Tag: court
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UP POCSO Court sends child rape convict to life sentence after a swift 22-day hearing
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh has sent a child rape convict to prison sentence till death. The court found him guilty of raping a six-year-old girl in UP’s Hapur district. Special judge Veena Narayan held Dalpat guilty and also slapped a fine of more than Rs two lakh on the…
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SC holds lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): On Friday, the Supreme Court held activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two offensive tweets against the judiciary. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said it would hear on August 20 the arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan in the matter. The apex court…
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SC refuses demand of inquiry into center’s Covid-19 ‘mismanagement’
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): On Friday, the Supreme Court said that it is not in favor of appointing a commission to inquire into the alleged mismanagement of the covid-19 pandemic in the country. A bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao along with Justices Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat observed that it cannot have…
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Plea against UGC final year exam decision adjourned
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing, of the plea against UGC order to hold final year exams, to August 18. The top court was hearing a plea filed by students against the UGC order to conduct final year exams by September 30. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Subhash…
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Drugs worth one thousand crore seized in Mumbai
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): 191 kilograms of drugs have been seized at the Nhava Sheva port in Mumbai, the market price of which is said to be around one thousand crore rupees. It was given by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs Department under a joint operation. According to the DRI, the drugs…
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A petition filed against government grant to Prince of Arcot
(Juhi Aishwary, Intern Journalist): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the government grant to the Nawab of Arcot ie Prince of Arcot and giving him the title of Hereditary Prince of Arcot. The petition states that the grant of a hereditary title of Prince of Arcot after the country becomes independent and…
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Questions raised by Pakistan on the construction of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir
(Pooja Pal; Intern Journalist): Pakistan has again tried to interfere in India’s internal affairs by a vain attempt. Pakistan has criticized India for starting the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. On the other hand, Ayodhya saints have been infuriated by Pakistan’s remarks. In this case, from saints to Iqbal Ansari, a party to a…
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State must provide free bus/train tickets and food- Supreme Court
(Sandhya Jha, Intern Journalist): A hearing was held in the Supreme Court today in the case of problems facing migrants in lockdown amid Corona epidemic. The Supreme Court said that no fare should be taken from migrant laborers traveling by buses and trains and the state governments should bear this cost. The court said that…
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Special Flight and Supreme Court
(Sandhya Jha, Intern Journalist): On Monday, the Supreme Court held an urgent hearing in the matter of keeping the middle seat vacant in Air India flights engaged in bringing Indians from abroad. The bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde reprimanded the government in the case. The court said, “There are no two types of rules. You…
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Virtual courts not working: LAWYERS
(Pooja Pal; Intern Journalist): A lawyer alleged that he faced the problem of not being properly visible and audible at the other end. In other cases, the voice breaks and creates a situation wherein either the Lawyer or the Judge is not able to predict the words on the other end. NEW DELHI: Lawyers, who…