New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Congress has approached the Supreme Court to contest the dismissal of its Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination from Madhya Pradesh and is expected to bring the issue up early in the morning for an urgent hearing before the court’s vacation bench on Thursday.This legal action follows the Returning Officer’s rejection of Natarajan’s nomination papers due to objections raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The ruling party claimed that the Congress …
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New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court has set aside the auction sale of a mortgaged property conducted by Indian Bank in 2010, holding that the sale was vitiated due to non-compliance with mandatory provisions of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, and granted the legal heir of the deceased guarantor a one-time opportunity to redeem the property. A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih allowed in part an appeal filed by M.R. Vasumathi, daughter of deceased guarantor G….
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court has granted bail to a man in Uttar Pradesh convicted in a 1983 murder case involving the killing of his younger brother, while issuing notice on his plea challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment that had upheld his conviction and life sentence earlier this year. A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Atul S. Chandurkar was hearing a special leave petition (SLP) filed by Vijay Singh against the Allahabad High Court’s February 9 judgment af…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Meenakshi Natarajan, currently in news over the rejection of her nomination as Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha election in Madhya Pradesh scheduled for June 18, has earlier, too, made headlines, though she prefers to remain in the background as an aide to party leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. Political temperatures rose on Tuesday after her nomination was rejected during scrutiny, with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav alleging Congres…
Bengaluru, June 10 (IANS) Karnataka High Court on Wednesday refused to cancel the bail granted to five accused persons in the sensational fan murder case involving Kannada actor Darshan and his partner, actress Pavithra Gowda, and dismissed a petition filed by the prosecution seeking cancellation of their bail. The bench, headed by Justice S. Rachaiah, passed the order granting relief to the accused, Pavan, Dhanaraju, Vinay, Raghavendra, and Nandish. The prosecution had approached the court seek…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi Police on a bail plea filed by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 riots.A division bench of Justices Neena Bansal Krishna and Madhu Jain also sought a reply to his request for condonation of the 67‑day delay in filing an appeal against the order of a Karkardooma court dismissing his bail plea in the case registered under the Unlawful A…
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…
Jaipur, June 9 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Jodhpur Central Jail administration to continue providing special medical and support facilities to self-styled godman Asaram, including alkaline water, outside food, a separate bed, and bedding. The order comes days after the jail administration withdrew several facilities following Asaram’s surrender on May 28 this year. Disposing of a criminal writ petition filed on Asaram’s behalf, a single bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash P…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of Manisha Waghmare, an accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The order was passed by the Rouse Avenue Court after hearing arguments from both sides.During the hearing, Waghmare’s counsel argued that she is a certified education counsellor and receives regular income through counselling services. The defence contended that the CBI’s allegation regarding …
Chennai, June 9 (IANS) PMK President Anbumani Ramadoss is set to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Tuesday to press for a caste-based census in the state, a move the party says is essential to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s 69 per cent reservation policy. The meeting follows an all-party and community leaders’ conference organised by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in Chennai’s T. Nagar on June 5. The conference adopted a resolution urging the state government to conduct a caste ce…