News Update MLC CP Yogeshwar’s plea to quash FIRs dismissed with costs for abuse of process 15 Dec 202015 Dec 2020 In relation to the alleged scam of Megacity Builders and Developers, its Managing Director and Member of Karnataka Legislative Council, CP Yogeshwar and others were facing criminal charges of cheating,…
News Update Emergency to be held unconstitutional, petition filed 15 Dec 2020 Background A plea has been filed by a 94-year-old, Veera Sarin, woman seeking a declaration that the proclamation of the Emergency in 1975 was wholly unconstitutional. Her husband had a…
News Update Karnataka High Court Initiates Suo-Motu Petition to Ensure Elections Are Held to Municipal Bodies 14 Dec 2020 A division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty on Monday directed the registry to initiate a suo-motu writ petition to…
News Update Delhi High Court seeks Centre’s stand in PIL to ban gambling, betting websites 14 Dec 2020 In a petition seeking a direction to ban and prohibit all gambling, betting, wagering websites, the Delhi High Court today issued a notice. In public interest litigation, a Division Bench…
News Update Bombay HC moved by police officers’ requests to cancel anticipatory bail Republic TV’s COO 14 Dec 2020 Assistant police officers Sachin Waze and Riyaz Kazi visited CFO Shiva Sundaram’s home along with 2 other employees’ residence, but they were not available. This comes in the wake of…
News Update Supreme Court to hear plea seeking removal of farmers protesting at Delhi Borders 14 Dec 2020 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a plea seeking direction from authorities to immediately remove the farmers who are protesting against the farm laws at several border points of…
News Update Tata Group willing to acquire Air India, Likely to file expression of interest today 14 Dec 2020 Tata Group will most probably file an Expression of Interest (EOI) to acquire national carrier agency Air India. It is also reported that Tata Group will use Air Asia as…
News Update Builder claims it owns land on which Mahakali caves stand, wants construction rights 14 Dec 2020 A Mumbai-based construction firm has staked ownership of the land on which the ancient rock-cut Mahakali Caves stand. Documents show that Motion Pictures Private Limited (MPPL), an associate of construction…
News Update Supreme Court: Year long ban removed restraining other court to pass decisions on problems revolving BCCI 14 Dec 2020 Bench of justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi in the case of Board of Control for cricket & Ors. vs Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors have…
News Update Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere With Justice Dharmadhikari Committee Report 13 Dec 2020 In the dispute relating to distribution of personnel between the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporations, the supreme bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and MR Shah, has held that…
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