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‘Didn’t know caste’: HC junks FIR against Times Now reporter in caste slur case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against Times Now Navbharat reporter Bhawana Kishore in a rash driving and caste slur case in May last year. The court said the senior journalist had “no personal knowledge of the victim’s caste,” Livelaw reported.   

Newslaundry · Jan 4, 2024

Penalties, retrospective approvals: How 11 mining, infra giants were given backdoor breathers

In a possible setback for companies operating without prior environment clearance in violation of norms, the Supreme Court has stayed the Union environment ministry’s ex-post facto approval to such projects – some running for well over a decade.        

Newslaundry · Jan 4, 2024

HC remands back 13 AIS officers’ allocation issue to DoPT

HC remands issue of 13 AIS officers' allocation to Telangana & AP to DoPT for reconsideration in accordance with Pratyusha Sinha Committee guidelines.

The Hindu · Jan 3, 2024

Plea to cancel censor certificate to Telugu film Vyooham adjourned to January 28

The judge posted the matter to January 28 stating that the matter would be adjudicated after hearing contentions of the counsel for the Central Board of Film Censor.

The Hindu · Dec 26, 2023

High Court judge directs the registry to place CM camp office case before CJ

Justice Nimmagadda Venkateswarlu of A.P. High Court (HC) directed the registry to place the matter of provision of camp office for the Chief Minister and accommodation for senior government officials in Visakhapatnam during their visits to hold review meetings on the development of north Andhra (‘Uttarandhra’) region, before the Chief…

The Hindu · Dec 24, 2023

Aurangabad Bench of Bombay HC unhappy over SOP non-compliance in evidence collection, preservation in cases of sexual offences

Bombay High Court expresses displeasure over non-compliance with SOP for collection & preservation of evidence in sexual offence cases.

The Hindu · Dec 20, 2023

Install sanitary napkin dispensing machine at every govt. junior college, HC tells State

Telangana High Court orders State government to provide one sanitary napkin vending machine in every government junior college.

The Hindu · Dec 19, 2023

Morbi bridge collapse | Main accused Jaysukh Patel’s bail plea rejected

Gujarat High Court rejects Oreva Group CMD's bail plea in Morbi bridge collapse case, 135 dead and 56 injured.

The Hindu · Dec 19, 2023

Judiciary will have to live with instances like ‘hacking’ with robust ICT system: CJI

Stating that recent ‘hacking’ into High Court of Karnataka’s videoconference system has perturbed everyone in the legal fraternity, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said here on Saturday that the judiciary will have to live with such instances and cannot stop use of technology.

The Hindu · Dec 16, 2023

It is surprising ICAI wants to stifle the career of a student with extra acumen, says Karnataka High Court

It would not behove the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to the status enshrined in the Constitution of India to impose a penalty of delaying enrolment by two years on a student who had studied and completed multiple courses while pursuing CA Articleship by diligently taking prior permissions…

The Hindu · Dec 15, 2023