Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress faction, which continues its allegiance to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, has decided to approach the Calcutta High Court challenging the Kolkata Police’s decision to impose prohibitory orders in central Kolkata where the party organises Martyrs’ Day on July 21 every year.On Tuesday, the Kolkata Police informed both factions that this year’s Martyrs’ Day would not be allowed to be organised …
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New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has referred a matrimonial dispute between a husband and wife to mediation and appointed former apex court judge Justice M.R. Shah as the mediator to facilitate an amicable settlement between the parties.A bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and Alok Aradhe passed the order after senior counsel appearing for both sides agreed that an attempt should first be made to resolve the dispute through mediation.”In view of the consensus arrived at between the partie…
Bhopal, June 26 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh govt will organise a one-day state-level workshop on the Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) in Bhopal on June 28 to strengthen the implementation of the country’s three new criminal laws and improve coordination among agencies involved in the criminal justice system. The workshop will be held at Kushabhau Thakre Auditorium (Minto Hall) from 9.30 a.m.Senior police officers from all districts, judges, and senior officials from the prosecution, prison…
Chennai, June 22 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government is preparing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) aimed at expediting the investigation, prosecution, and trial of sexual offences against women and children, the Madras High Court was informed on Monday. Advocate General Vijay Narayan told a division bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan that the government has decided to accord top priority to strengthening the infrastructure required for the speedy dis…
Surat, June 20 (IANS) The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat City Police in Gujarat has arrested a 35-year-old man and seized 497 grams of prohibited hybrid ganja valued at Rs 17.39 lakh during an operation in the Adajan area, as part of the city police’s ongoing drive against narcotics trafficking, officials said on Saturday. According to police, the operation was carried out following specific intelligence inputs received by SOG personnel.Acting on the information, a surveillance team w…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough, the team of Welcome Police Station in Delhi on Friday has arrested an accused who was wanted in a serious case involving rape, criminal intimidation, stalking, and offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. According to police, a complaint was received at PS Welcome on April 4 from a 21-year-old woman, who alleged that she had been sexually assaulted in 2023 by a man who threatened her with a pistol. The ac…
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) Troubles continue to deepen for former Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister and senior Congress leader Mahesh Joshi in the alleged Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) corruption case. In a significant setback on Friday, the Rajasthan High Court dismissed a petition challenging the legality of his arrest, refusing to grant any relief and effectively ensuring that the former Minister remains in judicial custody.The court judgment came from a division bench comprising Ju…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The Congress on Friday mounted a sharp attack on the BJP and the Election Commission, alleging collusion in the rejection of senior party leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh.The party in a statement claimed that the BJP did not possess sufficient numbers in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly to secure a third Rajya Sabha seat and therefore resorted to “underhand tactics” to eliminate its rival candidate from the contest.The p…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A special MP/MLA court in Varanasi on Wednesday allowed a fresh complaint seeking criminal action against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks describing Lord Ram as a “fictional” character during an interaction in the US. Additional District and Sessions Judge (MP/MLA) Yajuvendra Vikram Singh allowed a criminal revision petition filed by advocate Harishankar Pandey and quashed an earlier order of the Addi…
Jaipur, June 9 (IANS) Former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi suffered a setback after a special court dismissed his plea seeking release on the grounds that his arrest in a corruption case related to the Jal Jeevan Mission scam was unlawful. The Special Judge for Prevention of Corruption Act cases ruled that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had substantially complied with constitutional safeguards and the provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) during the arrest. The court ob…