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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 27 (ANI): A petition filed by TVK complaining about "onerous" conditions imposed by the police for its political campaigns has been listed before the Chief Justice's Bench of the Madras High Court, the party's advocate Arivazhagan said on Monday, adding that the State government agreed before the Court that it would frame guidelines for political campaigns on or before 11th November. "On behalf of TVK, we have filed a writ petition for seeking a direction t ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the Centre to consider telecom major Vodafone Idea Ltd's plea seeking quashing of the Department of Telecommunication's additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands for the period up to 2016-17, observing the issue falls within the policy domain of the government. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the order while hearing a writ petition filed by Vodafone Idea challenging fresh AGR-related demands ra ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 27 (Monday): The Supreme Court of India is today hearing a pivotal writ petition filed by Vodafone Idea Limited, which challenges the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) additional demand of ₹9,450 crore towards Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues for the 2016-17 period. The case, listed before a bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai, carries significant financial and policy implications -- not only for the telecom operator but also for the government and over 20 crore sub ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Madras High Court will on Monday take up a crucial batch of cases linked to actor-politician C. Joseph Vijay's TVK, the Karur rally stampede that claimed 41 lives on September 27, and the need for a uniform Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to govern all future political events in Tamil Nadu. The first Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan is scheduled to hear the matters, beginning with the second anticipato ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The excise department has received 95,500 applications for liquor shop licences till 10pm on Thursday, the last day for submitting applications. There is a notable decrease in the number of applications compared to the previous period (2023-2025), which saw approximately 1,32,000 applications.The decline is being attributed primarily to a reduction in applications from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, as well as an increase in the application fee from 2 lakh to 3 lakh. As a result of the ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Justice N Tukaramji of the Telangana High Court on Friday adjourned to Saturday the hearing on a writ petition filed by D Venkateshwar Rao and four others, seeking a stay on the entire process of allotment of retail liquor (A4) shops across the state. The petitioners have challenged the extension of the deadline for submission of applications beyond the originally notified date of October 18. During the hearing, senior counsel Avinash Desai, appearing for the petitioners, argued tha ...Read More >
The Kerala government on Friday told the High Court here that not permitting a Muslim girl to wear her headscarf (hijab) to school was an "invasion" of her privacy and dignity and a "denial of her right to secular education". The government said the right of the girl to wear a headscarf in her house and outside it, "does not stop at the school gate". The submissions were made in an affidavit filed in response to a plea moved by the church-run St Rita's Public School at Palluruthy here challeng ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has constituted a high-powered committee to oversee the long-delayed rehabilitation of encroachers living outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), observing that the state government had failed to comply with its directions issued over nearly three decades. A bench of chief justices Shree Chandrashekhar and Gautam A Ankhad passed the order on October 16 while hearing a contempt petition filed by Samyak Janhit Seva Sanstha against the Union of India. The peti ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, the next CJI, on Thursday stoutly defended the much-criticised collegium system for selecting constitutional court judges and said it has helped the judiciary preserve its autonomy and independence in administration of justice.CJI Gavai was speaking at Royal Institute of Management in Thimphu, Bhutan, while Justice Kant was addressing Sri Lankan Supreme Court in Colombo. The CJI cited SC's 2015 judgment striking down the National Judicial Appointm ...Read More >
Court directed police officer to ensure that petitioners are safely escorted to their choice of place ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Allahabad High Court ordered the release of an interfaith couple illegally detained by Uttar Pradesh Police * The couple was taken into custody without any legal direction or order from authorities * The female petitioner is a major and her detention violated her constitutional fundamental rights, court said Did our AI summary hel ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order that stayed a government order granting 42% reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. The high court had previously issued an interim stay, citing petitions that argued the increased quota breaches the 50% reservation ceiling. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order which stayed a government order providing 42 per cent reservation t ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed two writ petitions seeking an inquiry into the alleged illegal sale of Bhoodan lands in Maheshwaram mandal, Rangareddy district. The first petition, filed by Vadthya Ramulu, sought a Commission of Inquiry to probe the alleged illegal transfer of about nine acres in Survey Nos. 194 and 195 of Nagaram village. The petitioner claimed that Revenue officials, in collusion with private persons, had replaced the names of ori ...Read More >
PUNE: Thousands of members of the Jain community on Friday rallied against the sale of the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Digambar Jain Boarding (SHND hostel) property -- a 3.5-acre plot in Model Colony housing a Jain temple and hostel. The protesters accused the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Smarak Trust of "betraying the (Jain) community's faith while selling the trust land in Model Colony to a Pune-based developer". At the centre of the controversy is a high-value transaction between the trust and Gokhal ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday sought to know from the ministry of home affairs and CBI what pan-India action was required to unearth cybercrime syndicates extorting money from people, especially senior citizens, by threatening them with digital arrest."We are of the prima facie view that stern action on panIndia basis with coordinated efforts between central (agencies) and state police is required to unearth the full extent of this criminal enterprise involving forgery of judicial documents ...Read More >
The court dismissed a writ petition filed by the MLA's wife, challenging the arrest as illegal, arbitrary, and violative of fundamental rights In a significant development, the Karnataka High Court has upheld the arrest of Chitradurga district legislator KC Veerendra, also known as Puppy, by the Enforcement Directorate's Bengaluru zonal office, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The court dismissed a writ petition filed by the Congress MLA's wife, RD Chaitra, challenging ...Read More >
