Law

SC to hear RG Kar College suo moto case on Sep 30

IANS | September 29, 2024 3:28 PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday the matter where it has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month.

MUDA case petitioner seeks contempt case against K'taka Minister

IANS | September 28, 2024 4:04 PM

Bengaluru, Sep 28 (IANS) Social activist and a petitioner in the MUDA case, T.J. Abraham has submitted to the Advocate General of Karnataka, a petition seeking consent for initiating contempt proceedings against Minister for Housing Zameer Ahmed Khan for dubbing the court order in the MUDA case as ‘political judgment’.

CAQM 'needs to be more active' to control pollution: SC

IANS | September 27, 2024 3:54 PM

New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said that the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) “needs to be more active” to combat the menace of air pollution in the national capital and adjoining areas.

Sanjay Raut loses BJP libel case, awarded 15-day jail

IANS | September 26, 2024 1:24 PM

Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) A Mumbai Court has found Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut guilty in a 2022 defamation case filed by Medha K. Somaiya -- wife of ex- Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirit Somaiya -- and awarded him 15 days jail plus a fine of Rs 25,000, here on Thursday.