In his 2011 article, Suman Singh Sikarwar accused a then sitting HC judge of corruption. He shows no repentance, says the court as it imposes costs of Rs 1 lakh.
Sonai MLA Karim Uddin Barbhuiya uploaded post claiming SC had ruled in its favour when it had merely reserved its judgment, although verdict did later dismiss petition against him.
Court was hearing a 2011 civil suit filed by Anita Kumari Gupta, a Sydney resident, when the incident occurred earlier this month. Gupta asked to make physical appearance in court.
The Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court has written to Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, asking for all judicial work to be withdrawn from Justice Gangopadhyay’s bench.
MMRCL had informed SC in 2019 that it needed to fell 84 trees in Aarey Forest for metro car shed, but later sought permission from officials to cut 185.
When sentence was announced, Balwinder Singh Sekhon raised slogans 'Judicial Gundagardi Murdabad' in open court. Because of that, 'not in position to give lesser sentence', order stated.
The HC order states that the two even leveled allegations against judges' families and has ordered removal of the content from the platforms where they were shared.
While granting consent to activist Shachi Nelli, Attorney General said the statement made by the Dharam Sansad leader was 'direct attempt to lower Supreme Court's authority'.
Speaking at the biennial conference of Tripura Civil Service Officers' Association, Tripura CM Deb said, 'I am the tiger', adding that power is in the hands of those who run the govt.
SC website had shown Tuesday that the court had registered a suo-motu case on a petition that sought contempt action against Sardesai for tweets about a judgment last year.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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