil suit, a 61-year-old man jumped to his death from the new building of the Shivajinagar court on Wednesday, police said.Namdev Yashwant Jadhav was a resident of Wadki on Pune-Saswad road, some 30km from Pune. Senior inspector Mahesh Bolkotgi of the Shivajinagar police told TOI that they found a suicide note carrying Jadhav's signature. "It stated that Jadhav had, in 1997, filed a suit in the civil court after his father gifted family land ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a significant effort to regulate India's rapidly growing online gaming sector, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has notified the Draft Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2025 (PROG Rules) under the recently passed Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025. The draft rules clearly delineate a legal framework for e-sports, social games, and for-profit gaming sites utilising stakes, wagers, and prizes in cash and kind. E-sports an ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: A national conference on land management and disaster management will be held at the Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre in Gandhinagar on Oct 3 and 4. The land records modernisation programme will be one of the key topics of discussion at the conference.Speaking to reporters in Gandhinagar on Monday, Jayanti Ravi, additional chief secretary (revenue), said that the conference will be a milestone in achieving the goals of the 'Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) ...Read More >
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has issued a strong rebuttal through her legal team after reports surfaced alleging that she received Rs 15 crore from her husband, businessman Raj Kundra, nearly a decade ago in connection with a financial transaction under investigation by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Mumbai. She issued a statement via her lawyer and has categorically denied the reports, calling them 'totally fake and mischievous.' She also accused certain media outlets of deliberately doi ...Read More >
The Patiala House Court reserved its order on the anticipatory bail plea of Chaitanyananda Saraswati on Friday, who has sought protection from arrest in a case related to alleged financial irregularities. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Dr Hardeep Kaur reserved the order, after hearing the submissions, saying that the order will be pronounced in the evening or tomorrow, Saturday. Senior advocate Ajay Burman, counsel for Chaitanyananda Saraswati, submitted that an educational institution requir ...Read More >
A Delhi court has transferred journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta's appeal in a defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to the district court, with a hearing scheduled for September 23. This follows the same court's decision on September 18 to overturn an earlier order that had directed journalists to remove allegedly defamatory content against AEL. A Delhi court on Monday transferred the appeal of journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the district court which on September 23 hear ...Read More >
Mumbai: Actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra's legal representative has quashed reports of her receiving an amount to the tune of Rs 15 crore from her husband Raj Kundra almost 10 years ago, which was said to be under the scanner of the Economic Offence Wing (EOW). As per media reports, Rs 15 crore is a part of the alleged Rs 60 crore fraud money transferred to a company allegedly owned by the actress. The actress's lawyer, Prashant Patil, has called such reports "totally fake" and mischievous in natu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered status quo on the removal of social media posts on Adani Group of Companies by senior journalist Ravish Kumar and digital news platform Newslaundry. Justice Sachin Datta take note of the submissions of Adani Enterprises that it will not be asking Kumar and Newslaundry to take down any more content from their sites or any other intermediary, as existing on 12 noon, September 26. "It is agreed that in case the petitioners have alread ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BRS working president K T Rama Rao on Monday filed a civil defamation suit before the City Civil Court here against Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar seeking damages to the tune of Rs 10 crore for making 'false, malicious, and defamatory' allegations. In his suit, filed through his counsel P Viswajanani, Rama Rao also impleaded several media organisations and social media platforms that carried or circulated the minister's remarks. The suit seeks mandatory ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 15 (ANI): Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President and Sircilla MLA KT Rama Rao (KTR) has filed a civil defamation suit before the City Civil Court, Hyderabad, against Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, seeking damages of Rs 10 crore for making "false, malicious, and defamatory" allegations. In his plaint, filed through his counsel, P Viswajanani of PV Janani & Associates, KTR has also impleaded several media organisation ...Read More >
Imphal: A total of 298 cases were successfully resolved during the third National Lok Adalat of 2025, with settlements amounting to Rs 4,69,31,411. The event, held on Saturday, took place across all District Courts and the High Court of Manipur, officials confirmed on Sunday. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! A total of 3,595 cases, including both pre-litigation matters and pending civil cases, were up for resolution during the Lok Adalat. These ...Read More >
The Indian Sports Ministry is set to establish the National Sports Board by December, a key component of the National Sports Governance Act. This board will regulate sports federations' affiliations and finances. The eagerly-anticipated National Sports Board, which will have paramount authority to grant or suspend affiliation to federations and monitor their financial conduct as part of the National Sports Governance Act, will be constituted by December end. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya h ...Read More >
Gadwal: The National Lok Adalat was held today in the Jogulamba Gadwal District Court premises under the supervision of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA). The program was conducted in a grand manner, focusing on providing speedy and amicable justice to the people. During the proceedings, a total of 6,884 cases were successfully settled through mutual consent between parties. These included 22 civil cases, 6,832 criminal compoundable cases, 2 family disputes, 6 accident claim cases, a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to gag media from reporting on the Dharmasthala mass burial case in Karnataka. A bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan, however, directed a trial court in Karnataka to decide afresh the plea filed by the secretary of the Dharmasthala Temple seeking removal of what he alleged was defamatory content targeting the family managing the temple. The top court noted gag orders were passed only in extremely rare cases and asked the petit ...Read More >
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