Law

Court declines to vacate its stay on Trump's gag order

TN Ashok | November 21, 2023 9:20 PM

Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) The DC appellate court judges here declined to pronounce a verdict Monday on whether the "limited gag order" issued by federal judge Tanya Chutkan against ex-president Donald Trump should be reinstated, but pressed the DOJ to present the viability of putting it back.

SC adjourns hearing on defamation plea by ex-JNU prof against The Wire editors to Feb 13

IANS | November 21, 2023 2:35 PM

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing a petition filed by ex-JNU professor Amita Singh against the Delhi High Court order quashing summonses against The Wire editor and deputy editor over an article allegedly claiming that Singh prepared a dossier calling the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) a "den of organised sex racket".

Gyanvapi case: Objection filed against lawyer’s plea

IANS | November 21, 2023 8:40 AM

Varanasi, Nov 21 (IANS) Plaintiff Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas has filed an objection in the Varanasi district court against an application filed by advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi on November 8, urging it to make him a party in the civil suit that seeks appointment of a district magistrate, or any other suitable person, as the receiver of a cellar on the southern side of the Gyanvapi mosque.