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The Telangana government on Friday formally issued orders providing 42% reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in rural and urban local bodies across the state, marking a significant move towards enhancing political representation for the community. The decision follows recommendations by a commission led by retired IAS officer Busani Venkateshwara Rao, which conducted a detailed Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political, and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey. According to the government, the enha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday allowed certified manufacturers to produce green crackers on the condition that their sale is not carried in Delhi-NCR without approval. A bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai also asked the Centre to take a fresh look at the absolute ban on the manufacture of firecrackers in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The bench, also comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria, directed the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate C ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has asked the Central government for a response on the Public Interest Litigation about restricting yellow pea imports. The plea argues these imports harm pulse farmers' livelihoods. Kisan Mahapanchayat filed the PIL. Advocate Prashant Bhushan represents the farmers. The court wants to ensure consumers don't suffer from potential shortages. The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre on a PIL seeking import curbs on yellow peas, which is considered a substitu ...Read More >
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in Delhi High Court by an organisation and an individual petitioner seeking its direction to authorities to remove the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt from Tihar jail. Bhatt was hanged in 1984. Guru was executed in Feb 2013.The PIL, yet to be listed, sought relocation of their remains, if necessary, to a secret location to prevent the "glorification of terrorism". The plea by Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh and Jitendra Singh said t ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has asked the Central government and Directorate General of Civil Aviation to respond to the Air India plane crash incident in Ahmedabad. The court wants a fair and quick investigation by experts. Safety Matters Foundation seeks an independent probe into the accident. They claim the initial report is incomplete and lacks transparency. The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) "for the limited purpose of ens ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after the Supreme Court closed a case against zoological rescue and rehabilitation centre Vantara following an SIT clean chit, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said if only all cases were dealt with and settled so expeditiously and categorically. The Congress general secretary and former environment minister said that when it chooses to, the Indian judicial system, which is defined by long delays, moves with the greatest of speed. "On August 25, 2025, the Supreme Court ...Read More >
New Delhi: In the Vantara Wildlife Centre case of Jamnagar, Gujarat, the Supreme Court has asked if someone wants to keep an elephant and does so by following all the rules, then what is wrong with it? The court said this while completing the hearing of the case on Monday, September 15, 2025. However, the court has not passed any order yet. The report of the Special Investigation Team was also presented in today's hearing. A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court demanding a thorough investigation ...Read More >
Jabalpur, Sep 14 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh High Court has temporarily paused live streaming of hearings of criminal cases from Monday, while hearing a PIL claiming they are being shown in a bad light and misused on social media. The registry is directed to "forthwith stop the live streaming of all benches hearing criminal matters till the next date of hearing," a division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf said in an interim order on Friday. "However, Registry shall ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government ...Read More >
1. Karnataka HC declines to interfere with government's invitation to Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara 2025 The High Court of Karnataka on September 15 declined to interfere with the State Government's decision to invite writer and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose collection of Kannada short stories translated to English won the international Booker award 2025, to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festival, which begins on September 22. A division bench passed the order while dismissing petitio ...Read More >
Cloudburst in Dehradun News: Dehradun experienced cloudbursts in Sahastradhara, leading to swollen rivers and damaged shops. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reported rescue operations by police and SDRF. In Rishikesh, the Chandrabhaga river overflowed due to heavy rainfall, flooding the highway and trapping vehicles. SDRF successfully rescued three people stranded in the river, ensuring their safety. The local administration is monitoring the situation. ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by BJP leader and former MP Pratap Simha and others, who had opposed the selection of Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year's Mysuru Dasara. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Joshi held that there was no violation of any constitutional right in the matter. "We do not find any infringement of rights in this case. Hence, the petition i ...Read More >
The Supreme Court said political parties cannot be equated with workplaces. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to bring women engaged in political sector under the protection of anti-sexual harassment law. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Atul S Chandurkar questioned how political parties could fall within the definition of "workplace" under the POSH Act, remarking that there exists no employer-employe ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The uncle of Sowjanya, the 17-year-old college student whose 2012 rape and murder shook Karnataka, has moved the High Court of Karnataka with a public interest litigation demanding urgent judicial intervention in what he describes as a "decades-long pattern of unexplained deaths, rapes, and disappearances" in Dharmasthala. The petition, filed by Sowjanya's uncle Purandara Gowda along with local resident Tukaram Gowda, urges the court to empower the Special Investigation Team (SIT) con ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday noted that multiple inquiries into the affairs of Vantara, the animal rescue and rehabilitation centre, have led to the finding that there has been no violation of law whatsoever. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B Varale found that there is no merit in the allegations of smuggling of animals or money laundering against the Jamnagar-based facility, owned and operated by the Reliance Foundation. The Court's observa ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Supreme Court to probe allegations of irregularities against Vantara, has given a clean chit to the zoological rescue and rehabilitation centre set up by Mukesh Ambani in Gujarat's Jamnagar. The Bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice P B Varale took the report that was submitted on Friday on record on Monday and noted that authorities have expressed satisfaction on the issue of compliance and regulatory measures in Vantara. The ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday that Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq is facing opposition for the inauguration of the historic Dussehra festival as she belongs to a different religion. Speaking in Bengaluru on Monday, CM Siddaramaiah said: "Tolerance and coexistence must be embraced by everyone. The Constitution clearly calls for equality beyond caste, religion, and class. Vested interests and electoral intolerance must be collectively co ...Read More >
