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New Delhi, July 10: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday objected to the PILs filed by several NGOs and other political activists in the Supreme Court challenging its decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, representing the poll body, objected to the locus standi of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and other PIL litigants. "None of them are voters in Bihar! Before you (SC) are some ...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 >
Srinagar, July 9: In a determined push to strengthen alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and bring justice closer to the people, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Srinagar, under the leadership of Tasleem Arief (Principal District and Sessions Judge, Srinagar and Chairman, DLSA), convened a high-level review meeting with all judicial officers of district Srinagar. The meeting marked the formal launch of the ambitious 'Mediation for the Nation' campaign, a 90-day nationwide drive ai ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, India: Birkenstock is stepping up its efforts to protect its iconic sandals in India, as local legal representatives conducted court-ordered raids on factories suspected of producing fakes. The German shoemaker is pursuing legal action to counter growing counterfeit activity tied to its popular footwear. According to people familiar with the matter, court-appointed lawyers recently inspected several small-scale factories in India to seize suspected counterfeit Birkenstock products. ...Read More >
Varanasi: A district court here has dismissed a plea seeking the transfer of the original 1991 Gyanvapi suit from the court of the civil judge to another court. Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi, who is a party to the case, said District Judge Jay Prakash Tiwari rejected the transfer application on Monday, stating that the petitioners were not parties to the original suit and hence had no legal standing to seek such a transfer. The plea was filed by Manikuntala Tiwari, Neelima Mishra and Renu Pan ...Read More >
Varanasi (UP), Jul 8 (PTI) A district court here has dismissed a plea seeking the transfer of the original 1991 Gyanvapi suit from the court of the civil judge to another court. Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi, who is a party to the case, said District Judge Jay Prakash Tiwari rejected the transfer application on Monday, stating that the petitioners were not parties to the original suit and hence had no legal standing to seek such a transfer. The plea was filed by Manikuntala Tiwari, Neelima Mi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to halt the release of the Bollywood film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly inspired by the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur. Filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, the petition alleges that the film may incite communal discord and threaten social harmony. The petition cites the film's trailer, released on June 26, 2025 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to halt the release of the Bollywood film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly inspired by the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur. Filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, the petition alleges that the film may incite communal discord and threaten social harmony. The petition cites the film's trailer, released on June 26, 2025 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 6 (Reuters) - Indian court-appointed legal representatives inspected small-scale factories in recent weeks to seize suspected counterfeit Birkenstock footwear, after the German brand launched an infringement lawsuit, people familiar with the matter said. Birkenstock's case is occurring around the same time other shoemakers are in the news in India. Crocs this month secured a court nod to pursue a nine-year-old infringement case, while Prada is facing heat over showcasing sandals ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 6 -- Indian court-appointed legal representatives inspected small-scale factories in recent weeks to seize suspected counterfeit Birkenstock footwear, after the German brand launched an infringement lawsuit, people familiar with the matter said. Birkenstock's case is occurring around the same time other shoemakers are in the news in India. Crocs this month secured a court nod to pursue a nine-year-old infringement case, while Prada is facing heat over showcasing sandals similar ...Read More >
In a significant legal blow to Saif Ali Khan, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected his long-pending petition against the government's move to designate his ancestral assets, worth Rs 15,000 crore, as "enemy property." In a major legal setback for Saif Ali Khan, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed his long-standing plea challenging the government's decision to classify his ancestral properties, valued at Rs 15,000 crore, as "enemy property." A trial court decision from 2000 that a ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is conducting its 5th special Ramayana train tour since its inception on January 22 last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This tour, "Shri Ramayana Yatra" will start from July 25, 2025 and will cover over 30 destinations associated with Lord Ram starting from Ayodhya and going to Nandigram, Sitamarhi, Janakpur, Buxar, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Chitrakoot, Nashik, Hampi and finally Rameshwaram island in South India before ret ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A Bengaluru court has issued an ex parte interim injunction restraining veteran actor and politician Kamal Haasan from making any comments deemed defamatory or derogatory towards the Kannada language, its literature, land, or culture. The injunction was passed on Friday by an Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge following a civil suit filed by the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP), represented by its president, Mahesh Joshi. The court order prohibits Haasan from "posting, making, wr ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Tata Power, the utility arm of the Tata Group, plans to contest the $490 million (Rs 4,200 crore) verdict handed down by the Singapore arbitral tribunal. The ruling stems from alleged breaches of confidentiality agreements with investment firm Kleros Capital Partners concerning a potential coal mining project in Russia. At Tata Power's annual shareholder meeting on Friday, chairman N Chandrasekaran said: "The company is reviewing the contents of the July 1 arbitration award and is discus ...Read More >
Mumbai: A public interest litigation filed in Bombay high court seeks reliefs against Italian luxury fashion label Prada after it showcased open-toe leather sandals at the recent Milan Fashion Week that are "deceptively similar" to the Kolhapuri chappal."The Kolhapuri chappal is the cultural symbol of Maharashtra and has special public sentiments attached to it. The act of copying and misrepresenting this craft in international markets effectively amounts to depriving local artisans of rightful ...Read More >
