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Woman’s decision to continue pregnancy or choose termination: HC
The court allowed the continuation of a 15-year-old rape survivor’s pregnancy after counseling her and her parents of the risks involved with medical termination at 32 weeks of pregnancy,
Updated on Jul 27, 2024 08:04 AM IST
JItendra Sarin, Prayagraj
Himachal HC reserves judgment on plea challenging CPSes’ appointments
The HC division bench heard the arguments on the petition filed by PERGO today. Three separate petitions were filed challenging the legality and constitutionality of the appointments of chief parliamentary secretaries in the state. The court has already completed hearings on the petition filed by the BJP legislators and one Kalpana Devi and reserved its judgment.
Published on Jun 13, 2024 10:42 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Shimla
MP high court allows medical termination of pregnancy of minor rape survivor
The court observed that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health
Updated on May 21, 2024 05:54 PM IST
Monika Pandey
Himachal HC fixes next hearing for appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries on May 8
The Himachal HC bench concluded the three-day-long drawn arguments in the petition challenging the appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries.
Updated on Apr 25, 2024 01:17 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Shimla
Himachal HC begins hearing on petition challenging appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries
The court prohibited chief parliamentary secretaries from availing the facilities of ministers and functioning like ministers
Updated on Apr 23, 2024 09:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Shimla
1993 serial blasts: HC relief to 2 former Excise officials accused of allowing landing of explosives
1993 serial blasts: HC relief to 2 former Excise officials accused of allowing landing of explosives
Published on Mar 10, 2024 01:30 PM IST
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Telangana HC quashes governor’s order rejecting nomination of two BRS leaders to legislative council
Sravan Kumar and Satyanarayana were nominated to the Legislative Council by the previous BRS government in August 2023, but the governor rejected the nominations on September 19 on the ground that the two were “politically aligned persons”
Updated on Mar 08, 2024 07:26 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Judge vs judge matter: Supreme Court stays all proceedings before Calcutta HC
The two benches in Calcutta High Court reproached each other in back-to-back orders on January 24 and 25. The matter has been kept for hearing on January 29.
Updated on Jan 27, 2024 11:14 AM IST
Justice Gangopadhyay vs justice Sen: Why Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance?
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will hear the matter in a special sitting on January 27.
Published on Jan 27, 2024 06:25 AM IST
‘Name can’t be the test’: Delhi HC rejects plea to de-register political parties
The high court was hearing a PIL filed by petitioner lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who argued that such political parties’ names might prejudicially affect the poll prospects of a candidate amounting to a corrupt practice under the Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1951
Updated on Dec 14, 2023 04:14 PM IST
HC refuses to cancel arrest warrant against education secretary
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court has upheld arrest warrants against the education secretary and the deputy secretary for not paying special teachers' salaries.
Updated on Dec 01, 2023 08:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Nagpur
Jammu and Kashmir administration fails to submit status report in multi-crore arms licence scam again
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has failed to submit a status report on the arms licence scam involving IAS officers despite court directives. The scam involves the illegal issuance of arms licenses to non-residents on forged documents. The administration has been granted multiple opportunities to file the report but has not done so. The case will be re-notified on November 6. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating the case.
Updated on Sep 20, 2023 03:52 AM IST
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu
Karnataka HC reserves its judgment in SJM mutt case
The division bench comprising chief justice Prasanna Balachandra Varale, alongside Justice MJS Kamal, presided over the extensive hearings and has reserved the final judgment
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 01:35 AM IST
HC to hear PIL against demerger of Uruli Devachi, Phursungi on August 10
Bombay HC on Wednesday granted additional government pleader time till August 10 on PIL regarding demerger of Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages from PMC
Updated on Aug 10, 2023 12:39 AM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
HC raps MCZMA, SEIAA for procedures in clearing Navi Mumbai Coastal Road
The coastal road will connect Panvel Creek to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). It will also provide connectivity between Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) junction and the airport at Navi Mumbai.
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 11:57 PM IST
K A Y Dodhiya
HC contempt order on senior officials of Delhi govt
The court asked the contemnors to be present before it on July 14 for the next hearing, when it would also hear the arguments on sentence
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 11:32 PM IST
It is vindictive, says DK Shivakumar on Karnataka govt’s sanction to CBI
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar’s statement against the Karnataka government coincided with the local election officials clearing his nomination papers from the Kanakapura seat
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 06:45 PM IST
Special radio collar for ‘rogue elephant’
While ordering the translocation of the elephant last month, the Kerala high court had directed the state forest department to appoint a nodal officer to monitor the animal once it is fitted with the collar.
