Kochi, Sep 10 (IANS) Hours after the Kerala High Court's special division bench on Tuesday pulled up the Pinarayi Vijayan government for its attitude towards women in the wake of the Justice Hema Committee report recommendations, the Congress and the BJP also slammed it for sitting silent on the report and not taking any action.
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) A special court in Kolkata on Tuesday sent controversial former Principal of R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital Sandip Ghosh and three others to judicial custody till September 23 in the financial scam case, amid protests by some woman advocates.
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered an interim stay on trial court proceedings in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader against Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor over the latter's "scorpion sitting on a Shivling" remark made allegedly in relation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday a plea filed by Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sunil Prabhu challenging the ruling of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar which had held that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction is the "real" Shiv Sena.
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) Unnerved by the deadline set by the Supreme Court to join duty by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have announced plans for continued agitation on the issue from Tuesday morning.
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a joint penalty of Rs 80 lakh imposed on markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the National Stock Exchange (NSE), and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) by the Bombay High Court last month.
Kochi, Sep 9 (IANS) In a moment of reckoning for the Malayalam film industry, where prominent figures face numerous allegations of sexual harassment after the release of the Justice Hema Committee report, which revealed the appalling work conditions of women and their sexual exploitation, the newly constituted special bench of the Kerala High Court will have its first sitting on Tuesday and will be provided with the uncensored copy of the report.
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) A court here on Monday sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan to judicial custody till September 23 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi Waqf Board scam.
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by the Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee -- the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- and his wife Rujira Banerjee, challenging the ED summons in a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal scam.
Bengaluru, Sep 9 (IANS) The High Court bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna will take up the matter of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam allegedly involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday and Advocate General (AG) Shashi Kiran Shetty will make his submission in favour of the CM in the case.
