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TDC clarifies Community 23 land dispute, files appeal over court ruling
39+ min ago (24+ words) TDC Ghana Ltd has clarified that an ongoing land litigation involving the company, Trasacco Estates Development Company Limited and members of the Nii Tetteh...
Bail Is The Rule Even Under UAPA: Supreme Court Raises Concerns Over Its Own Umar Khalid Order
50+ min ago (63+ words) The Supreme Court on Monday questioned its January 5 verdict denying bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. A bench led by Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said the ruling failed to correctly apply principles on…...
Supreme Court to Hear Pleas Seeking Fair Wages for Priests, Temple Staff
1+ min ago (454+ words) NEW DELHI, May 18: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the constitution of a judicial commission or expert committee to examine the wages, service conditions and welfare benefits of priests, sevadars and…...
Why the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level
21+ min ago (1251+ words) While Republican-led Southern states race to redo their congressional maps after the U. S. Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination, the decision's effects may be felt most notably on the local level. There are active legal fights…...
Delhi HC ssues notice on plea seeking cancellation of caretaker's bail
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (189+ words) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to a school caretaker accused of sexually assaulting a three-year-old nursery student after the Delhi Police challenged the bail granted to him in the case involving allegations under the Protection of Children…...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Chhattisgarh's Ex-IAS Officer Anil Tuteja In Corruption Case Over DMF Scam
51+ min ago (304+ words) The Supreme Court today granted bail to Chhattisgarh's ex-IAS officer Anil Tuteja in a corruption case over the District Mineral Fund scam. A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order, observing that Tuteja was in…...
India News | Delhi HC Issues Notice on Police Plea Challenging Bail Granted to School Caretaker Accused in Sexual Assault of 3-year-old Girl
35+ min ago (388+ words) Get latest articles and stories on India at Latest LY. Justice Saurabh Banerjee sought the response of the accused on the plea moved by Delhi Police seeking cancellation of bail granted by a Dwarka court and listed the matter for…...
CJI-Led SC Bench Grants Bail to Former Bureaucrat in Corruption Case
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (414+ words) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to retired Chhattisgarh-cadre IAS officer Anil Tuteja in connection with a corruption case involving alleged irregularities in the District Mineral Fund (DMF). A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice…...
Denial of bail to Khalid and Imam violates legal fidelity: SC reaffirms "bail is rule" even in UAPA cases
52+ min ago (351+ words) While granting bail to Syed Iftikhar Andrabi, who has languished in custody for over five years under alleged narco-terrorism charges, Justices Justice B. V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan expressed reservations regarding the January decision, an order that had paradoxically enlarged several…...
'Bail Is Rule Even In UAPA': SC Condemns Its Order Denying Bail To Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam
50+ min ago (285+ words) A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan pointed out that the denial of bail to Khalid and Imam appeared to dilute the precedent laid down in the landmark Union of India vs KA Najeeb case, pointing out that…...