NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the ‘sedition’ provision in Section 152 of BNS and tagged the petition on this issue to pending petitions that challenged the validity of Section 124A of IPC.A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and justices K Vinod Chandran and N V…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump engaged in a heated phone exchange over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, NBC News reported, citing multiple current and former US officials. The confrontation came after Netanyahu, speaking at an event in Jerusalem on July 27, denied that there was starvation in Gaza, insisting, “There is…
NEW DELHI: Expunging its earlier criticism of an Allahabad high court judge whose verdict it had listed among the “worst,” a Supreme Court bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan on Friday clarified that it had no intention of embarrassing or casting aspersions on the judge.“We must clarify that our intention was not…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday said it would give legal shape to its view that a committee headed by a retired high court judge should administer Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan until Allahabad HC decided the validity of UP govt’s ordinance for development of the temple and its surroundings.A bench of justices Surya Kant…
Almost a year after the National Medical Register was launched as “a comprehensive and dynamic database for all allopathic doctors”, only 996 of the 13.9 lakh allopathic doctors registered with state medical councils have got NMR registration. In response to an RTI query, National Medical Commission (NMC) stated that of the 11,200 applications for registration…
NEW DELHI: Holding that it would be a travesty of justice if a convict completes his jail term while his appeal remains pending, SC has said bail should be granted to convicts in cases where the sentence, unlike life imprisonment, is of limited duration. If bail cannot be granted, then the appeal must be decided…
As India’s ties with the US are thrown off kilter because of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented targeting of India for its trade with Russia, PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday, reaffirming their commitment to strengthen India-Russia relations. The conversation took place a day after Modi’s show of Global South solidarity with…
A 26-year-old Indian man is facing deportation from the UK after repeatedly stalking a female colleague at London Zoo.Asish Jose Paul, originally from Kerala, ignored multiple police warnings, court bail conditions, and even a restraining order before being sent back, the Daily Mail reported.Paul bombarded former co-worker Lutaruta Masiulonyte with text messages, flowers and chocolates…
NEW DELHI: In its chargesheet filed against Robert Vadra on July 17, Enforcement Directorate has claimed that he received a 3.5-acre plot of land in Gurgaon as a bribe, contrary to his claim that he paid Rs 7.5 crore for it. The land, located in Sector 83, was later sold by Vadra to DLF for…
JAMMU: High court of J&K and Ladakh on Friday directed the ministry of home affairs (MHA) to file — within six weeks — a status report detailing its decision on the prosecution sanction of eight IAS officers allegedly involved in the 2012 arms licence case.The CBI has investigated the case and alleged irregularities in the…
