Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI: A special court for elected representatives directed the Mysuru Lokayukta Police on Wednesday to investigate Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, his wife, and others in connection with the alleged MUDA scam. The court has ordered the Lokayukta Police to submit a report within three months.This directive follows the Karnataka high…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Thursday warned Wikipedia it will block the website if it doesn’t comply with India’s laws and issued a contempt of court notice.HC took a strong view of the open-source platform’s failure to furnish details as per earlier orders on subscribers who…
Jagdish Tytler (File photo) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered the framing of charges against Indian National Congress functionary Jagdish Tytler in the killing of three persons in the Pul Bangash area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.The court of Special Judge Rakesh Syal directed the framing of charges against Tytler under Sections 143…
BAREILY: A local court has acquitted two men accused under the Anti-religious Conversion Act for solely keeping a Bible at home and ordered legal action against the complainant and the police officers responsible for filing what it deemed a baseless chargesheet and misuse of legal processes. Additional district and sessions Judge Gyanendra Tripathi described the…
An Ahmedabad civil court dismissed a suit filed by a Hindu man seeking declaration that his Muslim brother was not entitled to a share in their parents’ property because he had converted to Islam and was disinherited by their parents.The case involved Kamal Sathwara and his younger brother, Julesh alias Junaid Sathwara, who converted to…
An Ahmedabad civil court dismissed a suit filed by a Hindu man seeking declaration that his Muslim brother was not entitled to a share in their parents’ property because he had converted to Islam and was disinherited by their parents.The case involved Kamal Sathwara and his younger brother, Julesh alias Junaid Sathwara, who converted to…
DHAKA: Protesters besieged Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Saturday, delivering a two-hour ultimatum that forced a purge of the country’s highest court. Chief justice Obaidul Hassan decided by 1pm (in line with the student-imposed deadline) to resign. He was replaced by Syed Refaat Ahmed, appointed amid student protests backed by “law adviser” Asif Nazrul to bring…
NEW DELHI: A Chandigarh court on Monday framed charges against former Haryana sports minister and BJP leader Sandeep Singh in connection with a sexual harassment case filed by a junior female coach. The additional chief judicial magistrate Rahul Garg’s court rejected the discharge application submitted by Singh, complainant’s lawyer Deepanshu Bansal told news agency PTI.A…
A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to two men on Wednesday for throwing acid on a 17-year-old girl after she rejected the advances of one the convicts in 2020. The court also imposed Rs 1 lakh fine each on Ehtesham, alias Saddam, and Suhail, alias PK Baba, who attacked…
MUMBAI: Observing that it is tragic that a patient who is healthy cannot be discharged because the person who admitted the patient is absent, Bombay high court directed a man to remain present for the discharge of his wife from Thane Mental Hospital where he had admitted her earlier this month.“You can check in but…
