The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the highest court in Russia, upheld a decision to draw a border between the Republics of Ingushetia and Chechnya. In September the two Republics signed an agreement to define the border between them. This was the first time that the
The Supreme Court expressed concern over 14,926 people being killed in accidents due to potholes on roads across the country in the last five years. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur said the large number of deaths caused due to potholes was “unacceptable”
The Delhi High Court has held that a public authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) is under an obligation to collect and furnish information sought in an RTI application about a private body if the authority is entitled to access that
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), looking at the closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelter plant in Tuticorin or Thoothukudi, last week said that the Tamil Nadu government’s orders to close the plant could not be sustained as they went against the principles of natural justice. The move
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is being investigated for fraud and money-laundering, on Wednesday “humbly requested” various banks to take back all the money he borrowed to keep his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines afloat as he slammed the Indian media for repeatedly calling him a defaulter.
Just days after retiring, former Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph has dropped a bombshell claiming ex-Chief Justice Dipak Misra was “remote-controlled by an external source”, an explosive accusation that, he said, impacted the administration of justice. Justice(retd) Joseph was among the four senior judges of
Visitation rights were given to the father of a four-year-old girl by the Delhi High Court. This order was made despite the fact that there was a settlement agreement between the parents, disallowing for any contact between her and her father. While giving the said
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that there may be prima facie violation of Forest Conservation Act (FCA-1980) in the tree cutting incident for construction of a beer bottling plant in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. A bench of Justices S P Wangdi and K Ramakrishnan
The Supreme Court issued a notice to yoga guru Ramdev on a plea challenging a Delhi High Court order that restrained publication and sale of a book titled ‘Godman to Tycoon: the Untold Story of Baba Ramdev’, which is purportedly on his life. While pronouncing
Alejandro Andrade, former national treasurer for the government of Venezuela, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday by Judge Robin Rosenberg of the US District Court Southern District of Florida for his role in a $1 billion bribery and money-laundering scheme. Andrade started his political career as a bodyguard