Law

SC to hear multiple pleas challenging Waqf Act today

IANS | May 5, 2025 7:07 AM

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court is set to resume hearings Monday on a series of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, a contentious piece of legislation that has sparked nationwide debate and drawn over 70 legal challenges from across the country.

SC orders liquidation of BPSL, sets aside JSW Steel's resolution plan

IANS | May 2, 2025 6:10 PM

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the liquidation of cash-strapped Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL), holding that JSW Steel’s resolution plan for the bankrupt company was not in consonance with the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016.

RG Kar tragedy: Calcutta HC seeks further clarifications from CBI on probe

IANS | April 30, 2025 9:53 PM

Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday sought additional clarifications from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on its probe so far in the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises in August last year.