NEW DELHI: Aggrieved by the demolition of his house and shop, allegedly done after his 15-year-old son purportedly shouted an anti-India slogan in Maharashtra‘s Sindhudurg district during the India-Pakistan Champions Trophy match, a man has moved Supreme Court claiming it was done in violation of the apex court’s ruling against ‘bulldozer justice‘. The court is…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has allowed audit regulator National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) to continue its proceedings against chartered accountants and firms where no audit quality review reports have been prepared and final orders are yet to be passed.During a hearing in a case challenging an order passed by the Delhi HC, a bench…
Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma NEW DELHI: Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma has strongly denied allegations that a large sum of burnt currencyy was recovered from his official residence after a recent fire incident.In a lengthy letter to Delhi high court’s chief justice, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice Varma called the claims “baseless” and “preposterous”,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said the Bar Council of India had no business to get into legal education, which should be left to jurists and academicians. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh made the remarks while dismissing a petition of Bar Council of India challenging a Kerala high…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it is willing to deliberate over the demand for uploading booth-wise voter turnout data on its website.A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan asked the petitioners to make representations before the poll panel…
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Cyber Cell has issued a second summons to comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina, directing him to appear on March 19 to record his statement in connection with the India’s Got Latent show. Raina was initially summoned today but did not appear before the Cyber Cell. He had previously requested to give…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court bench led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna on Monday permitted the parents of the RG Kar medical college rape-murder victim to pursue their writ petition before a single-judge bench of the Calcutta high court.They are seeking a further investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into their daughter’s homicidal death,…
NEW DELHI: Observing that preventive detention is a draconian measure whereby a person can be detained without conviction, Supreme Court has held that such orders must reflect an independent application of mind by the detaining authority, and a mere statement that it’s “satisfied on examination of the proposals and supporting documents” is not sufficient.Quashing a…
NEW DELHI: For 15 years, Shiwam Kumar Srivastava fought not just for a job, but for the right to be seen. He had cleared the UPSC exams in 2008, ranking high enough for selection. But when the final list came out, his name wasn’t on it. No explanation. No rejection letter. Just silence – a…
Ranveer Allahbadia, Apoorva Mukhija express regret as they appear before NCW (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Social media influencers Ranveer Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija appeared before the national commission for women (NCW) on Thursday regarding offensive comments made during Samay Raina‘s programme “India’s Got Latent“. According to news agency PTI, sources said that they expressed…
