SC stays Herald House eviction, issues notice to Centre

The Supreme Court put a stay on Delhi high court’s order asking the Associated Journals Limited, the publishers of the National Herald newspaper, to evict the Herald House building in New Delhi’s Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. The court has also issued a notice to the Centre. Read More
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Supreme Court dismisses EPFO plea against Kerala HC verdict

The Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petition filed by the Employees Provident Fund Organization against an October 2018 Kerala high court order, entitling all retiring employees to get their pension on their full salary. Read More
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Madras high court urges Centre to ban TikTok app

The Madurai bench of the Madras high court issued an interim direction to the Centre to prohibit the downloading of the popular TikTok app after observing that pornography and inappropriate contents are made available through such mobile applications. Read More
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SC refuses urgent hearing on Hardik’s plea to stay his conviction

The Supreme Court refused to hear the plea of Hardik Patel to stay his conviction on a rioting case, on an urgent basis, so that he can contest the Lok Sabha election. The top court asked, “What’s the urgency now?” pointing out the conviction dated to 2015. Read More
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Hardik’s LS poll hopes diminish as HC won’t stay his conviction

Hardik Patel’s hopes of fighting the upcoming Lok Sabha election has been dealt a big blow as the Gujarat high court dismissed the patidar leader’s plea plea to stay his conviction in a 2015 rioting case. Read More
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HC to Khattar: Remove ‘adverse’ remarks from Khemka’s ACR

The Punjab and Haryana high court ordered the removal of the “adverse” remarks made by Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar in his 2016-17 annual confidential report on senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, which hampered the bureaucrat’s promotion. Read More
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Sajjan Kumar bail: CBI says ‘anti-Sikh progrom was like Holocaust’

The CBI also added that during the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom, the attacks on the Sikhs were “spearheaded by dominant political actors, like Sajjan Kumar, and duly facilitated by law enforcement agencies.” Read More
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Delhi HC directs Facebook to remove video ‘defaming’ Ramdev

After Google’s YouTube removed the video containing allegations against yoga guru Ramdev from their platforms, the Delhi high court has directed Facebook to ensure that links of the video are removed from its platform. Read More
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Malegaon case: HC stays NIA court order to use secondary evidence

Sameer Kulkarni, an accused in the case, challenged the decision of the special NIA court, which permitted the agency to produce photocopies of missing witnesses’ statements on record and lead evidence in support of the same. Read More
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FB to Bombay HC: New tools for political ad transparency soon

A lawyer had filed a petition before the court seeking directions to the Election Commission impose restrains on any form of advertisement, videos or messages 48 hours before the election and demanded regulation of popular social-media sites. Read More
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