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Supreme Court notice over plea against Church confessions

A notice has been issued to the Central Government, Kerala Government and 11 Syrian church bodies after a pertition had been filed here in the Supreme Court challenging the mandatory…

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,…

Emergency to be held unconstitutional, petition filed

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…

Karnataka High Court Initiates Suo-Motu Petition to Ensure Elections Are Held to Municipal Bodies

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…

Delhi High Court seeks Centre’s stand in PIL to ban gambling, betting websites

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…

Bombay HC moved by police officers’ requests to cancel anticipatory bail Republic TV’s COO

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…

Tata Group willing to acquire Air India, Likely to file expression of interest today

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…

Builder claims it owns land on which Mahakali caves stand, wants construction rights

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…

Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere With Justice Dharmadhikari Committee Report

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…

Vikas khanchandani has been arrested by Mumbai Police

13 Dec 202013 Dec 2020

The Mumbai crime branch on Sunday arrested Republic TV's CEO Vikash Khanchandani in connection with the TRP manipulation scam.Mumbai Police confirmed that he was arrested on Sunday morning. He will…