NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday said pendency of thousands of bail petitions for years in high courts violated the “precious” right to liberty and ordered that issuance of notice on bail pleas could be dispensed with by serving a petition copy in advance on prosecution to enable them to respond on the very first…
The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued notice to two accused in the Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey death case on a petition seeking a CBI inquiry and fixed May 22 for hearing in the matter.The judgement was to be delivered during the day but the court said that fresh hearing on some points are necessary.Akanksha’s…
Children do not only hear words in childhood. They absorb tone, repetition, and the emotional message hidden inside everyday language. A phrase that seems harmless to an adult can land very differently in a child’s mind, especially when it is heard often. Over time, these repeated lines can shape how a child sees themselves, how…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to adjourn hearings on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the 2023 law on the appointment of election commissioners, making it clear that the issue was “more important than any other matter”.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma turned down a request from Solicitor…
Jared Isaacman (Image/AP) Nasa Administrator Jared Isaacman has reiterated his support for restoring Pluto’s status as a planet.Speaking during a US Senate hearing on Tuesday, Isaacman voiced strong support for reconsidering Pluto’s classification.“Senator, I am very much in the camp of ‘make Pluto a planet again,’” Isaacman said while responding to a question from Senator…
Trial in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI entered its third day. Tesla CEO returned to the court to give his second testimony. During the trial, Musk said that he was “a fool” for putting money in OpenAI that started off as non-profit, but later created a for-profit arm. At issue was a 2020 deal…
NEW DELHI: Virtual proceedings before the chief justice of Delhi High Court were disrupted thrice on Wednesday after a person logged in and played pornographic content.At one stage, a participant under the name ‘Sh*tjeet Sighn’ played an obscene video. At the same point, an audio in the background announced, “Shut down the meeting right now….
INDORE: A local court in Shillong on Tuesday granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, prime accuse in orchestrating the murder of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, as per a report by news agency ANI. This was her fourth bail plea.Sonam Raghuvanshi was given bail primarily on the grounds of ‘intimation of the…
NEW DELHI: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi HC Tuesday recused herself from hearing Congress MP Karti Chidambaram‘s plea seeking quashing of a criminal case lodged by CBI against him, citing a “gross delay” of nearly two decades.CBI has alleged Chidambaram helped an alcoholic beverage company in connection with a ban on duty-free sale…
AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Arvind Kejriwal have declared they will not appear in proceedings before Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma in the Delhi High Court’s excise policy case. NEW DELHI: After Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Tuesday wrote to Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, declaring that neither he nor any lawyer would appear on…