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CUTTACK: In a landmark ruling that reaffirms the rights of women employees irrespective of their employment status, the Orissa High Court has upheld the grant of maternity leave to a contractual worker and dismissed the state government's appeal challenging the same. Anindita Mishra, engaged as a young professional under the Health and Family Welfare department since May 20, 2014, had been serving on a contractual basis with regular extensions based on her performance. In August 2016, followin ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Drug Controller General of India to consult experts and relevant stakeholders in deciding a plea over drug combinations sold in the market for weight loss treatment. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the petitioner to give a representation to the DGCI, which was asked to decide the matter within three months. Also Read | 'Janaki' Title Row: Malayalam Film Industry Holds Protest in Front ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Drug Controller General of India to consult experts and relevant stakeholders in deciding a plea over drug combinations sold in the market for weight loss treatment. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the petitioner to give a representation to the DGCI, which was asked to decide the matter within three months. A plea filed by Jitendra Chouksey said licenses issued for the use and sale of ...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 >
INDORE: Indore bench of MP High court on Tuesday stayed the order directing the National Testing Agency (NTA) to carry out re-examination of NEET-UG for students from Indore and Ujjain who had alleged power outage during the initial test in May.The stay was granted on a writ appeal filed by NTA sighting various difficulties arising out of the earlier order.The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi listed the matter on July 10 and said in the order, "Till all the m ...Read More >
New Delhi: Fatima Nafis, the mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing in 2016, on Tuesday accused CBI and Delhi Police of "negligence" in her son's case and said that even if she has to knock on the Supreme Court's doors for justice, she will do it. In a Facebook post, she said she will fight till her last breath. A Delhi court on Monday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to close Ahmed's case, saying that the agency "exhausted all options" eight years after he went m ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court single bench of Justice Tadakamalla Vinod Kumar on Tuesday expressed deep concern and strongly disapproved action of the Rachakonda police for meddling in civil disputes and settling them in the Nagole police station itself in lieu of Rs.55 lakh. The judge was astonished to know from the counsel for petitioner Pamu Sudershanam that the Nagole police had confined him from morning to evening on June 19. The court while expressing shock at such an appalling acti ...Read More >
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday evening said the IV additional district judge of Madurai S John Sundarlal Suresh would conduct an inquiry into the custodial death of Ajithkumar in Sivaganga district, and submit a report by July 8. The court directed that case files, CCTV footage, available evidence, and other materials be handed over to judge John Sundarlal Suresh on Wednesday. A division bench of Justices S M Subramaniam and A D Maria Clete gave the direction wh ...Read More >
Srinagar: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has dismissed the petition of an elderly couple facing deportation. The couple comes from a family of permanent residents and landholders of Kashmir but became the citizens of Pakistan after the 1947 partition. The couple -- Mohammad Khalil Qazi and Arifa Qazi -- were born in Srinagar in 1945 and 1962 respectively. They are cousins, and got married in 1986 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. In 1988, they came back to Kashmir along with their new-born baby on a ...Read More >
Chennai/Sivaganga, Jul 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday ordered transferring to the CBI the probe into the Sivaganga custodial death of a 29-year-old man as the opposition mounted pressure seeking central agency investigation. The state government also initiated action against policemen, including putting the district police chief on "compulsory wait". Also, a DSP was placed under suspension. The CM said he was anguished to know that Ajithkumar, picked up for enquiry die ...Read More >
Madurai, Jul 1 (PTI) The family of an alleged custodial victim from Sivaganga has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court, seeking a direction to the authorities concerned to register a murder case in connection with the incident. The case came up before the Madras HC bench here on Tuesday. The family pleaded the court for issue of a Writ of Mandamus or any other Writ, order or direction to the respondents, including TN Home Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP) to register ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea fled by former IPL head Lalit Modi seeking a direction to the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) to pay a penalty of Rs 10.65 crore imposed on him for alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and R. Mahadevan declined to interfere with a decision of the Bombay High Court turning down his writ petition seeking a direction to the BCCI to ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition filed by former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, who had sought a direction for the BCCI to indemnify him for a Rs 10.65 crore penalty imposed under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The court declined to entertain the plea, effectively leaving Modi liable for the payment. A Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan declined to interfere with a decision of the Bombay High Court turning down his writ petition seeking a direction ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea filed by former cricket administrator Lalit Modi seeking an order to the BCCI to pay a penalty of Rs 10.65 crore imposed on him by the ED for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan, however, said Modi will be entitled to avail civil remedies as available according to law. The Bombay High Court on December 19 last year had imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on Modi while d ...Read More >
Cuttack: Orissa high court has directed the higher education department to examine the plea of Kalinga Publishers and Booksellers Association, Cuttack, alleging favouritism in the selection of books meant for libraries of non-govt colleges and take appropriate action within 30 days.The bench of Justice B P Routray, who heard the writ petition on June 24, disposed it of at the admission stage without commenting on its merits. However, the court issued a clear direction to the secretary of the dep ...Read More >
Bengaluru Power Cuts: Citizens of Bengaluru brace yourself for long hours of power outages from June 29 and June 30. More than 100 areas will be impacted as BESCOM undertakes its quarterly maintenance work in various of its division. Bengaluru Power Outages June 29: According to the update by BESCOM on its X handler, there will be power outages in Kittaganahalli, Palasandra, Saptagiri, Maruthinagar, Sankapur, Raghavendra Nagar, Goolarivee, Baddihalli, Kesaramadu, C.M Badawan, Kalalli and SKS v ...Read More >
