The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the review petitions of former Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala and his son Ajay Singh in the Junior Basic Teachers (JBT) recruitment scam case. The apex court refused to review order of August 3, 2015 of quashing appeals against
In a major relief to victims of hit-and-run cases, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday gave direction that compensation be given to them without any delay. Following the judgement passed by Justice K Kannan, the Gurgaon District and Sessions judge and chairman of
The Bombay High Court today asked the Centre to consider amending the Motor Vehicles Act to bring in a more stringent penalty for those vehicles found plying without fitness certificates. “The Centre shall consider amending section 192 of the Motor Vehicles Act (pertaining to fitness
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemned the violence that took place Wednesday night between Shilluk and Dinka youths at one of its Protection of Civilians sites in South Sudan. Due to the civil war in the country, 198,440 Sudanese people reside at
Khmer Rogue former head of state, Khieu Samphan, has challenged the 2014 life sentence imposed by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) for crimes against humanity. Samphan stated that he was simply fighting for “social justice” in Cambodia and said, “I shall shout loudly
The Supreme Court has transferred the bail plea of Jawahar Lal Nehru University Student Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar to the Delhi High Court. It noted that assuming exclusive jurisdiction over the case will send a wrong impression to lower courts that they are “incapable” of
VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi has surrendered in a court here after successive warrants were issued against her for failure to appear in connection with a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. The court recalled the bailable warrant issued against her after she furnished a bond of Rs
Argentina and US bondholders have settled a class action lawsuit over defaulted debt from 2001. According to the court appointed monitor, Daniel Pollack, creditors who participate would receive 100 percent of the principal owed and 50 percent of the interest owed on that principal. The
The Bar Council of India has decided to crack the whip on the group of unruly lawyers who indulged in violence at the Patiala House Court complex here, saying the licences of those found guilty will be suspended for life. Apologising for the violence in
A man, who was accused of killing a colleague with a butcher’s knife following an altercation, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court which said the offence was pre-planned. The judge held 25-year-old Anil, resident of Jwala Puri in west Delhi, guilty