New Delhi: In the Vantara Wildlife Centre case of Jamnagar, Gujarat, the Supreme Court has asked if someone wants to keep an elephant and does so by following all the rules, then what is wrong with it? The court said this while completing the hearing of the case on Monday, September 15, 2025. However, the court has not passed any order yet. The report of the Special Investigation Team was also presented in today's hearing. A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court demanding a thorough investigation ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions challenging the state government's decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the 'Mysuru Dasara' festivities this year. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bhakru and Justice C M Joshi declined to entertain four public interest litigations (PIL), including the one filed by former BJP member of parliament from Mysuru Pratap Simha, stating that the petitioners had failed to demo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday accepted the report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by retired apex court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar, which gave a clean chit to the Vantara wildlife facility in Gujarat's Jamnagar. A Bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale opened the sealed-cover report in open court and read out the conclusion of the SIT, which held that the transfers of wildlife in the facility were in conformity with the statu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved the order in a suo motu PIL in connection with the lack of functional CCTVs in police stations for September 26. During the course of the hearing on Monday, the Bench of the apex court suggested and observed the need for a Control Room. It would ensure that there is no human intervention, highlighting that in case any camera goes off, it is immediately noted. "That is the only way the issue can be tackled. Initially, there has to be inspection of ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by former BJP Member of Parliament (MP) Pratap Simha and others challenging the decision of the state government to invite Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festival beginning September 22. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi refused to interfere in the decision of the state government. "We are not persuaded to accept that a person from a di ...Read More >
New Delhi, September 15: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to bring women engaged in political sector under the protection of anti-sexual harassment law. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Atul S Chandurkar questioned how political parties could fall within the definition of "workplace" under the POSH Act, remarking that there exists no employer-employee relationship between a party and its workers. The Special Leav ...Read More >
BENGALURU: "We are not persuade to accept the arguments that an invitation to a person of different faith violate constitutional or legal right," the Karnataka High Court said while pronouncing its operative portion of the order on Monday while dismissing three public interest litigations filed by former MP Prathap Simha and two others against extending invitation to Booker awardee Banu Mustaq to inaugurate Dasara. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Joshi pa ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka High Court on Monday took up the petition submitted by former BJP MP Pratap Simha seeking a stay on the Congress-led government's decision to have Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq inaugurate the historic festival. The matter is being heard by the bench headed by Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru. Senior counsel Sudarshan is presenting arguments in favour of Pratap Simha. The counsel submitted that there is a tradition of paying floral tributes to Goddes ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court is set to resume hearing on Monday over a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a thorough investigation into the alleged illegal wildlife transfers and the unlawful captivity of elephants at the Vantara wildlife facility in Gujarat's Jamnagar. On August 25, a bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the chairmanship of a retired apex court judge to probe in ...Read More >
Jabalpur, Sep 14 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh High Court has temporarily paused live streaming of hearings of criminal cases from Monday, while hearing a PIL claiming they are being shown in a bad light and misused on social media. The registry is directed to "forthwith stop the live streaming of all benches hearing criminal matters till the next date of hearing," a division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf said in an interim order on Friday. ...Read More >
Nagpur: The OBC Mukti Morcha, led by its National Convenor Nitin Choudhary, approached the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, challenging Maharashtra govt's recent resolutions (GRs) that allegedly favour the Maratha community in the reservation policy.The petition seeks to quash the government resolutions (GR) of September 2, 2025, and January 25, 2024, which the petitioner claims are unconstitutional and discriminatory. The petitioner, through counsel Bhupesh Patil, argues the resolutions, ...Read More >
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to Hindi film actors Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi, along with producer Alok Jain, director Subhash Kapoor, and others, in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Hindi song "Bhai Vakeel Hai" from the upcoming film Jolly LLB 3. The Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf, has directed all parties to submit their replies by September 17, just two days ahead of the film's sc ...Read More >
Pune: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Former Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur has defended the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against recently sparked criticisms over India playing against Pakistan in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 match. The match will take place on Sunday at 8 PM IST. Watch Video: Speaking to the media in Pune, Anurag Thakur said, "When multinational tournaments are organised by ACC or ICC, it becomes a compulsion, a necessity for nations to ...Read More >
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