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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicCourt hearing

Topic: Court hearing

SC rapped both Punjab govt & governor in row over summoning assembly. Here’s what law says

Hearing petition filed by Punjab govt Tuesday, SC held that governor had no discretionary power to delay summoning assembly session & was duty-bound to act on cabinet's advice.

Pakistan court adjourns hearing of plea to appoint Kulbhushan Jadhav’s counsel till 5 October

According to a report in The Express Tribune, Islamabad HC Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the govt's plea at the request of the Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Javed Khan.

As SC contemplates live telecast of hearings, Gujarat HC has been showing the way for long

A bench of the Gujarat High Court has been live streaming its hearings since October 2020 on YouTube. The channel has almost 34 lakh views in total.

Delhi High Court judge directs links of virtual hearings not be given to public, media

Justice Kait passed the directions in a criminal case after 'certain unidentified persons' joined the proceedings through video conferencing & could be heard talking continuously.

Ayodhya matter could have been heard faster if we had the technology back then: CJI Bobde

The CJI was addressing an online seminar organised to unveil the e-filing module, developed by SC’s e-committee to facilitate online filing of cases on a 24x7 basis.

Court to hear case on money laundering charges against Lalu’s daughter Misa Bharti

Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar were granted bail on March 5 after they appeared before the court after summons were issued against them.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.