Apex court to hear two petitions against bail
*The Supreme Court on Monday will take up the hearing of two petitions for cancellation of bail of former RJD MP Md Shahabuddin.* One of the petitions was filed by the Bihar government and the other by...
View ArticlePoojary has crossed limits of decency: KPCC working president
*Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)working president Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that veteran leader of the party, B Janardhan Poojary, had crossed all limits of "decency" and the party can no...
View ArticleRegistration of 2,000cc diesel ambulances resumes in Delhi
*The registration of diesel ambulances with an engine capacity of 2,000 cc has resumed in Delhi after a ban was imposed on registration of diesel vehicles on the direction of the Supreme Court.* The...
View ArticleTriple talaq to be opposed by govt in SC citing women's rights
The government is expected to file a consolidated reply on the issue of triple talaq in Supreme Court by the end of September. Reported by DNA 6 hours ago.
View ArticleCauvery: Not proper to seek PM's intervention, says Union minister
*Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that it was not proper to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in the Cauvery issue as the matter was...
View ArticleCauvery supervisory panel meets today
*The Cauvery Supervisory Committee headed by Union Water Resources Secretary Shashi Shekhar will meet on Monday and discuss the issue of the release of water from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu. * Shekhar and...
View ArticleGet Corporations Out of Politics: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
The Supreme Court's Citizen United decision, giving corporations the right to unlimited political contributions usually kept secret from voters and shareholders, was just the most recent in a series of...
View ArticleLa Supreme Court considers teen robber’s 99-year sentence
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court is considering whether recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings about juveniles convicted of murder mean a juvenile robber’s 99-year sentence is unconstitutional....
View ArticleSupreme Cover-Up: How the Wisconsin Justice System Failed in the Walker John Doe
Recent elections have turned the Wisconsin Supreme Court from "one of the nation's most respected state tribunals into a disgraceful mess," wrote noted author on the courts Lincoln Caplan in 2015.The...
View ArticleLa Supreme Court considers teen robber's 99-year sentence
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's Supreme Court is considering whether recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings about juveniles convicted of murder mean a juvenile robber's 99-year sentence is unconstitutional....
View ArticleFearing violence over Cauvery order, security heightened in city
*The police have heightened security in Bengaluru city, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagaram, Mysuru and Mandya districts, soon after the Cauvery Supervisory Committee directed the state government to release...
View ArticleSupreme Court questions appointment of AMU Vice Chancellor
The Supreme Court today raised questions on the appointment of a person of non-teaching background as the Vice Chancellor of prestigious Aligarh Muslim University. Reported by Zee News 7 hours ago.
View Article2002 Naroda Patiya riot case: SC grants 6 months to Gujarat court to conclude...
The Supreme Court on Monday granted six more months to a lower court in Gujarat to conclude trial in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case, one of the nine post-Godhra riots matters probed by the apex...
View ArticleGovt asks resort to pay Rs 998 crore for encroaching on its land
*Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa on Monday said that the revenue department has asked Eagleton Golf Resort near Bidadi, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, to pay Rs 998 crore for encroaching upon 77...
View Article854 trees to be axed to widen Ballari Road
*As many as 854 trees will be felled to make way for the widening of roads around Palace Grounds, especially on Jayamahal Main Road.* Recently, the High Court of Karnataka cleared the decks for the...
View ArticleNews24.com | DA 'satisfied' with SCA decision on Hlaudi Motsoeneng
The DA says it is satisfied with a decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng's application for leave to appeal a High Court ruling that his...
View ArticleSC reserves verdict on plea by ex-cop who raped & killed widow
*The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgement on a petition filed by B A Umesh, a former police constable, challenging the death penalty awarded to him for raping and murdering a widow in Peenya,...
View ArticleDismantling of Tata Motors' shed begins in Singur
The West Bengal government on Monday began dismantling of the Tata Motor's abandoned shed at Gopalnagar sector here in order to return it to the farmers as per the orders of the Supreme Court. The...
View ArticleCauvery dispute: Karnataka to challenge Supervisory Committee’s...
Terming the Cauvery Supervisory Committee order to release 3,000 cusecs of water a day to Tamil Nadu between 21 September and 30 September as "disappointing" and a "blow", Karnataka government on...
View ArticleEnergy Secretary Urges Congress To Pass Sweeping Climate Policy
NEW YORK ― United States Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on Monday slammed Congress for failing to pass the kind of sweeping climate legislation needed to transform an economy heavily addicted to...
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