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MUMBAI: A day after the charred remains of seafarer Dixit Solanki were brought to Mumbai from Sharjah, his family has refused to perform the last rites, insisting on DNA confirmation to establish his identity. Solanki, who was killed in a suspected missile or drone attack on an oil tanker off the Oman coast during the ongoing West Asia conflict, is believed to be among the first Indian casualties in the maritime tensions. His father, Amratlal Solanki, and sister Mitali received the remains at Mu ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) Police in Chandigarh conducted a thorough check in multiple schools and government buildings on Monday after bomb threat emails were received, officials said, adding nothing suspicious was found, however. Three private schools were among the first to receive the bomb threat emails, with the message claiming that explosions would occur at specific times during school hours. Police teams were dispatched to the locations, and a search was initiated inside these educational ...Read More >
The Chhattisgarh high court on Thursday convicted former assembly member Amit Jogi, son of the late former chief minister Ajit Jogi, of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ramavatar Jaggi's murder around 23 years ago, directing him to surrender within three weeks. A bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma set aside a trial court's 2007 acquittal and pronounced Amit Jogi guilty. The high court reopened the case last month. In November 2025, the Supreme Court asked ...Read More >
Raipur, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a landmark verdict that has sent ripples across Chhattisgarh's political landscape, the High Court has sentenced former MLA Amit Jogi, son of the state's first Chief Minister, late Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 in the sensational 2003 murder case of senior NCP leader Ram Avatar Jaggi. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma pronounced the sentence after hearing the CBI's appeal, a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday arrived at the Delhi High Court, along with his wife, in connection with his recusal application before Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma in the alleged liquor scam. Kejriwal is also expected to argue his case during the hearing. Also Read | Rajasthan Weather Forecast and Update: IMD Issues Yellow Alert for Rain and Hailstorms Till April 8. Refusing to comment on the matter, he told reporters, "The m ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday arrived at the Delhi High Court, along with his wife, in connection with his recusal application before Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma in the alleged liquor scam. Kejriwal is also expected to argue his case during the hearing. Refusing to comment on the matter, he told reporters, "The matter is sub-judice." The High Court is slated to hear a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ...Read More >
New Delhi: In an important decision, the Delhi High Court has overturned a 2021 single-judge order which had said that former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's announcement during the COVID-19 lockdown about paying rent for poor tenants was legally enforceable. A Division Bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla clarified that a statement made during a press conference cannot be treated as a legal promise enforceable by courts. The Bench emphasised that no writ of mandamus can comp ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will today hear a CBI petition challenging a trial court's order acquitting all 23 accused -- including former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal -- in the case over the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam. The hearing will take place before a bench headed by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. During today's hearing, arguments on behalf of Kejriwal may be presented in court by the AAP national convenor himself. Kejriwal has also filed an application, requesting Justice ...Read More >
The Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited, or K-RIDE, has successfully encashed performance bank guarantees worth Rs 57 crore issued by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) through YES Bank, following an arbitration tribunal's rejection of L&T's plea to block the move. The guarantees were linked to civil works under Corridors 2 and 4 of the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP). K-RIDE completed the encashment on Saturday (April 4), after the tribunal upheld its position that L&T had de ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday expressed confidence that the upcoming Telangana High Court complex would rank among the most impressive judicial campuses in the country. He made the remarks after reviewing design plans and scale models while laying the foundation stone for Zone II of the High Court project at Rajendranagar. The event was attended by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Supreme Court judges PS Narasimha, Ujjal Bhuyan, SV Bhatti, and Alok Aradhe, along with Te ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: For students across Telangana, the promise of affordable higher education is under strain, with private professional colleges mandating upfront fee payments as fee reimbursement dues of around Rs 9,000 crore remain unpaid. The shift follows a recent interim relief granted by the Telangana High Court to around 15 private professional colleges, allowing them to collect tuition fees directly from beneficiaries from the 2026-27 academic year. The ripple effect has been immediate. As man ...Read More >
The Delhi high court has set aside a 2002 verdict convicting two engineers of the city government's flood control department for accepting ₹1,800 in bribes from a contractor's employee in 1991, holding that the trial court had ruled against them on the basis of "unsatisfactory evidence". In a 48-page judgment, justice Chandrashekharan Sudha said the material on record was insufficient to establish their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. "Suspicion, however strong, cannot take the place of proo ...Read More >
Alleging large scale corruption and administrative irregularities, BJP also announced a protest across all 68 assembly segments in the state. BJP chief spokesperson and MLA Randhir Sharma said the protest would be done from April 8 to April 11. Addressing media persons in Shimla, Sharma questioned the silence of the chief minister on the allegations. "The Chester Hill land case in Solan has raised serious questions over the credibility of the administrative machinery. We demand that the matter ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): In a significant development ahead of the scheduled hearing, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with several other former accused in the alleged liquor scam, has moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking the recusal of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma from the case. According to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legal team, Kejriwal may appear before the Court on April 6 and could make submissions in person during the hearing. Also Read | UP G ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): In a significant development ahead of the scheduled hearing, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with several other former accused in the alleged liquor scam, has moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking the recusal of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma from the case. According to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legal team, Kejriwal may appear before the Court on April 6 and could make submissions in person during the hearing. The High Court i ...Read More >
