Chennai, June 1 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Monday congratulated senior advocate V. Mohana on her nomination as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, describing her elevation as a landmark achievement for both Tamil Nadu and the country’s judiciary.In an official statement, Vijay said Mohana had created history by becoming the first woman from Tamil Nadu to be elevated directly from the Bar to the Supreme Court.He noted that she is only the second woman in India to rec…
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Jaipur, May 30 (IANS) Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) National President and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal criticised BJP State President Madan Rathore’s call for a social boycott of him. Beniwal said he is consulting legal experts from the High Court and Supreme Court and warned that legal action may be initiated against Rathore over the statement.Addressing the media, Beniwal said India functions under the Constitution and legal framework, where even Khap Panchayats are barred from enforcing soci…
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) Senior Advocate Surojit Nath Mitra has been appointed as the new Advocate General of West Bengal. He succeeds Kishore Datta, who tendered his resignation from the chair on May 5, a day after the results of the recently conducted West Bengal Assembly elections were announced.Practising for over four decades as a legal practitioner since 1983, Mitra’s expertise has been in civil and commercial law.The judicial department of West Bengal issued a notification announcing the …
Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi, May 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) action in the controversial CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions case has pushed Kerala politics into one of its most volatile phases in recent years, with the spotlight now firmly on Veena Vijayan, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister and current Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan.According to highly placed sources, the ED believes it has secured crucial documentary and digital evidence during the recent back-to-ba…
Jodhpur, May 28 (IANS) Asaram surrendered at Jodhpur Central Jail on Thursday after the Rajasthan High Court upheld his life sentence in the 2013 minor rape case and cancelled his interim bail. Asaram arrived in Jodhpur late in the afternoon, drawing a large gathering of supporters to the airport.Amid tight security arrangements and crowd-control measures, he waved at supporters and offered blessings from inside his vehicle before leaving the airport.Following his arrival, Asaram proceeded to hi…
Jaipur, May 28 (IANS) The ongoing agitation led by saints and residents against the proposed RIICO industrial project at Bhairana Dham in Jaipur district took a dramatic turn on late Wednesday night, as Nagaur MP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief Hanuman Beniwal launched a march towards the state capital with thousands of supporters before reaching an agreement with the administration en route.Following late-night talks involving senior officials, including the Inspector General of Poli…
Dhaka, May 23 (IANS) The failure of rape trials in Bangladesh reflects a broader systemic collapse across the entire judicial chain rather than a single flaw. From the filing of the initial complaint to the final stages of cross-examination, the survivor often confronts institutional incompetence and political interference, a report has detailed.The horrific discovery of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old minor girl, Ramisa, in Dhaka’s Pallabi area has once again laid bare a troubling real…
Bhopal, May 22 (IANS) Family members of alleged dowry death victim Twisha Sharma on Friday thanked the Madhya Pradesh government and the High Court for announcing a CBI inquiry into the case and ordering a second post-mortem to be conducted by AIIMS Delhi, respectively. The High Court passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Twisha Sharma’s family, which had challenged a lower court’s refusal to allow a fresh post-mortem examination. The family argued that several inconsistencies a…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted temporary relief to Paresh Ram Das, Trinamool Congress MLA from Canning Paschim constituency in South 24 Parganas district. The MLA had approached the High Court seeking protection from arrest in the wake of several criminal cases filed against him.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya on Thursday ordered that the police will not be able to take any action against the MLA till June 30.However, at the same time, the court also ordered that th…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS)Transport union Chalak Shakti Union Vice President Anuj Kumar Rathore on Thursday complained that fares of auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers have not been revised in the national capital for the last 15 years and assured that their strike will be called off as soon as the government assures an increase.Talking to IANS, Rathore said: “A three-day strike has been announced for May 21, 22, and 23, during which drivers have been urged not to operate their vehicles. The call has …