Law

Fresh plea filed in Gyanvapi mosque case in Varanasi

IANS | September 26, 2023 6:47 AM

Varanasi, Sep 26 (IANS) The head priest of Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth temple, Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas, has filed a suit before the court of Civil Judge senior division, seeking worship of Shringar Gauri and other visible and invisible deities in the cellar of Gyanvapi mosque and appointment of District Magistrate or any other suitable persons as the receiver of the cellar in southern side of the building.

Bengal school job case: Calcutta HC asks ED, CBI officials to explain their report

IANS | September 25, 2023 3:20 PM

Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the CBI and ED officials probing the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal to give explanation on a prior report submitted on the property details of the directors of a company linked to a prime accused in the case Sujay Krishna Bhadra.

Student slap case: 'Incident should shock the conscience of state', observes SC

IANS | September 25, 2023 3:05 PM

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday orally remarked that the incident in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar should "shock the conscience of the state” if the viral video of a school teacher instructing students to slap a fellow classmate from a particular community is found to be true.

Delhi HC quashes POCSO case post settlement

IANS | September 25, 2023 1:40 PM

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has quashed a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case following a settlement between the parties involved, who were young individuals.