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SC says Param Bir Singh’s plea against Anil Deshmukh is serious but ‘let HC deal with this’

SC bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul also said though ex-Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh's allegations are important, they came only after he & Deshmukh 'fell apart'.

CJI Bobde recommends Justice NV Ramana as successor

Justice NV Ramana is scheduled to take over charge as the 48th Chief Justice of India on 24 April, and is set to retire on 26 August 2022.

India files appeal against $1.2 billion Cairn Energy arbitration award

The appeal against a tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration invalidating India's Rs 10,247 crore tax claim comes weeks before UK PM Boris Johnson's visit to India.

Former Madras HC judge CS Karnan, arrested for remarks against women & judges, gets bail

Justice C. S. Karnan was arrested last December and as many as 10 cases were pending against him under the IPC and the Information Technology Act.

Court upholds 2-year jail sentence to Somnath Bharti for assaulting AIIMS security staff

Special Judge Vikas Dhull convicted the AAP MLA under sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly) of IPC and section 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.

ED seeks quashing of Kerala police FIR against its officials in gold smuggling case

Kerala police registered the FIR against ED officials for allegedly forcing Swapna Suresh, key accused in the gold smuggling case, to give statements against CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

‘Community interest outweighs right of personal liberty’: Why court denied bail to Stan Swamy

Stan Swamy was arrested last October. NIA court says there is sufficient evidence for believing that accusations against Swamy and his co-accused are prima facie true.

SC stays proceedings pending in high courts on pleas to regulate OTT platforms

Supreme Court had earlier issued notice on a transfer petition filed by Centre seeking to club all petitions filed in various high courts on the issue of regulating OTT platforms.

‘Won’t interfere with Centre, RBI decision’: SC refuses to extend last year’s loan moratorium

SC directed that no compound or penal interest shall be charged from borrowers for the 6-month loan moratorium period & the amount already charged shall be refunded, credited or adjusted.

‘Why not promote education?’ — SC says affirmative action is not just reservation

The Supreme Court bench, hearing the Maratha quota case, said states should establish institutes more for the upliftment of socially and educationally backward classes.

On Camera

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

FM Sitharaman stresses govt’s manufacturing focus at a time when ‘some economists’ advise otherwise

Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.