Hyderabad, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Sunday that all pillars of democracy must work with mutual respect and avoid confrontations. He stated that his government gives the highest respect not only to all court verdicts and judgments, but also to various observations and feedback. He was speaking at the foundation-laying of Zone-II of the new building of Telangana High Court in the presence of Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant. "In our dem ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that in a democracy, the three branches-legislature, executive, and judiciary-operate with autonomy, interdependence, and mutual respect. Speaking at an event where Chief Justice of India Surya Kant laid the foundation stone for Telangana High Court Zone II (residential buildings for judges and the Chief Justice), Reddy said it is the duty of the executive to provide the best infrastructure to the judiciary so that it can delive ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Apr 5 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that in a democracy, the three branches -- legislature, executive, and judiciary -- operate with autonomy, interdependence, and mutual respect. Speaking at an event where Chief Justice of India Surya Kant laid the foundation stone for Telangana High Court Zone II (residential buildings for judges and the Chief Justice), Reddy said it is the duty of the executive to provide the best infrastructure to the judiciary so ...Read More >
Hyderabad, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Sunday said the upcoming complex of Telangana High Court here will be the best high court in the country. He noted that courtrooms, administrative buildings, archives, residential infrastructure and training facilities will be grouped together in a single self-contained site. The CJI was speaking after laying the foundation stone for Zone-II of the new High Court complex coming up on 100 acres at Rajendranagar. H ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the construction of High Court Zone-II buildings in Rajendranagar, Rangareddy district. The event was attended by Telangana High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, several Supreme Court judges, High Court judges, and senior officials. The new High Court complex is being developed with modern infrastructure at Budwel, where construction work for the main building i ...Read More >
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday took note of inordinate delays in projects currently underway in the state capital Amaravati, and ordered contractors and officials to expedite the work to ensure it was complete within the deadlines fixed by the state, a statement from his office said. Addressing a high-level review meeting, Naidu expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of certain contracting agencies. He also pulled up certain oficials over allegedly avoidable admi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday, April 1, told the High Court that around 383 acre of forest land in Maheswaram village, Rangareddy district, was being sought to be siphoned off based on file notings without any valid legal title, as it argued its appeal against a single-judge's order favouring the petitioners. Appearing before a division bench of Justices Moushumi Bhattacharya and Gadi Praveen Kumar, the state Advocate General argued that revenue records cited by the responden ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday directed officials and contracting agencies to ensure that the Amaravati Capital Region is built completely as per deadlines to facilitate its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chairing a high-level review meeting at his camp office with representatives of the various contracting firms as well as officials, the AP CM emphasised the need for continuous monitoring and adherence to timelines, if necessary with an accelerated p ...Read More >
New Delhi: A child's right to education does not encompass the right to select a particular school for it, the Delhi High Court has held. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said the Right to Education (RTE) Act was a beneficial legislation, enacted to achieve the objectives of social inclusion and ensuring that schools become a common space which was not differentiated by barriers of caste, ethnic group or caste lines. "However, such a right to education cannot be tr ...Read More >
New Delhi: Clarifying the scope of the Right to Education Act, Delhi High Court has underscored that the beneficial act only guarantees access to education and does not grant students the right to demand admission to a specific school.In a recent verdict, a bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia explained this difference while dismissing an appeal filed by a woman seeking admission for her child to a particular private school under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) cat ...Read More >
The husband -- Tahir alias Babloo -- had been in jail since December 3, 2025 following the execution of an arrest warrant. Justice Praveen Kumar Giri in an order dated April 2 granted him relief, noting that there is no need to furnish a bail bond or sureties as he is in civil prison. The court directed the registrar (compliance) to communicate this order to the jail authorities for releasing the revisionist immediately. Tahir's wife filed an application seeking recovery of ₹2,64,000 as unpaid ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday modified its order passed on Thursday, by which it had granted relief to around 2.21 lakh candidates by permitting them to provisionally appear in the Rajasthan Sub-Inspector (SI)/Platoon Commander Recruitment Examination 2025. The earlier order was passed on a plea filed by one candidate, Suraj Mal Meena, who had sought deferment of the examination by at least four weeks on the ground that he had been unable to appear for the exam s ...Read More >
Following the discharge in the primary CBI case, special judge Rajeev Goyal also closed the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money-laundering complaint against the accused. Hooda, 78, appeared in person during the proceedings, which effectively terminate a decade of litigation involving allegations of corruption, cheating, and criminal conspiracy. The court's decision follows a February 25 ruling by the Punjab and Haryana high court, which set aside a 2021 order that had originally framed charge ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Himachal Pradesh government, alleging widespread corruption and administrative irregularities, and demanded a High Court-monitored probe into the alleged 'Chester Hill' land issue. The opposition party has also announced a protest across all 68 Assembly segments in the state to expose the corrupt and anti-people policies of the state government. Also Read | Global Food Pr ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday said the Supreme Court of India verdict upholding the Telangana Public Service Commission Group-I recruitment affirms the government's transparency in public hiring. In a post on X, Revanth Reddy welcomed Thursday's judgment dismissing petitions that challenged the recruitment of 563 candidates. He said the ruling brought relief to aspirants who had waited years for government jobs. The Chief Minister said candidates had faced prolonged unce ...Read More >
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