New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) In a relief to Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court order staying his conviction in a 2022 hate speech case, effectively allowing him to continue as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi dismissed the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order, which had…
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New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Former Jaypee Group chairman Jaiprakash Gaur on Friday expressed confidence in the Adani Group’s takeover of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), following “the fair and transparent process conducted by the Committee of Creditors.”“The Committee of Creditors has selected the Adani Group as the successful Resolution Applicant, and we fully respect this decision,” Gaur said in a statement.“I have every confidence that under the leadership of Gautam Adani, the lega…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court has tendered his resignation with immediate effect to President Droupadi Murmu, bringing an abrupt end to his tenure amid ongoing impeachment proceedings.In his letter, Justice Varma said, “I do not propose to burden your august office with the reasons which have constrained me to submit this missive,” adding that “it is with deep anguish” that he was stepping down from the office of a Judge of the High Court o…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Indian Army has cleared Colonel Shrikant Purohit for promotion to the rank of Brigadier, marking a significant development in a long-running service dispute linked to his career progression and earlier legal proceedings in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.According to official inputs, the decision follows earlier directions from the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), which had stayed his retirement scheduled for March 31, 2026, after hearing his plea seeking consideration fo…
Kathmandu, April 9 (IANS) Nepal’s former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, on Thursday, were released from judicial custody following an order from the Supreme Court, after spending 13 days in jail.The two were arrested on March 28 in connection with a culpable homicide-related case linked to the suppression of Gen Z protests in September last year that left several protesters dead.Hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by the families of Oli and Lekhak, the …
Nagpur, April 9 (IANS) Congress Legislative Party Leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Thursday formally wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding immediate implementation of a Supreme Court ruling regarding the Teacher Aptitude and Intelligence Test (TAIT) 2022 teacher recruitment process. The move aims to address the alleged injustice faced by candidates from backward classes.Wadettiwar highlighted that, due to flawed decisions by the state’s Education Department, approximately 8,000…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency has applied to the court for the custody of 47 accused arrested in the Kaliachak incident, an official of the central investigation agency said. About 12 First Information Reports have already been filed in this incident. Incidentally, the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Malda district had already remanded those arrested in this incident to police custody. Later, the court ordered that the 46 accused be placed in judicial …
Shimla, April 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajeev Bindal, while launching a scathing attack, said on Thursday that the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, “is conspiring to hijack the Panchayati Raj and municipal corporation elections in a planned manner”. He added that the Congress government first tried its best to postpone the elections for two years and even took the matter to the Supreme Court.”When the Honorabl…
Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) Police have advised all media houses, digital platforms, and individuals to refrain from publishing or circulating any content that may disclose or lead to the identification of a trainee pilot who alleged sexual assault by a former flight instructor at a pilot training institute in Hyderabad.C.H. Sridhar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Malkajgiri Zone, Malkajgiri Police Commissionerate, said on Thursday that it has come to their notice through the victim and their fami…
Bengaluru, April 8 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, on Wednesday, wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Rajesh Agarwal, urging the state government to allow Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) to be conducted in Kannada for teachers serving in Kannada medium schools in Maharashtra. In her letter addressed to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Agarwal, Rajneesh thanked the Maharashtra government for issuing recruitment notifications to fill vacancies in Kannada medium schools.She h…