New Delhi: Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi, Vishal Pahuja made a shocking announcement on Tuesday before proceedings began in Mobashar Jawed Akbar v Priya Ramani – that your court is not competent to hear the case in view of the order of the Supreme Court in Ashwani …
Read More »Congress faces an uphill task, but BJP’s Scindia and Chouhan need a strong show
Bhopal: Although the by-elections in Madhya Pradesh have not received as much attention as the assembly elections in Bihar, they are equally important. There are 28 constituencies heading for early elections on November 3, the largest in the state, which will decide whether Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who came to power …
Read More »In YS Jagan v Justice Ramana, Modi’s government wins, regardless of the outcome
When The wire I used the word ‘war’ for its headline in the story about Andhra Pradesh Prime Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s unprecedented letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, initially wondering about its suitability. But after talking to my sources, I am now convinced that ‘war’ is …
Read More »Panel of prominent former judges, senior IAS-IPS officials to independently investigate the Delhi riots
New Delhi: The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), a collective of former officials who worked with the central government, as well as with different state governments, has formed a committee of six high-level former public officials to create a “contemporary registry of acts of omission and commission ”surrounding the February 2020 …
Read More »How does the winter deployment of the Indian army in Ladakh compare to that of the PLA?
Chandigarh: Rival armies of India and China locked in an intractable standoff along the disputed Royal Line of Control (LAC) since May, are now positioning themselves for their harsh winter deployment at forbidden altitudes in the desolate Himalayan region of Ladakh, the tallest and fiercest in the world. a bit …
Read More »The indomitable spirit of Father Stan Swamy
“No, it’s not possible,” were my first thoughts when I heard that Father Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jesuit priest and activist, had been arrested a second time. His crime? He defended the rights of the Adivasis exploited in his homeland, Jharkhand. Father Swamy has been accused of having links to …
Read More »Supreme Court Allows Accused Physicians To Continue Higher Education
Mumbai: The three doctors, Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal, who allegedly tormented and discriminated against doctor Payal Tadvi, pushing her to end her life, will now return to the same BYL Nair Hospital in South Mumbai to complete their pending education. On Thursday, October 8, the Supreme Court …
Read More »After deleting the report on Chinese aggression, the Defense Ministry deletes all reports since 2017
New Delhi: The Defense Ministry has removed all monthly reports from its official website since 2017 after removing a monthly report that referred to China’s “unilateral aggression” in Ladakh, according to a report in the Indian express. The monthly reports that have been removed include those related to the 2017 …
Read More »BJP leader implies woman was the victim of honor killing, says defendants are innocent
New Delhi: After a BJP leader held a rally in support of the defendants in the Hathras case and another leader said the rapes will stop if parents teach their daughters the ‘right values’, a third Saffron party leader has defamed the character of the victim, describing her as’Waara‘(astray). Ranjeet …
Read More »SC seeks response from UP government on witness protection, postpones hearing until next week
the Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday to provide a response by Wednesday on its witness protection plan and whether the family of the 19-year-old Dalit gangrape victim from Hathras has access to a lawyer Living law reported. Four upper caste Thakur men had brutally raped and …
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