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The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to a larger bench the question if the appeal filed by former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa is to be heard afresh or the Karnataka High Court could pronounce its verdict in the plea challenging her conviction and four-year jail term in the corruption case. Justice Madan B […]

India Cements it had raised eyebrows. The committee also wanted to know, what steps had been taken by BCCI/IPL and the constituents to ensure that there was no conflict of interest between those who governed each of these entities and those who were involved in their professional management. “What sanctions have been laid down for

Late last year the Spanish government passed a law that set extreme fines for protesters convening outside of government buildings. In response to the controversial Citizen Safety Law, which will take effect on July 1, Spanish activists have staged the world’s first ever virtual political demonstration. After months of massive flesh-and-blood protests against the so-called

CHENNAI: In a volte-face, the Tamil Nadu government on Friday told the Madras high court that it could not perform re-postmortem on the bodies of six woodcutters, who were among 20 labourers killed by Andhra Pradesh police, without specific court orders. Following this, Justice M Sathyanarayanan asked the petitioner woman, whose husband was one among

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Italian marine Massimilano Latorre to remain in his country till July 15 on health grounds. A bench headed by Justice A R Dave expressed concern over the delay in holding trial against them for allegedly killing Indian fishermen. The court said that trial should be completed as

NEW DELHI: Orders passed by foreign courts on matrimonial disputes involving Indian origin couples should be respected by Indian courts, the Supreme Court has said in a ruling which has implication for cases where relief is sought in India after one of the parties flies back to the country. While adjudicating on a child custody

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said the right to maintenance of a wife was absolute and no exceptions could be made, ruling that Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which embodies this rule, would apply to divorced Muslim women as well. “If the husband is healthy, able-bodied and is in a

The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the validity of a constitutional amendment and the NJAC Act, meant to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges. A three-judge bench led by Justice Anil R Dave said that all the issues relating to the challenge to Constitution (Ninety-Ninth Amendment)

The prosecution has questioned Salman Khan’s claims that it was the actor’s driver who was driving the car. In the previous hearing, Salman had denied being under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident and had also reportedly shrugged off the claims that he was driving the car. Earlier last week, Salman’s

Malaysia’s police chief said Monday that 17 suspected militants have been detained for allegedly plotting to carry out terrorist acts in the country’s largest city, Kuala Lumpur. Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said the 17 were detained on Sunday. Khalid tweeted that two of them had just returned from Syria. He didn’t give