Mangaluru: As part of the nationwide 'justice at your doorstep' initiative, the National Lok Adalat will be held across Dakshina Kannada district on July 12, with the aim of resolving civil and criminal disputes quickly and amicably. Adalats will be held in 37 benches across the district.Principal district and sessions judge and chairman of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Basavaraj, said the public should make use of the opportunity to settle disputes through mutual consent and the ...Read More >
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 4 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside a 25-year-old trial court's order in relation to Bhopal Nawab's properties dispute and remanded back to the trial Court for deciding it afresh. The descendants of Bhopal's Nawab Hamidullah Khan, who passed away in 1960, along with the heirs of his elder brother, Obaidullah Khan, initiated legal proceedings in 1999 to seek division and inheritance of the Nawab's private properties according to Muslim Per ...Read More >
HDFC Bank's Managing Director and CEO, Sashidhar Jagdishan, has approached the Supreme Court challenging an FIR filed by the trustees of Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Jagdishan, described the case as a "frivolous FIR" and alleged that it was an act of arm-twisting over pending financial recovery. "The FIR has been filed because we have to recover money from them," Rohatgi told the Supreme Court on Thursday, adding that the FIR was baseless and aimed at ...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 >
New Delhi: Industry body CII Thursday pitched for rationalisation of goods and service tax (GST) rates, reduction in tax litigation, establishment of a joint skills acceleration fund (between public, private and CSR), and introduction of a capital support scheme for small and medium enterprises. New CII President Rajiv Memani said the Indian economy was expected to grow by 6.4-6.7% in FY26, driven by strong domestic demand amid global uncertainties. "We must remember that in all these cases we ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has directed Assam's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) to initiate legal proceedings against Special Chief Secretary MK Yadava for unauthorized diversion of 11.5 hectares of forest land in the Damcherra Innerline Reserve Forest in Hailakandi district of Barak Valley. Yadava, who was then serving as PCCF and Head of Forest Force (HoFF), had approved the use of the forest land by the Assam Police Housing Corpor ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): In an Interim relief to Dabur India Ltd., the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Patanjali Ayurved to withdraw advertisements that allegedly disparage Dabur's Chyawanprash. The interim order was passed by Justice Mini Pushkarna in response to a lawsuit filed by Dabur, which accused Patanjali of misleading claims aimed at undermining its long-established product. Also Read | RBI Bank Holiday List for July 2025: Banks To Remain Closed on These Days This Month, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 2: In a significant move aimed at reducing pension-related legal disputes and ensuring swifter justice for India's growing population of retired Government employees, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh today , while chairing the first-ever "National Workshop on Pension Litigation" organised by the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare at Vigyan Bhawan here, said that in no case should the vital energies of our elder citizens be allowed to be consumed inconsequentially for av ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a significant move aimed at reducing pension-related legal disputes and ensuring swifter justice for India's growing population of retired government employees, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Wednesday, while chairing the first-ever "National Workshop on Pension Litigation" organised by the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare at Vigyan Bhawan here, said that in no case should the vital energies of our elder citizens be allowed to be consumed inconsequentially for avoi ...Read More >
Chennai, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) In an effort to resolve the ongoing standoff between the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and the Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI), the Madras High Court on Wednesday appointed former judge Justice M. Govindaraj as a mediator. The decision was made by a bench of Justice K. Kumaresh Babu, who directed the mediator to initiate dialogue with both parties and submit a report to the court at the earliest. The dispute has led to the suspension of s ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 2 (Reuters) - An Indian court has revived nine-year-old lawsuits filed by Crocs Inc (CROX.O), opens new tab which accused several Indian companies of launching footwear identical to its popular rubber clogs, allowing the U.S. firm to press ahead with its infringement challenges. The court's announcement late on Tuesday comes just as another international brand, Prada, is facing heat in India for showcasing sandals during a Milan fashion show which were similar to Indian ethnic f ...Read More >
New Delhi, India -- When models sashayed down the ramp at Milan Fashion Week last week, Harish Kurade looked at them on his smartphone in awe, sitting in his village in southern Maharashtra state, more than 7,000km (4,350 miles) away. Models were showcasing a new line of open-toe leather sandals, designed by Prada, the iconic luxury fashion house. However, in India, the visuals raised a furore among artisans and politicians after the Italian giant failed to credit the ancient Maharashtra roots ...Read More >
New Delhi: With 15 million registered taxpayers and robust growth in the revenue receipts, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) ecosystem is continuing to evolve with a focus on ease of doing business, better compliance and wider economic participation, the finance ministry said on Monday as the indirect tax system completed eight years. Annual revenue from GST, introduced on 1 July 2017, has doubled to ₹22.08 trillion in FY25 from five years ago and micro, small and medium enterprises are finding ...Read More >
New Delhi: On July 1, 2025, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will complete eight years since its rollout. It was introduced in 2017 as a major step towards economic integration. GST replaced a maze of indirect taxes with a single and unified system. It made tax compliance easier, reduced costs for businesses and allowed goods to move freely across states. According to the government, by improving transparency and efficiency, GST helped lay the foundation for a stronger and more integrated econom ...Read More >
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