Mumbai: Even as Muslim leaders accused former BJP Member of Parliament Kirit Somaiya of pressuring the police to take penal action against mosques that use loudspeakers to broadcast azaans, or the call to prayer, Somaiya said on Thursday that the police have removed more than 1,500 illegal loudspeakers in the last three months. "We initiated campaign after Mumbai High Court issued directives about use of such speakers, loudspeakers and noise pollution. 99% masjids/trustees have never obtained, ...Read More >
New Delhi: On Leader of the Opposition Mr Rahul Gandhi's demand for machine-readable, digital copy of the electoral roll for the last seven months, the sources in Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said that this is not something new but a part of well thought out strategy of the party which it has been following for the last eight years. Referring to the Supreme Court case of 2019, Kamal Nath v. Election Commission of India, (2019) 2 SCC 260, sources said the demand reiterated by M ...Read More >
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has directed to restore the electricity connection at the residence of Samajwadi Party MP of Sambhal Zia Ur Rehman Barq which was disconnected in Dec 2024.Passing above directions to Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, the court also stayed the final assessment order imposing on him electricity charges of Rs. 1.91 crores for a period of 4,138 days upon the allegation of unauthorised use of electricity.Hearing a writ petition filed by Zia Ur Rehman, a di ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Justice T Vinod Kumar of the Telangana high court has directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to consider an application filed by a woman and her son seeking regularisation of their Begumpet property -- constructed in violation of approved building norms -- before initiating any demolition. The dispute pertains to property bearing Nos. 6-3-1177/A/120 and 6-3-1177/A/104 in BS Maktha, Begumpet, where the petitioners, Cheguri Lakshmi and her son Cheguri Eswar Sai Kis ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a plea filed by two journalists from Madhya Pradesh who were allegedly assaulted and abused at the instance of Bhind's Superintendent of Police over their reporting on "illegal sand mining" in the Chambal river. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan will resume hearing the matter on June 9. On Wednesday, a bench of Justices Sanjay Ka ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8: The Delhi High Court has held that encroachers cannot claim a right to continue occupying public land till their rehabilitation claims are not resolved, as this would unduly impede public projects. The high court made the observation while granting liberty to the DDA to proceed with the demolition action at Bhoomiheen Camp in South Delhi's Kalkaji in accordance with law. Justice Dharmesh Sharma said the writ petitions were not only flawed due to the misjoinder of multiple par ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate has recorded the statement of businessman Aneesh Babu, who had filed a case against an ED official in Kerala, accusing him of demanding a Rs 2 crore bribe to settle a case. The ED officer, however, has denied this and said the businessman registered a complaint to wiggle out of the case. Aneesh Babu was summoned by the ED to its New Delhi office on May 30 to record his statement. But he failed to appear, though there was a clear di ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 7 (ANI): Two top Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) officials -- secretary A Shankar and treasurer ES Jairam -- resigned from their posts during an emergency managing committee meeting held on Saturday, accepting 'moral responsibility' for stampede near M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The incident occurred during celebrations following Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) maiden IPL title win and claimed 11 lives and left dozens injured. KSCA Pres ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 7 (PTI) A delegation of Indian Olympic Association, Central and Gujarat state government met Commonwealth Sport officials in London to have a better understanding of the process and the framework relating to securing hosting rights of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad. The delegation included IOA chief PT Usha and officials from the Union Sports Ministry as well as the Gujarat state government. They met the Commonwealth Sport officials over two days in London. While the prop ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 7 (ANI): Two top Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) officials -- secretary A Shankar and treasurer ES Jairam -- resigned from their posts during an emergency managing committee meeting held on Saturday, accepting "moral responsibility" for stampede near M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The incident occurred during celebrations following Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) maiden IPL title win and claimed 11 lives and left dozens injured. Also Read ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) Preventive detention is an extraordinary power in the hands of the state that must be used sparingly, said the Supreme Court as it set aside an order to detain a man indulging in money lending in Kerala. A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Manmohan said the circumstances pointed out in the order by the detaining authority may be ground enough for the state to approach the competent courts for cancellation of bail in cases against him, but it cannot be said that the same ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to submit detailed responses to nine critical questions concerning the stampede during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL victory celebration on June 4, which resulted in 11 deaths and over 50 injuries. As part of its inquiry, the court has posed nine critical questions to ascertain the accountability of organisers and authorities. These include: who decided to hold the celebration, when and how the decision was taken, ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Who authorised the RCB victory celebration event? When and how the decision was made? Whether the organisers had obtained the necessary permissions? were among the questions for which the Karnataka government will have to file its replies to the High Court by June 10, in connection with the June 4 stampede that killed 11 people. The High Court has directed the state government to submit detailed responses to nine critical questions. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court annulled Vaidya Jayant Yeshwant Deopujari's appointment as the chairperson of the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine. The court found him ineligible due to lacking the necessary postgraduate qualifications mandated by the NCISM Act, highlighting the emphasis on educational standards in Indian medicine. In a significant judicial development, the Delhi High Court on Friday overturned the appointment of Vaidya Jayant Yeshwant Deopujari as chairperson of the Nati ...Read More >
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