The father of an Air India pilot killed in a June crash has petitioned India's Supreme Court for an independent investigation, arguing the current probe unfairly focuses on pilot error. He seeks a new panel of aviation experts to examine technical and procedural causes, challenging the government's handling of the disaster. The 91-year-old father of the Air India pilot in a June crash that killed 260 has asked India's Supreme Court to order an independent investigation that takes into account c ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday disposed of a writ petition filed by Maganti Sunitha, contesting candidate in by elections of Jubilee Hills assembly constituency from the BRS, and minister K.T. Rama Rao alleged that nearly 12,000 bogus votes were added in the latest electoral voters list of Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency. The petitioners sought directions to the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana, to update the voters list before conducting elections. Senior counsel Dama S ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The investigation into the fatal crash of Air India Flight AI171 by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is facing legal challenges. A second case, this time a writ petition, has been filed before the Supreme Court of India demanding an independent, judicially monitored inquiry into the loss of the Boeing 787-8 (VT-ANB) on June 12, 2025, in Ahmedabad, which claimed 260 lives.The petition was filed by Pushkaraj Sabharwal, father of the deceased pilot Capt Sumeet Sabharwal, an ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Four months after the horrific Air India crash in Ahmedabad killed all but one of 242 people on board flight AI-171 and 19 others on ground, the father of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal has moved the Supreme Court seeking a judicially-monitored inquiry into the accident. The 91-year-old Pushkaraj Sabharwal, whose son Captain Sumeet was one of the two pilots of the ill-fated Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner which crashed 30 seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad en route to London Gatwick, has ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday halted the construction of the proposed ILS Hill Road project -- the Balbharati-Paud Phata link road -- planned through the Indian Law Society (ILS) campus and Law College Hill in Pune, pending environmental clearance.The SC also directed the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to expeditiously decide the issue of grant of environmental clearance by the Pune Municipal Corporation.A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vin ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing on Gitanjali J Angmo's plea challenging Sonam Wangchuk's detention. The court noted her intention to amend the petition. Wangchuk's elder brother and lawyer have met him in Jodhpur jail. The activist was detained under the National Security Act following violent protests in Ladakh. The government accused him of inciting the violence. The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned to October 29 the hearing on a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali J ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court disapproved the United Nations agency's issuance of Refugee Cards to immigrants in India, remarking that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has "opened a showroom here and are issuing certificates." The two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, made these remarks after hearing a petition of Yousif Haroun Yagoub Mohamed, hailing from Sudan but a resident of India since 2013. Arguing for Mohamed, Senior Advocate D ...Read More >
Lucknow Municipal Corporation sealed Sahara Shaher for alleged lease norm violations, stating the 30-year lease expired in 2024 without development. Sahara India disputes this, claiming significant investment and development, citing ongoing legal disputes and an operative stay order from civil court. The group has moved the High Court against the civic body's actions. LUCKNOW: The Sahara Shaher in Lucknow's posh Gomti Nagar that once dazzled with glitterati was sealed by municipal authorities o ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate is investigating Mammootty's Chennai property, a news report said. This follows recent raids across Kerala targeting luxury cars imported illegally. Dulquer Salmaan is seeking the release of his seized Land Rover Defender. The operation, dubbed 'Operation Numkhor', highlights a crackdown on tax evasion and irregular imports. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is back in the headlines with a high-profile sweep involving Malayalam cinema stars. Mammootty's property in Ch ...Read More >
New Delhi/Jodhpur, Oct 8 (PTI) Speeches and lectures delivered by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk have been quoted out of context and wrongly translated from Ladakhi to suit the "anti-national narrative" in his detention order, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo said on Wednesday. She also asserted that the charges against Wangchuk are "frivolous" and will be challenged in court. Accompanied by lawyer Ritam Khare, Angmo met Wangchuk on Tuesday and received a copy of the detention order. Talking to PT ...Read More >
Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, arrested under NSA, demands an independent judicial inquiry into the killing of four people in Ladakh, vowing to remain incarcerated until it's completed. He reiterated support for Ladakh's constitutional demands for Sixth Schedule and statehood, urging peaceful struggle. An advocate criticized the administration for hounding people and demanded Wangchuk's release. Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, in a message from jail, has demanded an independent ...Read More >
Guwahati: Shyamkanu Mahanta, one of the accused in the Zubeen Garg death case, filed a criminal writ petition with the Supreme Court last Tuesday, seeking the transfer of the investigation from the SIT to the CBI or the NIA and appointing a retired Supreme Court judge to oversee the probe. The petition was submitted a day before Mahanta's arrest by the Assam Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) at Delhi airport.In his petition, Mahanta also requested protection for himself and his family from ...Read More >
The Karnataka High Court's division bench declined to stay a single judge's order that halted the state's Rs 200 movie ticket price cap. The court directed multiplexes to maintain detailed sales records, ensuring potential refunds for online ticket buyers if the price cap is eventually upheld, with cash differentials going to public use. The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday declined to stay a single judge order by which the court stayed operation of the state's notification capping movie ticket ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court has extended its stay on the Rs 200 ceiling imposed on cinema ticket prices across multiplexes in the state. According to an official statement from the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), the Principal Bench on a writ appeal filed by the Karnataka State Film Chamber of Commerce against the Multiplex Association of India, upheld the stay granted on September 23 and issued detailed directions on ticket sales and refunds in its or ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Rajasthan Police to file an updated status report along with an inquiry report into the alleged illegal apprehension and detention of two "minor" boys, who were apprehended in Delhi and later taken to Rajasthan in connection with a theft and trespass case. A bench of Justices Jyoti Singh and Anish Dayal was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by street hawker Kapoori Bai, who alleged that her son, 15 and a relat ...Read More >
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