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 02:09 AM IST
HC directs state to provide smartphones to 1.30L Anganwadi workers urgently
The Bombay high court has directed the Maharashtra government to provide smartphones to around 1.3 lakh Aanganwadi workers across the state within four months so they can enter beneficiary data on the Centre?s POSHAN tracker app. The app enables real-time monitoring and tracking of all Anganwadi workers, providing a 360-degree view of their activities and complete beneficiary management for pregnant women, lactating mothers, children, adolescent girls and adolescent boys. The government had argued it would take six months to purchase and deliver the devices, but the court called this "entirely unacceptable".
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 12:21 AM IST
K A Y Dodhiya
HC imposes ₹50K cost each on 41 ineligible sugar mill MD aspirants
Bombay high court imposed a cost of ?50,000 on each of the 41 petitioners who approached the court seeking directions to the state sugar commissioner to permit them to appear for the exam to fill up the posts of managing director of various sugar mills in the state. The court dismissed the petitions, observing that the petitioners did not have the requisite qualification to appear for the exam conducted on April 5.
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:36 AM IST
K A Y Dodhiya
Patna HC refuses to stay caste survey in Bihar
Appearing for one of the petitioners, senior advocate in the Supreme Court, Aparajita Singh said the survey was being held without any legislation in place.
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:06 AM IST
Ruchir Kumar, Patna
HC upholds Shinde govt’s decision to reverse BMC wards delimitation
The Bombay High Court upheld the decision to reverse the delimitation of wards in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. The reversal was challenged by former corporators Raju Pednekar and Sameer Desai, but the court dismissed their petitions. The MVA government had increased the number of electoral wards in the BMC from 227 to 236, but the Eknath Shinde government reversed the decision, bringing the number of wards back to 227.
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 01:04 AM IST
K A Y Dodhiya
HC strikes down acquisition of 7,670 sq-mtr private plot at Dindoshi for slum scheme
Bombay High Court struck down a 2016 order by the state government to acquire a private plot for a slum rehabilitation scheme, without ascertaining the landowner's interest in redevelopment. Landowner Bharat Patel had objected to the acquisition of his 7,670 square-meter property for the project and said he was willing to develop it himself under the Slums Act. The court accepted Patel's contention that the acquisition process was based on a fraudulently obtained decree from the City Civil Court. The court ruled the subsequent order for compensation also cannot be sustained.
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 01:04 AM IST
HC asks PMC, PCMC to form teams to address water crisis in urban Pune
In its order dated April 10, the Bombay HC has directed the PMC and PCMC to separately constitute committees
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 11:09 PM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
SC allows RSS route marches in TN, dismisses DMK’s plea
The RSS sought permission to hold a march and a public meeting to commemorate the 75th year of Independence, the birth centenary of BR Ambedkar and Vijayadasami festival, on October 2, 2022.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:36 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
Allahabad HC rejects petition challenging suspension of ex-AKTU registrar
On March 24, the Uttar Pradesh governor suspended the AKTU registrar on charges of misconduct, including financial irregularities
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 11:43 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Supreme Court upholds high court order on RSS route march in Tamil Nadu
The Madras high court had on February 10 allowed the route marches despite the state refusing permission citing the threat of attack on the marches from the banned organisation PFI
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 07:50 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
The real bite of SC’s MediaOne ruling
It provides lessons in how the judiciary should respond when faced with invocations of national security and sealed covers by the State. The real test, however, will be when the next case comes before a court somewhere in India
Updated on Apr 09, 2023 08:29 PM IST
HC: PIL against Bihar caste survey maintainable, hearing on April 18
In the second phase, which is scheduled to begin from April 15, data pertaining to people’s castes and religions will be collected.
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 04:01 AM IST
Ruchir Kumar, Patna
J&K’s Panthers Party leader accuses BJP government of double standards
The Panther Party leader alleged that BJP leaders and their allies treated government bungalows, vehicles and security system as their “father’s fiefdom” during a press conference held in Jammu on Friday
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 11:44 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Jammu