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Madras High Court Notice To Centre, Tamil Nadu On Plea To Add TVK's Vijay As Accused In Stampede Case
The Madras High Court today sent notices to the Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu government, and the state top cop on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to alter the FIR in the Karur stampede case.
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Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Against Arundhati Roy's Book Cover
The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against author Arundhati Roy's book 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' over its cover image showing the writer smoking.
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Calcutta High Court Accepts Plea For Central Probe Over Attack On BJP MP
The Calcutta High Court has permitted the filing of a PIL, a public interest litigation, seeking an NIA investigation into the alleged attack on two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders - MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Sankar Ghosh.
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Opinion | Rajasthan High Court Abolishes Princely Titles - Yet Indian Courts Cling To 'My Lord'
As the courts increasingly see a generation of Gen Z lawyers and litigants enter their halls, they must modernise their modes of communication. The rigid and antiquated language of the courtroom risks alienating the very public it serves.
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Boeing To Pay $50,000 To Settle Lawsuit Over Whistleblower's Death By Suicide
Boeing Co agreed to pay at least $50,000 (Rs 44,36,500) to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of John Barnett, a whistleblower who took his own life last year.
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"12 Years Since He Was Buried. Why Now?" High Court On Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhat Grave Plea
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking removal of graves of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat, both executed for terror-related offences, from Delhi's Tihar Jail.
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Opinion | How The Bill To Sack Jailed Ministers Turns Justice Into Performance Art
In effect, the Bill creates a special class of litigants, of our elected Ministers, whose detention, if more than 39 days, will automatically trigger disqualification - inevitably guaranteeing that such cases will be treated as urgent matters.
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Madras High Junks Plea On Voter List 'Manipulation', Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Fine
The Madras High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation on Tuesday. The petition sought directions for the Election Commission of India to clarify allegations of widespread manipulation of electoral rolls in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
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Rupert Murdochs' Settlement Leaves Favoured Son Atop Family Media Empire
Three of Murdoch's children - Prudence, Elisabeth and James - will cease to be beneficiaries of the trust that controls Fox Corp. and News Corp. Instead, they'll get $1.1 billion each, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Stray Dogs In Meghalaya Are "Dangerous" In Nature: High Court To Supreme Court
In a significant development, the Meghalaya High Court has requested the Supreme Court to allow it to retain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the stray dogs menace.
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Rahul Gandhi Moves High Court Against Varanasi Court On Sikh Remarks
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has approached the Allahabad High Court against an order of a special MP-MLA court of Varanasi that had directed a subordinate court to hear afresh an application seeking registration of an FIR against him.
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Bengal Willing To Hold Union Polls, Colleges Not Making Efforts, Court Told
The West Bengal government on Tuesday informed Calcutta High Court that it is willing to conduct student union elections in universities across the state. However, claimed that the institutions themselves have not shown any initiative in this regard.
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Top Court Slams "Trend" That 'No Justice In Courts If Politicians Involved'
Observing high court judges were "in no way inferior" to the ones in the top court, the Supreme Court on Monday directed a litigant and his lawyers to tender an unconditional apology to a Telangana High Court judge.
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IndiGo Fined Rs 1.5 Lakh For Providing "Unhygienic, Dirty" Seat To Passenger
A Delhi consumer forum has held Indigo Airlines guilty of deficiency of service for providing an unhygienic and stained seat to a woman and directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh for the discomfort, pain, and mental agony she suffered.
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"Do Homework": Court Warns Petitioner Not To File Litigation After Reading Newspapers
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday cautioned a petitioner against reading news reports and filing litigation and asked him to "do homework first".
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Madras High Court Notice To Centre, Tamil Nadu On Plea To Add TVK's Vijay As Accused In Stampede Case
The Madras High Court today sent notices to the Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu government, and the state top cop on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to alter the FIR in the Karur stampede case.
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Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Against Arundhati Roy's Book Cover
The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against author Arundhati Roy's book 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' over its cover image showing the writer smoking.
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Calcutta High Court Accepts Plea For Central Probe Over Attack On BJP MP
The Calcutta High Court has permitted the filing of a PIL, a public interest litigation, seeking an NIA investigation into the alleged attack on two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders - MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Sankar Ghosh.
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Opinion | Rajasthan High Court Abolishes Princely Titles - Yet Indian Courts Cling To 'My Lord'
As the courts increasingly see a generation of Gen Z lawyers and litigants enter their halls, they must modernise their modes of communication. The rigid and antiquated language of the courtroom risks alienating the very public it serves.
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Boeing To Pay $50,000 To Settle Lawsuit Over Whistleblower's Death By Suicide
Boeing Co agreed to pay at least $50,000 (Rs 44,36,500) to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of John Barnett, a whistleblower who took his own life last year.
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"12 Years Since He Was Buried. Why Now?" High Court On Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhat Grave Plea
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking removal of graves of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat, both executed for terror-related offences, from Delhi's Tihar Jail.
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Opinion | How The Bill To Sack Jailed Ministers Turns Justice Into Performance Art
In effect, the Bill creates a special class of litigants, of our elected Ministers, whose detention, if more than 39 days, will automatically trigger disqualification - inevitably guaranteeing that such cases will be treated as urgent matters.
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Madras High Junks Plea On Voter List 'Manipulation', Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Fine
The Madras High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation on Tuesday. The petition sought directions for the Election Commission of India to clarify allegations of widespread manipulation of electoral rolls in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
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Rupert Murdochs' Settlement Leaves Favoured Son Atop Family Media Empire
Three of Murdoch's children - Prudence, Elisabeth and James - will cease to be beneficiaries of the trust that controls Fox Corp. and News Corp. Instead, they'll get $1.1 billion each, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Stray Dogs In Meghalaya Are "Dangerous" In Nature: High Court To Supreme Court
In a significant development, the Meghalaya High Court has requested the Supreme Court to allow it to retain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the stray dogs menace.
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Rahul Gandhi Moves High Court Against Varanasi Court On Sikh Remarks
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has approached the Allahabad High Court against an order of a special MP-MLA court of Varanasi that had directed a subordinate court to hear afresh an application seeking registration of an FIR against him.
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Bengal Willing To Hold Union Polls, Colleges Not Making Efforts, Court Told
The West Bengal government on Tuesday informed Calcutta High Court that it is willing to conduct student union elections in universities across the state. However, claimed that the institutions themselves have not shown any initiative in this regard.
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Top Court Slams "Trend" That 'No Justice In Courts If Politicians Involved'
Observing high court judges were "in no way inferior" to the ones in the top court, the Supreme Court on Monday directed a litigant and his lawyers to tender an unconditional apology to a Telangana High Court judge.
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IndiGo Fined Rs 1.5 Lakh For Providing "Unhygienic, Dirty" Seat To Passenger
A Delhi consumer forum has held Indigo Airlines guilty of deficiency of service for providing an unhygienic and stained seat to a woman and directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh for the discomfort, pain, and mental agony she suffered.
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"Do Homework": Court Warns Petitioner Not To File Litigation After Reading Newspapers
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday cautioned a petitioner against reading news reports and filing litigation and asked him to "do homework first".
