SC to hear home buyers’ plea on Dhoni fees from Amrapali
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by home buyers seeking it pass a direction to recover Rs 42.22 crore paid by the Amrapali group to former…
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Payal Rohatgi sent to jail till Dec 24
Jaipur, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) TV and realty star Payal Rohatgi on Monday was sent to judicial custody till December 24 by a metropolitan court soon after she was brought to Bundi from Ahmedabad after her…
Unnao rape: Ex-MLA Sengar convicted, sentencing Tuesday
New Delhi/Lucknow, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) On a day when a most brutal rape happened on the streets of the national capital some years back, another daughter from Uttar Pradesh got justice as former state legislator…
SC: Vested interest behind RTI leads to blackmail, extortion
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court Monday flagged “fear” and “abuse of RTI Act” by vested interests and potentially leading to blackmail and extortion. The apex court sought to know if any guidelines…
Allahabad HC sets aside Azam Khan’s son’s election
Prayagraj, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major jolt to Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, the Allahabad High Court has set aside the election of his son, Abdullah Azam, to the Uttar Pradesh assembly. The…
SC will not be bullied: CJI to students
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday gave a stern message to the rioting students across the country who are protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and said the top court…
Hyderabad encounter case: SC to hear petition on Dec 18
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on December 18 (Wednesday) a petition on the Telangana police’s ‘encounter’ against the four accused in the case of gang-rape and murder…
Arms Bill turns law, gets President’s nod
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) New Arms (Amendment) Act has come into force with President Ram Nath Kovind giving his assent to a Bill cleared by Parliament earlier this week to help the government in…
Muslim litigants may file curative petition on Ayodhya judgement
Lucknow, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Muslim litigants in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title case are now mulling a proposal to file a curative petition following the rejection of their review petition on the judgement by…
Owaisi urges SC to lift veil of unholy nexus between CAA, NRC
New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) appeared to have an unholy nexus with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise, said Asaduddin Owaisi, Lok Sabha member from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul…
‘Can’t judge witness credibility on statement outside court’
New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Delhi Court while hearing an application in connection with the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case observed that the “credibility of a witness cannot be judged from what he…
Miffed by judiciary, Kerala Minister hits back
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala Minister G. Sudhakaran has said it not fair to blame the state government solely on the issues related to condition of roads, a day after the Kerala High Court came…
Kerala to look into AP Disha Act for safety of women
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Kerala Minister on Saturday made it clear that they have no issues in looking into the recently passed Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) 2019 Bill, christened ‘AP Disha Act’ and…
SC notice to Centre on plea for special force for courts
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and state governments to furnish their responses on a plea seeking a specialised force to give “foolproof security” to all courts, judges,…
SC awards 30 grace marks in Haryana judicial exam
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday awarded 30 grace marks in two papers to candidates who took the exam for 107 posts of civil judge (junior division) in Haryana. The top…
HC reserves order on Ratul Puri’s bail cancellation
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved its order on the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking cancellation of bail granted to businessman Ratul Puri in the AgustaWestland…
Over a dozen pleas filed in SC against new citizenship Act
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than a dozen petitions were moved in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019. The petitioners include Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua…
AASU: New law fails to protect rights of indigenous people
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All Assam Students Union (AASU) on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, stating that due to the continued influx of illegal immigrants in Assam, the…
Kerala HC apologises to family of road accident victim
Kochi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a show of empathy, the Kerala High Court on Friday apologised to the family members of a 23-year-old youth who died on Thursday after his bike hit an iron barricade…
SC stays coercive action against Khurshid in trespass case
New Delhi, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from any coercive action to senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid in an alleged trespassing offence of 2015. The Delhi Public School Society (DPSS)…