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Karur Stampede: Petitioner Uma Anandan rejects Supreme Court plea claims
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Uma Anandan, the petitioner who challenged the Madras High Court's ruling on the Karur stampede, clarified that she did not authorise any advocate to file a plea in the Supreme Court on her behalf.
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Karur stampede: Case filed against TVK official for threatening petitioner
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Madras High Court on Friday prohibited political rallies, roadshows and similar public events along state and national highways in the state until Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were formulated.
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Delhi HC raps litigants for "imaginary story", dismisses transfer plea wit
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed that the petitioners had made "flimsy, misleading and mythical assertions" against a sitting trial court judge without any credible material to substantiate their claims.
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Delhi HC directs no coercive action against person noting his mistaken ide
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court has recently granted relief directing the investigation agency (CBI) not to take coercive action against a person in a human trafficking case. The High Court has passed the direction after noting the submissions that it is a case of 'Mistaken identity' and the actual acc
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Govt circular cannot curtail insurance coverage, orders insurer to pay bal
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Justice Sachin Datta made the observation while directing United India Insurance Company Limited to release the balance amount to petitioner Reena Goel, whose Covid-19 hospitalisation claim was only partly reimbursed despite being within the insured coverage.
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Delhi HC questions basis of plea on Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt graves; peti
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the lack of supporting material in a plea seeking the removal of the graves of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and JKLF founder Maqbool Bhatt from Tihar Jail, prompting the petitioner to withdraw the case with liberty to refile it with data.
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Pakistan: Petition in Islamabad HC challenges "provocative, malicious" pos
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A petition filed in the Islamabad High Court challenges alleged "provocative and malicious" posts from PTI founder Imran Khan's X account during his imprisonment. The petitioner urged probes by cybercrime authorities, blocking of such content, and restrictions on PTI redistributing posts, ca
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Delhi HC upholds property tax on star hotels, dismisses pleas on arbitrari
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The petitioners, including several hotel associations, had challenged the levy of a uniform Use Factor (UF-10) and the maximum 20 per cent tax rate, arguing that the classification of hotels on the basis of voluntary star ratings lacked statutory backing and unfairly burdened establishments
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Petitioner seeks security after challenging extension of Himachal Chief Se
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sharma, who has filed a complaint against the extension of service granted to Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena, termed his appeal to the Director General of Police as an "SOS call for protection."
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Karnataka HC dismisses pleas against invitation to author Banu Mushtaq for
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"We are not persuaded to accept the contention that inviting a person of a different faith to inaugurate the event violates the legal or constitutional rights of the petitioners," the court observed.
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"Many of our points have been accepted": Petitioners welcome SC stay on ce
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and a petitioner, said that many of the points raised, including issues related to "Waqf by User" and protection of monuments, have been accepted by the court.
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Madras HC dismisses PIL based on allegations by Rahul Gandhi; imposes pena
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Madras High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to clarify allegations of large-scale voter list manipulation in the 2024 General Elections.
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