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Chennai: The Madras High Court has withdrawn the Rs 1 lakh fine imposed on Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran after he appeared in person and apologized in a contempt of court case. Rukmangathan, a lawyer and former councilor of Chennai Municipal Corporation had filed a case in the Madras High Court seeking an order to file a report on the steps taken against illegal constructions in the fifth zone of the city. The High Court which heard the case ordered action to be tak ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court has ordered to issue a notice to CM Siddaramaiah wife in connection with the alleged illegal site allocation scam in MUDA. The High Court division bench on Thursday heard the appeal filed by CM Siddaramaiah challenging the Governor permission for the investigation into the MUDA scam. In the meantime, it was ordered to issue a notice to Siddaramaiah wife in the wake of the non-issuance of the notice. The High Court division ...Read More >
Kochi, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) In yet another setback for the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government, the High Court on Thursday upheld the cancellation of the Kerala Engineering Architecture and Medical (KEAM) entrance exam results, marking the second consecutive day of legal blow for the state. The division bench dismissed the state government's appeal challenging the single bench's verdict issued on Wednesday, which had annulled the KEAM rank list published on July 1. The court maintained ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The High Court verdict quashing the KEAM engineering entrance rank list has come as a major setback to the state government that carried out an eleventh hour attempt to rectify the "disadvantage" faced by state syllabus students due to the standardisation of marks of various Plus Two boards. Though stung by the adverse verdict, the government indicated that it will appeal against it before a division bench. "The cabinet will take an appropriate decision on the course of acti ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Revenue Minister and the Joint Select Committee Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday in the state assembly presented the committee's report on the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024. The minister said that the government is bringing this important bill to take action against organisations that are luring the youth towards Maoist ideologies and their associates. The joint select committee has suggested an amendment whereby the bill's aim is to curb Le ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi President Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Delhi government, claiming its role in orchestrating the fuel ban on old vehicles to favour automobile tycoons. What began as a policy stunt has ballooned into a full-blown crisis, dragging multiple neighbouring cities into chaos and placing two crore vehicle owners under siege. Saurabh Bharadwaj denounced the farce as a reckless betrayal, crafted in ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) at Cooper Hospital has strongly condemned the recent notification issued by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC), which allows homeopathic practitioners who have completed a six-month Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP) to register under the MMC as modern medicine practitioners. Citing notification dated June 30, 2025, Cooper MARD expressed "shock and unrest" within the allopathic medical community. In a statement, th ...Read More >
Indore, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A controversial case surrounding a satirical cartoon took a serious turn as the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Indore denied anticipatory bail to the accused, Hemant Malviya. The order, issued on July 3, 2025, by a single bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar, pertains to a caricature posted on Malviya's Facebook page, which allegedly depicted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an undignified and offensive manner. The court adopt ...Read More >
The Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking registration of a criminal case against Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya over allegations of submitting fake educational degrees while contesting election and for obtaining the dealership of a petrol pump. Rejecting the revision petition filed by one Diwakar Nath Tripathi, a social activist from Prayagraj, Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh observed, "The complainant-revisionist is not a person deceived by Keshav Pr ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to intervene in the matter of the Kerala University Vice-Chancellor's decision to suspend the varsity's Registrar. Vice-Chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal suspended Registrar Dr K.S. Anil Kumar for allegedly issuing a notice cancelling a private programme, attended by Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar, at the Senate Hall, where a portrait of Bharat Mata carrying a saffron flag was displayed. Soon after the suspension orde ...Read More >
Kochi, Jul 7 (PTI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said he hopes a criminal investigation will be launched into the large stash of cash found at a judge's official residence in New Delhi, comparing the incident to the "Ides of March" -- a reference to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and a symbol of looming misfortune. Referring to the incident, he said now the point is, if that cash was found, the system should have moved immediately and the first process would have been to deal with it a ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 6 (PTI) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Gavai will be felicitated at the Maharashtra legislature complex here on July 8 after he took charge of the highest judicial office in May. The event will also feature an address by the CJI on the topic "The Constitution of India", the legislature secretariat stated in an official release on Sunday. The felicitation ceremony will be organised in the Central Hall of the Vidhan Bhavan. Also Read | PM Modi in Brazil for BRICS Summit 2025: P ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 6 (PTI) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Gavai will be felicitated at the Maharashtra legislature complex here on July 8 after he took charge of the highest judicial office in May. The event will also feature an address by the CJI on the topic "The Constitution of India", the legislature secretariat stated in an official release on Sunday. The felicitation ceremony will be organised in the Central Hall of the Vidhan Bhavan. The programme is being organised in honour of Justice ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has requested responses from the Centre, Tamil Nadu Governor's office, and others regarding the TN government's plea. This plea challenges a Madras High Court order that suspended the state's authority to appoint vice-chancellors at state universities. The University Grants Commission has also been issued a notice concerning the high court's interim order.The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre, Tamil Nadu Governor's office, and others on a plea by the TN govern ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 5 (ANI): Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Saturday accused the Congress of misleading the country with its claim that the BJP-led government at the Centre wants to change the Constitution. He added that AICC has now become the 'All India Cheating Congress'. "The words 'secular' and 'socialist' were not there in the Constitution. It was added after the 42nd Amendment. The Amendment was brought during the Emergency. Emergency was a black day in the d ...Read More >
