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Patna HC judge, who was taken off duty after ‘corruption’ remark, reassigned judicial work

On the orders of Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, Justice Rakesh Kumar resumes work from Monday.

‘War and Peace’ judge has made news before — with matrimonial cruelty & acid attack cases

Justice Kotwal, who became additional judge of Bombay HC in June 2017, asked why activist Vernon Gonsalves possessed Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’.

Judge says corruption in Patna HC an ‘open secret’, full bench bars him from hearing cases

Patna High Court Justice Rakesh Kumar made the remark in his scathing judgment as he ordered a CBI probe into alleged corruption in lower judiciary.

Delhi High Court asks Centre to respond to Shah Faesal’s plea challenging his detention

Bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal was detained at the Delhi airport on 14 August for instigating people against India’s sovereignty, the Delhi Police had said.

Supreme Court allows Jamia student to visit family in Anantnag, provides security

Mohd Aleem Syed, a student at Jamia Millia Islamia University, petitioned the Supreme Court saying he was unable to contact his family due to the communication lockdown.

Justice Sunil Gaur, who cleared way for Chidambaram’s arrest, is new PMLA tribunal chairman

Retired Delhi High Court Justice Sunil Gaur will take over as Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Prevention of Money Laundering Act on 23 September.

Supreme Court seeks Centre, J&K govt’s response to plea on media restrictions

The notices are in response to a plea filed by Kashmir Times executive editor Anuradha Bhasin, who seeks restoration of all communication channels to allow the media to properly function in J&K.

Supreme Court refers pleas challenging scrapping of Article 370 to constitutional bench

The Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre and Jammu & Kashmir govt on a number of pleas challenging the Presidential order by which Article 370 was abrogated.

Freedom of press supreme, but can’t be one-way traffic, Supreme Court observes

Lifting stay on the trial in Jay Shah’s defamation case against The Wire, SC says journalists giving short deadlines for a response is a problem.

Supreme Court rejects Chidambaram’s plea against dismissal of his anticipatory bail

The Supreme Court said senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram's petition has become infructuous as he is already in CBI's custody.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.