Whistleblower petitions CM Vijayan against top aide Abraham now facing CBI probe

Whistleblower petitions CM Vijayan against top aide Abraham now facing CBI probe

Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, April 19 (IANS) Days after K.M. Abraham — Chief Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former Chief Secretary — wrote to the CM demanding a probe into alleged conspiracy by public activist Jemon Puthenpurackal and two others, the whistleblower has hit back, warning Vijayan against taking … Read more

Supreme Court to resume hearing batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of Waqf Amendment Bill today

Supreme Court to resume hearing batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of Waqf Amendment Bill today

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court will continue hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 on Thursday. The top court will hear the matter at 2 p.m. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. … Read more

Should we entertain writ petitions or relegate it to HC, SC asks Waqf (Amendment) Act challengers

Should we entertain writ petitions or relegate it to HC, SC asks Waqf (Amendment) Act challengers

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 to explain as to why the top court should entertain the writ petitions filed directly before it and should not relegate the matter to the High Court. … Read more

Murshidabad violence: Multiple petitions filed in Calcutta HC

Murshidabad violence: Multiple petitions filed in Calcutta HC

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Multiple petitions were filed in the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday in connection with the violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district last week during protests against the Waqf Act. A petition was filed at a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, demanding a … Read more

National Conference petitions SC against Waqf (Amendment) Act

National Conference petitions SC against Waqf (Amendment) Act

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) National Conference (NC), the ruling party in Jammu and Kashmir, has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. In their plea, several party MLAs, including Arjun Singh Raju and Hilal Akbar Lone, alleged that the contentious law violated … Read more

Asaduddin Owaisi petitions SC challenging amendments to the Waqf Act

Asaduddin Owaisi petitions SC challenging amendments to the Waqf Act

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Akbaruddin Owaisi has moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025. In his petition, Owaisi claimed that ‘waqfs’, including their establishment, management, and administration, which form an integral aspect of the practice of … Read more

Kunal Kamra petitions Madras HC for transit anticipatory bail in controversial remarks case

Kunal Kamra petitions Madras HC for transit anticipatory bail in controversial remarks case

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, who is facing multiple criminal cases over the “traitor” jibe towards Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on Friday petitioned the Madras High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail. Kamra’s plea was mentioned for urgent hearing before a bench of Justice Sunder … Read more

RG financial irregularities case accused file ‘exemption’ petitions’ in Kolkata court

RG financial irregularities case accused file 'exemption' petitions’ in Kolkata court

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Four accused individuals in the case of multi-crore financial irregularities in state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital on Wednesday, filed an “exemption petition” at a special court. These four accused persons are R.G. Kar’s former controversial Principal Sandip Ghosh, his bodyguard and personnel assistant Afsar … Read more

Places of Worship Act: Centre yet to file counter affidavit, SC to hear petitions on Feb 17

Places of Worship Act: Centre yet to file counter affidavit, SC to hear petitions on Feb 17

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Centre is yet to file its counter affidavit to a clutch of petitions pertaining to the Places of Worship Act, 1991, though the Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday the pleas challenging the validity of the contentious law, which prohibits the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim … Read more