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The court says Rugby should be included in State-level sports events as it is part of the National School Games

Opposition corners AAP over its ‘zero-tolerance’ claim; the petition relates to allegations of the involvement of senior officers of Punjab in various scams, including cash for transfers, cash in return for favourable policies, and cash for tenders

The petitions in the High Court had claimed that the diversion of over 130 sq. km of pristine tropical forest violated the 2006 Act and threatened the Shompen and Nicobarese way of life and culture.

The Court permitted 11 club members to move the Delhi High Court, after the High Court had earlier refused their plea on the ground that only the club could challenge the Centre’s decision

A Division Bench directs State government and State Election Commission to conduct elections within six weeks from October 1; says Census process does not bar delimitation of wards within Municipalities/ Municipal Corporations

The Bench observed that asking the High Court to accord priority to the petitioner's plea would be unfair to other litigants who are waiting for their turn for adjudication on their pleas

Justice P.B. Balaji dismisses an application filed by the resigned MLA, who had shifted allegiance from AIADMK to TVK, to reject the election petition filed by a voter

HC Bench recuses from NIA’s appeal against bail for Sachin Vaze in Antilia case, directing assignment to another panel as questions linger over evidence and timing of witness statements

The court held that the test to transfer proceedings was not whether the impugned orders were correct, but whether the apprehension of an unfair trial was genuine and justifiable

The party wants the SIT to summon the CM and the Ministers to find out if they had any materials to prove it had shielded the prime accused during its regime

Following a campaign by a rights activist, High Court’s Rules Committee decides to remove provision for the 'tom-tom' and 'kinnam mutti vilambaram' used to inform the public about property attachment proceedings. The tradition, which goes back to the days of princely rule, survived the colonial period and is still prevalent in some courts. In 2016, tom-tom charges were increased from ₹15 to ₹100

The Delhi HC said the POCSO framework would be substantially weakened if an adult could answer a prosecution concerning a girl below the age of 18 simply by producing a marriage certificate recognised by personal law

Chief Justice Lisa Gill’s Bench posts pending cases to November 20, ahead of the Supreme Court’s likely hearing on November 29 of the appeals against its 2022 Amaravati judgment

The member argued that the social media post contained only a political observation comparing media coverage of political leaders’ foreign trips across different tenures

Kenya · BUSINESS Key Facts —What happened Kenyan contractors have asked the High Court to force publication of tax breaks granted to Chinese-built projects since 2008. —The projects The petition cites the Standard Gauge Railway, Nairobi Expressway, Thika Superhighway and Lamu Port, all built by Chinese firms. —The legal claim Petitioners say tax and duty […] The post Kenyan Contractors Sue the State Over Tax Breaks for Chinese Firms appeared first on The Rio Times.

Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan say that it is for Parliament to take a call on the issue

Home department has constituted a three-member search and selection committee to facilitate the appointment, State informs the court

Alleged irregularities in the appointment of Chief (Industry and Infrastructure Division) of Kerala State Planning Board

The Court said that the SIT will undertake a de novo investigation into the cases and would also cooperate with the Enforcement Directorate (ED ), which has taken up the probe into these cases.

The Court acquitted an accountant in the District Education Officer’s office in Surajpur, saying the prosecution had not proved the demand for a bribe

A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Arun Bhardwaj granted time to Arvind Kejriwal and others to file their replies in the matter

Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi allows an application filed by the Minister seeking the leave of the court to file the suit in the High Court

Thachankary contends that the prosecution had miscalculated his rental income, property income, payments made by his relatives, and properties acquired by his wife