New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Declining to interfere with the Bombay High Court’s ‘justified’ decision, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to put a brake on the ongoing construction work for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) in Mumbai by the Adani Group. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar refused … Read more
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) The Madras High Court has refused to strike down an election petition filed by Vijaya Prabhakaran, son of late DMDK leader Vijayakanth, challenging the Lok Sabha victory of Congress MP Manickam Tagore from Virudhunagar. Justice N. Sathish Kumar, on Tuesday, directed that the issues in the case be framed for trial … Read more
Chennai, March 1 (IANS) The principal opposition party of Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK is facing a major crisis after party general secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) refused any realignment talks with the expelled party leaders, O. Panneerselvam (OPS), V.K. Shashikala and TTV Dhinakaran. All three leaders belong to the powerful Thevar … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) BJP Information Technology Cell head Amit Malviya has refused to drop criminal proceedings against Hindu Samhati member Santanu Sinha who levelled ‘false and derogatory’ allegations against him last year, a lawyer said on Monday. Sinha, a member of the right-wing organisation founded in 2008 by Tapan Ghosh after he left … Read more
Jaipur, Feb 20 (IANS) Rajasthan High Court on Thursday refused to give more time to the state government on Sub-Inspector (SI) Recruitment Examination 2021 case. During the court hearing, Additional Advocate General (AAG) Vigyan Shah represented the state government and requested four more months to finalise its decision on the recruitment process and urged the … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 7 (IANS) In a setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Committee member B.S. Yediyurappa, the Karnataka High Court has refused to quash charges against him under a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case on Friday. However, the Bench granted anticipatory bail to Yediyurappa in the court, … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the criminal proceedings initiated in the wake of the Justice Hema Committee report on the pitiable condition of women in the Malayalam film industry. The Apex Court ruled that once information regarding the commission of cognisable offence is revealed, the criminal … Read more
Jammu, Feb 3 (IANS) J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday refused to predict the outcome of the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections, saying that we must wait for the results. He, however, said that internal rifts could damage the INDIA bloc, and to prevent this, there was a need to have a structured discussion … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking direction to declare unconstitutional laws primarily “targeting men” and “unfairly presuming men as aggressors in domestic disputes”. Dismissing the petition, a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran remarked: “Go raise this before Parliament.” The plea … Read more