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New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court today gave a last opportunity to the Centre and asked it to take a decision within three months on a plea to grant minority status to non-Muslims in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar […]
(PTI) Press does not have any exclusive right or special privilege to comment, criticise or make imputations or allegations which are sufficient to ruin a citizen’s reputation, a Delhi court has said. Further, journalists do not have greater freedom than others, it has said while reminding that the responsibility of […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today charged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with making “a series of false, scandalous and defamatory allegations” with regard to the alleged DDCA controversy which had “adversely impacted” his reputation. During a stormy proceeding in a Delhi court, the chief minister and five other AAP leaders, facing […]
Mumbai, Jul 27 (PTI) The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government how actor Sanjay Dutt was granted parole and furlough in quick succession and within two months of surrendering to serve his five-year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The high court also sought to know how […]
New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to file a status report with regard to the ongoing probe into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanada Pushkar. A bench of Justices G S Sistani and Chander Shekhar directed police to place within […]
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) Karti Chidamabaram, son of former finance minister P Chidamabaram, has been summoned by the CBI on July 21 in connection with an alleged corruption case against him. Sources in the CBI said he was called earlier also in June but he had sought more time to […]
Srinagar, Jul 18 (PTI) The NC today expressed concern over the Centre’s decision not to file a written response to a PIL in the Supreme Court, challenging Article 35A of the Constitution, saying it was tantamount to “supporting” an assault on the special status of Jammu and Kashmir”. “The Centre’s decision […]
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was “not being reasonable” in the civil defamation case against him by Union minister Arun Jaitley, and cautioned his lawyers over their conduct. “You (defendant 1 – Kejriwal) are not being reasonable.Your conduct is not […]
Whereas certain emotional, sentimental, cultural, ethnic and religious dimensions can be argued, this paper aims to examine the issue of (the Princely State) Jammu and Kashmir State from a purely legal perspective. The Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), created in 1846 under the Treaty of Amritsar signed between […]
Kochi, Jul 14 (PTI) A court in nearby Angamaly today refused bail to popular Malayalam actor Dileep, arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and assault of a South Indian actress, and sent him to judicial custody till July 25. Opposing the bail plea moved by the actor’s counsel, the prosecution […]