Bihar: In the run-up to the Bihar state elections, the Congress Party has launched a distinctive initiative aimed at attracting women voters. As part of its women empowerment campaign, the party distributed five lakh sanitary pads for free across the state. However, a controversial element of the campaign has surfaced, causing a stir on social media. It is alleged that Rahul Gandhi's image is printed not only on the packaging of the sanitary pads but also on the inner layer. A video purportedly ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 5 (ANI): Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai reaffirmed the Supreme Court's commitment to transparency in judicial appointments during a felicitation ceremony organised by the Bombay Bar Association. He emphasised that the court is working to dispel the perception that the Supreme Court is 'CJI-centric.' Speaking at the Bombay High Court in an event organised by the Bombay Bar Association, CJI Gavai highlighted ongoing efforts to ensure a more inclusive and ...Read More >
Shillong, July 5: In a significant development, the Meghalaya High Court has directed that only licensed hawkers may be allowed to vend in the Police Bazaar area within limited time slots every day. The licensed hawkers can do business under two slots from 12.30 pm to 2 pm and from 7.30 pm to 9 pm. The order was passed by a division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice IP Mukerji and Justice W Diengdoh after an application was moved the hawkers' association. The association claimed ...Read More >
Says unfilled vacancies of judges a reason for 'huge' pendency of cases Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai on Friday said that the Supreme Court Collegium under him will ensure "complete transparency" in appointment of judges. Justice Gavai said that pendency of cases was a "huge" issue, which the SC is trying to resolve and unfilled vacancies of judges were one of the reasons. The CJI said he will follow up on names recommended by the SC collegium. CJI Gavai was addressing the feli ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 4 (UNI) The Karnataka High Court today quashed a sexual assault case filed against Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith Balakrishnan by an aspiring male actor who had accused him of unnatural sex in 2012. The court's decision came after serious factual inconsistencies were raised in the complaint, including a glaring discrepancy regarding the location of the alleged incident. Justice SR Krishna Kumar allowed the petition filed by Balakrishnan, seeking to quash the FIR that was registere ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court is set to welcome four new judges, as the Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended the names of four experienced advocates for elevation to the bench. If approved by the central government, the total number of judges in the Telangana High Court will rise to 33, including the Chief Justice. The four advocates recommended for appointment as judges of the Telangana High Court are: These appointments will fill part of the existing nine vacancies, with four ...Read More >
New Delhi: A single missile. Thirty seconds. That is all Pakistan had when India's BrahMos slammed into the Nur Khan Airbase - just minutes from Islamabad. No early warning. No clear warhead signature. No time to guess whether it carried a conventional payload or a nuclear one. Rana Sanaullah Khan, special assistant to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, went public. He said that 30-second window nearly sparked a nuclear chain reaction. His words were not laced with bravado. They carried ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: HDFC Bank CEO and managing director Sashidhar Jagdishan on Thursday moved the Supreme Court, challenging an FIR of cheating and fraud registered against him on a complaint by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which operates Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. A two-judge bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and K. Vinod Chandran agreed to list his plea urgently and set the hearing for Friday. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Jagdishan, described the FIR as "frivolous," noting ...Read More >
Kochi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court has held that a married woman cannot allege that she was coerced into sex under the false promise of marriage. The court's ruling came while hearing the prosecution's statement against the petitioner (accused) that he sexually assaulted the woman after falsely promising to marry her. He was also accused of having threatened to publish her photos and videos after borrowing Rs 2.5 lakh from her. "It is observed that while considering the case ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a significant verdict advancing employee rights, the High Court of Orissa has ruled that maternity benefits must be granted to female employees regardless of their employment status -- whether permanent, temporary, or contractual. A division bench of Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad and Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo upheld a previous single-judge order in favour of Anindita Mishra, a contractual employee with the state's Health and Family Welfare Department. The court came down hea ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a significant setback to the Karnataka state government, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday revoked the suspension of IPS officer Vikas Kumar Vikash, who was among the six police officials suspended in connection with the stampede near M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB's IPL victory celebration last month. The stampede, which occurred on June 4, led to the tragic death of 11 individuals and left over 60 injured. Following public outrage and criticism over the fai ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday approached the High Court challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) order reinstating Additional Commissioner of Police Vikash Kumar Vikash, who was suspended following the tragic Bengaluru stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium last month, which claimed 11 lives and injured 56 others. The Tribunal, on July 1, quashed Vikash's suspension, terming the state's action as "mechanical" and lacking substantial grounds. The Bengaluru bench of th ...Read More >
Gujrat: Days after a man was caught attending proceedings of Gujarat High Court case from inside his toilet another shocking video is surfaced online of a senior counsel lawyer sipping on a beer mug during his virtual appearance. This is also one of the hearings of Gujrat High Court. The video of senior counsel Bhaskar Tanna casually drinking beer went viral on the Internet. According to the reports, the Gujarat High Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against the lawyer for the " ...Read More >
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has ruled that police cannot refuse to register a First Information Report (FIR) if a cognisable offence is disclosed in a complaint, even when the complaint is sent from a foreign country. The case involved a petitioner, an Indian citizen currently residing in Australia, who had emailed a complaint against her husband to the Director General of Police (DGP) of Kerala in 2020. Although the DGP forwarded the complaint to the Muttom Police Station -- under whose juris ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 1 (ANI): The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday stated that it was the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who appear to be 'prima facie responsible' for the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede that claimed 11 lives and left dozens injured. The quasi-judicial body stated that RCB didn't obtain permission from the police and posted about the gathering on social media platforms, which led to the assembly of approximately three to five lakh people. It said ...Read More >
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