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CHANDIGARH: Coming down heavily on Punjab Police over the murder of a kabaddi player in public view, the Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the DGP to appear in person and explain why adequate security arrangements were not made at the stadium, where nearly a thousand spectators had gathered.The DGP has been asked to…
Karisma Kapoor‘s ex-husband Sunjay Kapur passed away this year in June. And soon after his demise, there’s a feud within the family regarding his Rs 30,000 crore estate. A plea was filed by Sunjay’s children with Karisma, Samaira and Kiaan Raj Kapur wherein they alleged that his widowed wife Priya Kapur has forged his will….
File photo: Kuldeep Singh Sengar NEW DELHI: Kuldeep Singh Sengar, former UP MLA convicted of raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017, did not come under the definition of a public servant under the Pocso Act, Delhi high court held in its Dec 23 order suspending his sentence.In a curious move, high court has…
File photo: Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti (Picture credit: PTI) JAMMU: The high court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday dismissed a PIL filed by former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti seeking the transfer of undertrials—currently imprisoned in jails outside J&K—back into the Union Territory.The division bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice…
JAMMU: High court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has issued notice to J&K UT administration, seeking its response to a PIL that urges directions to the J&K authorities on matters concerning Displaced Persons of 1947 from Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK).A division bench comprising chief justice Arun Palli and justice Rajnesh Oswal issued the…
CBI to move Supreme Court against Delhi high court order NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation will approach the Supreme Court at the earliest to challenge the Delhi High Court order that suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and granted him bail in the 2017 Unnao rape case, officials…
A US district court judge has upheld President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a $100,000 entry-fee on new H-1B visa workers hired from outside the US, delivering a significant legal win to the administration’s assertion of broad executive authority over immigration.In an order issued on Tuesday night, Judge Beryl A. Howell, of the Columbia district…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday modified two bail conditions imposed on Christian Michel James in the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case, granting him partial relief while retaining strict safeguards to ensure he “does not leave the country”.The order was passed on a plea filed by Michel seeking release and modification of bail…
NEW DELHI: A court in Gautam Buddha Nagar on Tuesday dismissed the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea seeking withdrawal of charges against all accused in the long-pending Akhlaq lynching case. The court also directed for trial on day-to-day basis.Additional district and session judge’s court rejected the prosecution’s plea as “baseless”, advocate Yusuf Saifi, counsel for Akhlaq’s…
New Delhi: Delhi high court Monday sought responses from Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other accused on an ED plea challenging a trial court order that refused to take cognisance of the agency’s charge-sheet in the National Herald money laundering case, while declining to grant any immediate stay.Justice Ravinder Dudeja issued notice on…
