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File photo of former BCCI chief and current BJP MP Anurag Thakur. (PTI) New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Thursday, granted relief to former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur and paved way for a potential return to cricket administration. The court modified its January 2017 order which had directed Thakur to “cease and desist” from being…
Supreme Court asks Centre to review Wangchuk’s detention NEW DELHI: Observing that the medical condition of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been in detention for more than four months, is not very good, Supreme Court asked the Centre Wednesday to rethink/relook its decision to continue to keep him in custody, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.SC…
FROM ASSEMBLY TO COURTROOM: Mamata Banerjee, a law graduate, A is perhaps the first CM to argue in-person before the SC NEW DELHI: In a dramatic twist to her agitation against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday argued in Supreme Court against the exercise, which she…
Actor turned entrepreneur Vivek Oberoi has approached the Delhi High Court seeking legal protection of his personality rights, thus to avoid the rampant misuse of his identity across digital platforms. The suit has been filed through advocates Sana Raees Khan and Pranay Chitale.According to a report by LiveLaw, Oberoi has urged the court to restrain…
The Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to a person accused of sexually exploiting a woman by threatening to circulate intimate videos, holding that consent to have a relationship or even a sexual relationship cannot be extended to support coercion, filming of intimate scenes, or their misuse through social media.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma…
Madras High Court will decide on February 10 if actor Vishal gets more time to deposit Rs 10 crore in his legal battle with Lyca Productions. Vishal’s lawyer cited financial difficulties, including GST issues, for his inability to pay the sum. Lyca Productions has been asked to respond to Vishal’s extension plea. The controversy surrounding…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday morning reached the Supreme Court to argue her legal battle against the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, an exercise, being conducted by the Election Commission.A Supreme Court bench comprising CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymala Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi…
NEW DELHI: A Jharkhand HC judge kept his verdict reserved in a writ petition for two years and orally pronounced it on Dec 4 after SC found the delay “shocking”, but even after two months, there is no sign of a written judgment, which has been neither uploaded to HC website nor made available to…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Congress’s Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Ragini Nayak in a criminal defamation case filed by India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma.Magistrate Devanshi Janmeja of Saket court noted there were “sufficient grounds” to summon the three on July 27. The summons direct the three to respond to…
Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav directed to appear before prison authorities by February 4 in light of his conviction in cheque bounce cases. The Delhi High Court commented that although Rajpal Yadav committed to return the complainant the said amount of money, he did not comply with the tribunal’s direction. Court criticises repeated breaches of undertakings…
