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MUMBAI : Bombay High Court on Monday sentenced a man to one month simple imprisonment after holding him guilty of contempt of court for posting malicious content against the judicial system on social networking sites. A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai stayed their order to enable Dwarka Hiranandani (56) […]

Taking note of intelligence inputs that retired defence personnel were involved in training private commandos and arming them with illegal weapons to protect Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has decided to treat the issue as a public interest litigation. The division bench comprising Justices M Jeyapaul

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court wants security agencies to clamp down on Dera Sacha Sauda as it fears a Rampal-like confrontation with followers of this sect could see even more casualties. Taking cognizance of reports of weapons training inside the Dera, the court has referred the matter to the chief justice’s bench for

A Parliamentary committee has approved the Bill to enhance the pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi’s district courts. The Delhi High Court (amendment) Bill 2014 proposes that civil suits up to Rs 2 crore will be heard by the 11 district courts instead of the Delhi High Court. Currently, all suits above Rs 20 lakh are heard

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government on Friday moved Supreme Court with a prayer to restrain Kerala government from proceeding with the construction of a dam across river Pambar at Pattissery, a tributary of river Amaravathy. In its petition, the government also sought status quo of the project and not to proceed with the execution of any

KOLKATA: The state government’s image took a beating on Friday as Calcutta high court appointed special officers to consider BJP’s application for the Amit Shah rally on Sunday. An elated BJP declared it a “historic victory” for the party, and chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s “defeat”. “Aaj court-e jitechi, kal vote-e jitbo (We won in court

The Supreme Court on Friday impelled the Centre to act urgently on “second generation reforms” and consider charging extra cess on privately-owned diesel vehicles and higher parking charges, among various other measures, to curb pollution in Delhi. The court urged the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to also consider advancing Euro IV and implement

CHANDIGARH: The massive operation to locate and arrest controversial ‘godman’ Rampal cost the exchequer over Rs 26 crore, the Punjab and Haryana high court was on Friday told. Amidst tight security, Rampal was produced before a division bench of justices M Jeyapaul and Darshan Singh here which adjourned the case to December 23 when Rampal

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday turned the heat on BCCI suspended president N Srinivasan and Chennai Super Kings, the IPL franchise owned by Srinivasan’s India Cement, by saying that the team should be disqualified from IPL without any further inquiry and raising doubts about Srinivasan returning as the Board chief. It asked the

NEW DELHI: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) head Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday dubbed the Presidential order of 1950 limiting Scheduled Caste status to Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists as “communal”, and sought that dalit status be opened to other religious minorities, only to see the government turn down the demand. Seizing the opportunity offered by an innocuous legislation