Amicus curiae appointed to assist Kerala HC in case involving CM Vijayan

IANS | November 1, 2023 2:30 PM

Kochi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday sprang a surprise by appointing an amicus curiae to assist the court in a case challenging a vigilance court's refusal to order an investigation into allegations of bribery and misuse of power by high-ranking public officials in Kerala, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter T. Veena.

Delhi HC sentences litigant to jail for demanding death penalty for judge

IANS | November 1, 2023 12:55 PM

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has sentenced a litigant Naresh Sharma, who had sought the death penalty for the single judge for dismissing his pleas, to six months in jail.

Delhi HC grants benefit of Section 427 Cr.P.C. in rape & abetment of suicide case, sentences to run concurrently

IANS | November 1, 2023 12:38 PM

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted the benefit of Section 427 Cr.P.C. to a man convicted of rape and abetment of suicide, ruling that the causal facts giving rise to the two offenses were intrinsically intertwined and could not be segregated into two distinct sets.

Nokia sues Amazon and HP over patent infringement, seeks compensation

IANS | November 1, 2023 9:36 AM

San Francisco, Nov 1 (IANS) Nokia has sued Amazon and HP for patent infringement, saying the two companies illegally used Nokia’s video-related technologies in their services and devices, and has sought compensation.

SC issues notice to Centre on Umar Khalid's plea challenging validity of UAPA

IANS | October 31, 2023 9:01 PM

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a plea filed by student activist Umar Khalid challenging the provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

Electoral Bond hearing: Here's what CJI Chandrachud said on corporate contributions, anonymity

IANS | October 31, 2023 6:33 PM

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, while listening to challenges to the Electoral Bond scheme, remarked that before the scheme was brought in, the corporates could make contributions but only 7.5% of total profits and were bound to disclose this.

Cyber-security researcher claims data leak of 81.5 cr Indians ‘fake’

IANS | October 31, 2023 6:25 PM

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) A cyber security researcher on Tuesday claimed that the data leak of 81.5 crore Indian citizens, containing crucial information such as Aadhaar card and passport details, along with names, phone numbers, and addresses, seemed "fake".

Overspeeding accounted for 71.2% of total deaths in road accidents: MoRTH

IANS | October 31, 2023 6:11 PM

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ annual report of accidents during 2022, revealed that 'overspeeding' accounted for 72.3 per cent of the total road accidents, 71.2 per cent of total deaths and 72.8 per cent of total injuries.

Electoral Bond case: Bhushan in SC brings up lobbying by Vedanta; says donation rose despite financial crunch

IANS | October 31, 2023 3:02 PM

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that donations by Vedanta to Electoral Bonds have gone up despite several reports of the company facing financial crunch.

We are not scared, this is an act of thieves, criminals: Rahul on alleged 'state sponsored hacking' of Apple phones of Congress, Opposition leaders

IANS | October 31, 2023 2:47 PM

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Central Government saying that many of his office members, party leaders, Opposition leaders have received alerts on alleged attempts to hack their Apple devices. He also said that this bid to hack the phones of political leaders was the “act of criminals and thieves and not of an honest person, but we are not scared.”

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Amicus curiae appointed to assist Kerala HC in case involving CM Vijayan

Delhi HC sentences litigant to jail for demanding death penalty for judge

Delhi HC grants benefit of Section 427 Cr.P.C. in rape & abetment of suicide case, sentences to run concurrently

Nokia sues Amazon and HP over patent infringement, seeks compensation

SC issues notice to Centre on Umar Khalid's plea challenging validity of UAPA

Electoral Bond hearing: Here's what CJI Chandrachud said on corporate contributions, anonymity

Cyber-security researcher claims data leak of 81.5 cr Indians ‘fake’

Overspeeding accounted for 71.2% of total deaths in road accidents: MoRTH

Electoral Bond case: Bhushan in SC brings up lobbying by Vedanta; says donation rose despite financial crunch

We are not scared, this is an act of thieves, criminals: Rahul on alleged 'state sponsored hacking' of Apple phones of Congress, Opposition leaders

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